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raining is the key element for the professionalism of any Army. The Nepalese Army is no exception. The Nepalese Army has always given utmost priority to provide its personnel with adequate trainings. In accordance with the famous saying of King Prithivi Narayan Shah, the Great, "The abilities of the Soldiers needs to be polished at all times", the Nepalese Army has always emphasized and provided professional trainings to its Soldiers and Officers alike to keep the Nepalese Army ever ready to meet the challenges that they may have to face. The Nepalese Army also provides with specialist and vocational trainings to its troops. The Nepalese Army institutionalized modern training with the establishment of the Nepalese Army School in Chhauni in 1953. Today, the NA has many specialized army-level academies and schools under the Directorate General of Military Training (DGMT). The main training establishments of the Nepalese Army are listed below:
Apart from the above mentioned training establishments, all units from independent Companies upto Divisions provide their personnel with professional trainings on a daily basis. The units go through a few months long training cycle every year.
The Nepalese Army has a policy that requires each rank from a Private to the General to compulsorily undergo certain trainings for promotion to a higher rank. Apart from these mandatory trainings, there are various other specialized trainings that any Nepalese Army personnel can optionally acquire. Nepalese Army personnel who obtain distinguished results in trainings conducted in various training schools of the Nepalese Army are also regularly sent to foreign countries for acquiring advanced trainings. The list of some mandatory trainings in the Nepalese Army are shown below:
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