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The efforts made by the country are aimed at creating conditions for the millions of citizens willing to defend their homeland to be able to fully accomplish their mission.

To find out about preparation for defense in the Republic of Cuba, select one of the following topics:

- Preparation of the Citizens

- Training Schools for Defense

- National Defense School (CODEN)

- Preparation of the military operations theater

- Preparation of other defense systems

- Preparation of the national economy

PREPARATION OF CITIZENS:

Preparation of citizens for defense is carried out in a systematic and differentiated way. Efforts are concentrated on developing creative thought and the abilities of the combatant and, at the same time, achieving a more rational use of resources through the use of trainers and other measures that reduce the consumption of fuel, munitions and other input, without affecting the quality of instruction.

It comprises the training of cadres, both of permanent officers, reserve officers and those in the Territorial Troops Militia, as well as the training of leaders and officials in the state organizations, economic bodies and social institutions.

Preparation of citizens includes the preparation of the command and administrative bodies, of the command bodies of the regular troops and Territorial Troop Militias and that of the administrative bodies of the Defense Councils and their staff. Troop preparation includes that of permanent and reserve non-commissioned officers, sergeants, corporals and soldiers (sailors) and also that of the militiamen and members of the Production and Defense Brigades and that of the rest of those citizens who for various reasons, are not members of these groups.

The nation's efforts are aimed at ensuring that those millions of men and women who are ready to defend their homeland have the necessary instruction and capability to do so effectively. As is logical, the training and weaponry of the country's defense forces are not the same in all cases. It is not possible to aspire to have an equal level of training in the regular and popular forces. The latter participate once a month in the so-called "Defense Day", with the aim of acquiring knowledge and carrying out the necessary training, which differ depending on the missions envisaged for each one.

TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR DEFENSE:

The Training Schools for Defense are institutions that exist in each of the Country's provinces, in order to train the unit heads of the Territorial Troop Militias, members of the Provincial, Municipal and Zone Defense Councils and the leaders of political, administrative and economic organizations and to give them all the necessary knowledge for the fulfillment of their duties in national defense. These centers also make an important contribution to making the general concepts suitable for each territory in concrete terms. Therefore, each one of them is a real academy of people's war.

PREPARATION OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS THEATER:

Special importance is attached to the preparation of the military operations theater, taking into account the destructive capacity of the weaponry and combat techniques of the only potential enemy. Work is done in conditioning, from the engineering point of view, all cities and towns, using for this the voluntary effort of the population and local material resources. This substantially reduces the costs of this huge task. Only works of greater complexity are built by professional forces. A great effort has been made in the conditioning of the mountainous regions, which have now been transformed into impregnable bastions of the defense system.

PREPARATION OF OTHER DEFENSE SYSTEMS:

An important role in the country's defense system is played by the fine-tuning of the defense information, for the defense alert, single exploration and communications systems, as well as the engineering, geographical and logistical supplies, and those for protection against technological weapons and weapons of mass destruction.

PREPARATION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY:

Preparation of the national economy for defense is under the guidance of the Council of Ministers. It is carried out through the implementation of a set of organizational and mobilization measures, economic, financial, technical and material measures and the creation of the necessary reserves, in order to guarantee from peacetime the fulfillment of the production and service plans established for exceptional situations.

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