IMPROVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR THE MILITARY OF THE STATE SERVICE OF SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION PROTECTION OF UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSFORMATION OF THE MILITARY EDUCATION SYSTEM

Abstract

The implementation of Ukraine’s strategic course to acquiring full membership in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) requires achieving adequate intercompatibility of the components of the security and defense sector of Ukraine in the shortest possible time for significant activation of reforms that have to be implemented to qualify for NATO membership. Comprehensive defense of Ukraine involves the coordination of capabilities of all components of the security and defense sector of Ukraine. To ensure the readiness of the Ukrainian defense forces to repel the armed aggression against Ukraine, to achieve a high level of operational interoperability, interdepartmental interaction and coordination of actions during planning and performing joint operations according to NATO standards and procedures, to staff the Ukrainian defense forces with motivated, professional and educated personnel, to gradually shift to professional army, it is necessary that new approaches be applied to shaping the structure and nature of the military education system. The results of the analysis of world trends and best practice of the leading NATO member states regarding transformations in the military education under the conditions of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine show the existence of certain problems and factors preventing the effective functioning of the military education system, which are caused by new challenges faced by the public, the society, the state and the components of the security and defense sector of Ukraine. The article analyzes the organization and provision of professional training at the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP), examines its weaknesses, proposes a new model of professional training of the military in the structural units of SSSCIP’s Administration, its territorial bodies, head office and departments of the government courier communication, SSSCIP’s institutions, which component is the educational portal of SSSCIP designed to provide for training sessions within the system of professional training and their monitoring in an online mode.