Territorial Army (India) - Training

Training

Infantry training is carried out on urban and provincial systems.

Urban systems of training

• Recruit Training: Training is carried out on weekends and holidays. Four hours of training is counted as one day. Thirty-Six days in the first year only including a camp of not less than four days if the trainee volunteers with the written consent of his employer, if any.
• Annual Training: A minimum of thirty six days, with extensions up to a maximum of sixty days including a camp for fourteen days.
• Post Commission Training: All Officers are required to undergo ten weeks of Post commission training within two years of their commissioning.Ex Officers from Regular Army or Short Service Commissioned can be exempted from this training which is at the sole discretion of the Commanding Officer.
• Voluntary training to gain additional military training, provided the trainee Volunteers with the written consent of the employer, if any.

Provincial systems of training

• Recruit Training: For a continuous period of thirty days in the first year only.
• Annual Training: For a continuous period of two calendar months in the first and subsequent years.
• Post commission Training: Officers receive ten weeks of compulsory post commission training within two years of commissioning.
• Voluntary Training to gain additional military training, provided the trainee volunteers with the written consent of his employer, if any.