Pakistan Military Academy - Training

Training

At PMA potential officers undergo a series of grueling training programs designed to inculcate the attributes and qualities essential for a career in the Pakistani armed forces. Some features of the training program include:

  • Professional skills of handling weapons
  • Tips of field craft
  • Use of signal equipment
  • Model discussions
  • Tutorial discussions
  • Tactical exercises without troops
  • Field exercises

There are a number of training exercises for cadets, which include:

  • First term: Kick Off, Saluting Tests
  • Second term: Yarmuk, Path Finder and the GCs are required to spend three minutes in the Boxing Ring with another opponent following a lengthy training period.
  • Third term: T.M Raiders, Panipat and Assault Course is also added as a part of PT Tests.
  • Fourth term: Qiyadat and the most difficult test of all the Acid Test.
  • Swimming is compulsory for all cadets.

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