CURRENT STATE, PROBLEMS, AND PROSPECTS FOR TRANSFORMING MILITARY EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF IMPLEMENTING NATO STANDARDS ; СТАН, ПРОБЛЕМИ ТА ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЇ ВІЙСЬКОВОЇ ОСВІТИ В КОНТЕКСТІ РЕАЛІЗАЦІЇ СТАНДАРТІВ НАТО
The article presents the results of research, publications, and regulations that reveal the current situation, problems, and prospects for the transformation of military education in the context of the implementation of NATO standards. It has been found that improving the system of military education is relevant, since it is an important component of the security and defense sector of Ukraine and provides the Armed Forces, other military formations and individual components of the security and defense sector, in particular the National Guard of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, with officer personnel. The peculiarity of Ukraine's military education system is that it is integrated into the nationwide system of education and is regulated by both normative documents on general education and departmental normative legal acts. Transformation of military education in the context of the implementation of NATO standards involves the creation of a single unified system of training for the defense forces, taking into account the experience of NATO member states and achieving interoperability with the armed forces of these states, as well as the formation of an effective system of professional military education, integrated into the state system of education. A study of the professional military education systems of NATO member countries shows that although they appear to be similar, they have a number of significant differences in terms of professional military training and education, the timing of education or training. For Ukraine, as well as for the European countries of NATO, it is characteristic that educational programs are built on the European credit transfer system (ECTS), which is characterized by a three-levelsyst em of higher education. Therefore, under current conditions, it is important to combine and take into account in the military education system both the requirements of the European credit-transfer system and the regulations and rules stipulated by NATO standards. It has been found ...