# combat readiness
Latest news and articles about combat readiness
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Cutting Seconds, Guarding Honor: How a ‘Pingxingguan’ Assault Company Turns Time Discipline into Combat Edge
A PLA assault company named after the historic Pingxingguan battle has been showcased for its obsessive time discipline in training competitions, where shaving seconds from actions is equated with combat effectiveness. The feature illustrates both tactical trends—greater emphasis on tempo and metrics—and political messaging that links modern readiness to historical military glory.
Muscle and Morale: How China’s Military Media Sells Combat Readiness in Youthful Images
A March 2, 2026 post from China Military Video Network uses glossy training images and social-media features to package the PLA as youthful and combat-ready. The approach serves domestic recruitment and morale while contributing to international perceptions of a disciplined, modernising force.
China Tightens Scientific Standards to Broaden and Sharpen Pilot Selection for Modern Air War
The PLA has issued a comprehensive revision of medical standards for selecting flight cadets, effective 1 August 2026, shifting selection toward a scientific, combat-oriented model. Key changes include human–machine fit adjustments, a composite visual assessment, upgraded psychological screening, 24-hour ECG monitoring, and the relaxation of some non-essential exclusions to widen the candidate pool.
Paramilitary Sharpening Its Edge: Guangxi Unit Runs Rigorous Coach Training to Boost Combat Instruction
A Guangxi unit of the People’s Armed Police ran a 2026 coach-training course to produce standardized, proficient combat instructors. The programme focused on close-combat skills and lesson-plan standardisation, part of a broader PAP effort to professionalise training and boost grassroots readiness.
China’s Rear Forces Relearn How to Fight: The Guangdong Unit Turning Logistics into a Combat Capability
A unit of the People’s Armed Police in Guangdong has recast its logistical and medical detachments as combat-capable sustainment forces, integrating them into a ‘train‑sustain‑fight’ model. Practical reforms — tougher standards, mission‑embedded micro‑training, VR simulation and instructor competition — have improved readiness, though operational tempo and dispersed tasks remain constraints.
PLA Brigade Trials '1+N' Training Model to Link Drills to Mission Needs
A Central Theater Command brigade has introduced a "1＋N" training model that links a primary exercise to multiple associated subjects in continuous sequences, boosting realism and measured performance. The approach emphasizes mission-aligned drills, faster skill integration, and new standards for multi-level assessment.