- The year 2026 will be the year of the reserve, the year of reservists, the year of changes in the reserve for all of us. Our ambition is "Army 500" – an army of 500,000, where a large portion will also consist of those in the highest state of readiness in the reserve – said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz at a press conference.

- By uttering this formula "Army 500," by talking about the capacity of individuals, both a 300,000-strong professional, regular army [...], we are talking about another group of hundreds of thousands of people who will be ready as reservists. And in varying states of readiness, because we have an active reserve and a passive reserve, and within the active reserve, one in high readiness, who will train more often, will be more useful – he continued.

- But it will also be a significant signal to those who might want to threaten our security, who would want to endanger our security, that readiness to defend the homeland is not just for those who wear a uniform today, but for all those who can wear one – he pointed out.

- "Army 500" will include both those who join professional service, voluntary basic military service, territorial service, as well as those in the high-readiness reserve. […] For reservist training to become attractive, we need [...] both legislative changes concerning the quality and flexibility of performing these functions, maintaining full readiness, and the reservist's choice of their own path, choosing the days they want to train. As well as compensation, which has never been the case before – compensation for participation in these training exercises – he explained.