The Importance of Developing Security Culture Among Military Personnel as a Way to Mitigate the Terrorist Threat

A higher level of knowledge owned by military personnel about the specific actions of terrorist organizations, especially those used to recruit new members from colectivities of military personnel, in particulary military cadets, is a matter of novelty and requires some security education values in order to face the current threats. In the last 5 years, the Internet has become the preferred vehicle for spreading the radical jihadist discourse and a recruitment field of followers, eager to be involved directly or indirectly through logistical support, financial information for terrorist purposes. The interest of terrorist organizations for the social category, represented by young soldiers or cadets, is given by their access to information and skills on weapons, ammunition, explosives usage and even the information about how and from where find and steal them. More than that it appears the intention of recruitment and cultivation a secret and confident relationship with the future military personnel to obtain classified information, especially about terrorist actions organized by the specialized antiterrorist structures of the state.