Im doing military for the very first time. Have read the (very technical) wiki on the subject.
I have managed to create a squad with 4 members, a barrack for them, have put them on "Active/Training: MyTraining" for all months.
They are now also armed with axes, hammers etc.
But they stand entire still and worse still, they dont improve in any military skills.
DwarfTherapist confirms NO improvement at all, not in skills, not even in training percentages.
They have been there for 4 months and now complain about long duties, so I know they are doing military stuff, and I also know they I can give them rest and alternate civil / military.
What's the trick to get training started?
To be more specific: I go to Schedule. Find my Squad and current month, put them on (*) Active/Training, do (o) give order, cycle to "Training", do (-) so I have 2 soldiers minimum, right arrow, and [Enter] on every dwarf in the squad (they become green) then [Shift][Enter to finish].
This training order I now (c) Copy and put on every month, thinking it's all set, and let 15 mins game time pass.
Now when I come back, they Squad is on Active/Training. BUT when I (s)(e) and look in the actual training Schedule, it's now all empty, and my dwarves names have gone away.
EDIT
Thanks for input. I think the ERROR was an order to be moved. Which resulted in them standing still. I found an option on the Military screen to cancel such an order.
And now they *slow* gain skills in combat.