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[Ze_king]

Hello everyone, I have been trying to get my axe dwarves to train for a good few days now and they just wont do it.

They have enough kit
They have been scheduled
They have been activated in alerts
They have 10 members
They have a minimun of 2 required
They have a training room (weapon rack) designated.
I have tried ordering them to the stockpile and then canceling it after they got ready.
I disable their hauling.


And after all that they do not want to train at all. The occasional person may enter to do combat drills but nothing else

[Shonai_Dweller]

"Active alert on" and "training room set" should be all you need in theory. They'll train without equipment if they don't have any.
Check:
 1) Correct squad is set to train in your training room (t)
        - this should be ok as your "inactive" squad members seem to be using it for individual drills in their spare time.
 2) Current alert for squad is active/training (squad alert, not civ alert).
 3) Training is set for this month in active/training schedule (as opposed to some other alert's schedule).
 4) Squad/Training Rom aren't stuck in a burrow somewhere.

Then try changing the schedule to defend burrows (make a burrow first) or patrol (set a route first) and see if they react.

If nothing works. Start again from scratch. If THAT still doesn't work, upload your save and someone will probably quickly notice where the problem is.

I seem to recall my dorfs having issues when I set the minimum number. May or may not be related. I always set minimum to the actual number in the squad. But I've not carried out any Science to check what's going on (just happy that they're actually training!).

[utunnels]

They have a minimun of 2 required

I advise using the default order setting, that is 10, unless you know what you are changing.

[LegCheeseMaker]

Just in case you still need a little help, the wiki has a bunch of information on how the military works. Here's the FAQ, it's pretty helpful.
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Military_F.A.Q.

[Albedo]

Awesome link...