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The command of the 7th Infantry Division was established in the Roman garrison on March 16, 1883, in accordance with the provisions of Law no. 1677 of June 8, 1882 on the organization of army commands and the Law on Military Administration of January 31, 1883. The 7th Infantry Division participated in all the military campaigns carried out by the Romanian army starting with the Second Balkan War (1913), the War for Reunification of Romania (1916-1919) and the Second World War (1941-1945). A large elite unit of the Romanian army, also called the "Iron Division" in the Second World War, the 7th "Roman" Infantry Division was abusively disbanded by the Soviet army on November 30, 1944. Worth noting is the fact that numerous units and officers subordinate to the 7th Infantry Division, thanks to the acts of heroism proven on the battlefield, received the highest military war decoration, the Order of Michael the Brave. In its 140 years of existence, the following officers who worked in the structures of this great unit became Ministers of War: General Alexandru Anghelescu, Brigadier General Gheorghe Manu, Brigadier General Nicolae Dabija, Division General Ion Rășcanu, General of the army corps Nicolae Samsonovici, general of division Traian Moșoiu and general of division Mircescu Ludovic. In the same period of time, the following officers who worked in the structures of this large unit served as the heads of the Grand Headquarters: Major General Constantin Prezan, General Adjutant Ion Istrati, Major General Alexandru Lupescu and General brigade Dumitru Iliescu. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The maritime university education in Romania changed very much after 1990. Before this year it was a military university education, where the marine officers were brought up for the Civil Marine following a military regime, with its laws and regulations, which had not only positive, but also negative aspects. Nowadays this regime does not exist anymore; the democracy in Romania brought radical changes in the way marine university education is organized. Nowadays there appeared new issues connected to the training requirements of the future marine officers, to the international safety standards and to the environment protection. What it is happening nowadays on the board of the maritime commercial ships is much more different from what it was happening some years ago. From here, there appeared many issues with the young members of the crews, with their training and especially with the way in which they accomplish their duties on the board. This paper presents the actual situation of the students, analyses their training and the causes of this situation. In the end, there are suggested a series of methods for raising the quality of the education in the maritime domain, for the continuation of the speciality training on the ship board, the measures which the managers of the companies need to adopt for the maintenance of a high level of training of the young officers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]