& training is to train soldiers, officers, and non-commissioned officers to have independent and creative thinking and commitment to the Azerbaijani people and the government. Military education in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have been described as either being Secondary education, Further education, or Higher education. Azerbaijani pilots were formerly trained in the Azerbaijan Air Force School, where they would then develop their skills in operational units. Azerbaijan has an experience exchange with Turkey, Ukraine, the United States and a number of NATO countries. The Turkish Air Force School has a great role in the training of Azerbaijani military pilots. Azerbaijani pilots are also trained in Ukraine's Pilot Training School. The following is a list of educational institutions in the armed forces, under the auspices of the National Defense University: Military academies War College of the Armed Forces Training and Education Center of the Armed Forces Azerbaijan Higher Military Academy Azerbaijan Higher Naval Academy (former independent institution) Azerbaijan High Military Aviation School (former independent institution) Other educational institutions Secondary Military Medical School of Azerbaijan Military Medical Faculty of Azerbaijan Medical University Military lyceums Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum Heydar Aliyev Military Lyceum Conscription Military Justice Military Courts act as courts of first instance deals. The Military Court is composed of a President and judges. The following military courts exist in Azerbaijan: Military Court of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Baku Military Court (formed in August 1992) Ganja Military Court Lankaran Military Court Fuzuli-Gubadli Military Court Tartar Military Court Agdam Military Court Gazakh Military Court Sumgait Military Court Women and ethnic minorities in the armed forces During the first war, Russians, who were a large minority in Azerbaijan at the time, served in the units of the Azerbaijani Army, many of whom formerly served in the Soviet Army. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence more than 300 officers of the 7th Army, based in the capital of Baku, refused to leave Azerbaijan at the outset of the war. During the Second Karabakh War, the death of an ethnic Russian Azerbaijani soldier, Dmitry Solntsev, was reported. There was also Denis Aliyev (born as Denis Pronin) from the Xətai raion, who was killed in Jabrayil. He was later posthumously awarded the Medal "For the Liberation of Jabrayil" in December. Cossacks, associated with the Association of Cossacks of Azerbaijan, often join the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Female military personnel in the military are generally involved in education, office