Barracks (LWR)
In General
This facility houses your soldiers.
Soldier List
Here you can see the statistics and current status of your ground forces, and you can also customize them, change their equipment, promote them or fire them. However, unless the Barracks' capacity is full, there is never reason to fire your soldiers, as they draw no salary.
Officer Training School
Upgrades are unlocked based on the total number of successful missions during the game.
| XTP and Officer training programs (LWR) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upgrade | Effect | Prerequisites | Cost | |
| Required Upgrade | Successful Missions (Modified by Campaign Length) |
 | ||
| XTP I | Institutes the XTP (XCOM Training Programme): Active/Fatigued PFCs are promoted to SPEC. Active/Fatigued SPECs gain 10 xp per day. | - | 20 | 200 |
| XTP II | Upgrades the XTP: Active/Fatigued PFCs and SPECs are promoted to LCPL. Active/Fatigued LCPLs and CPLs gain 10 xp per day. | XTP I | 70 | 400 |
| Lieutenants | Allows the promotion of 3 Soldiers to Lieutenants. | - | 10 | 100 |
| Captains | Allows the promotion of 2 additional Lieutenants, and allows the promotion of 2 Lieutenants to Captains. | Tactical Officers | 30 | 200 |
| Majors | Allows the promotion of 2 additional Lieutenants and Captains, and allows the promotion of 2 Captains to Majors. | Captains | 50 | 300 |
| Colonels | Allows the promotion of 2 additional Lieutenants, Captains and Majors, and allows the promotion of 2 Majors to Colonels. | Majors | 90 | 400 |
| Field Commander | Allows the promotion of 1 additional Lieutenant, Captain, Major and Colonel, and allows the promotion of 1 Colonel to Field Commander. | Colonels | 120 | 500 |
XCOM Training Programmes (XTPs) granted their xp and promotions at midnight each day.
Psi Labs
Test up to 2 soldiers to discover their psionic ability. For more information click here: Psionic Training
The Memorial
Here you can see information about the soldiers who died in combat, as well as the cause of their death.
Recruit Soldiers
Each new soldier costs §90 on all difficulties and take 18 days to arrive.
Officer Promotions
Here you can choose which of your Soldiers should become an Officer and to what rank they should be promoted. You can only assign titles that have already been purchased at the Officer Training School.
Each Officer must have completed at least 5 missions since the last promotion.
Psionic Soldiers, MEC Troopers and S.H.I.V.s cannot be promoted to officers and officers cannot discover or develop psionic abilities or be augmented into MEC troopers.
| Soldier Ranks Required for Promotion | ||
|---|---|---|
| Solder Rank | Officer Rank Available | |
| Private | None | |
| Specialist | None | |
| Lance Corporal | None | |
| Corporal | Lieutenant | |
| Sergeant | Captain | |
| Tech Sergeant | Major | |
| Gunnery Sergeant | Colonel | |
| Master Sergeant | Field Commander | |