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Based on a modern scientific sources and military specialists training experience during armed Russian aggression, the essence of behavioral competencies of future officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was revealed as a subject of professional training of a military leader in higher military educational institutions in the aspect of competence approach. As a result of the analysis, a set of basic competencies (knowledgeable, cognitive, behavioral) were identified. They serve as guidelines for building the content of professional training programs for officer cadres as military leaders.