Question to a psychologist 

Contractors do not withstand the “school of survival. Intensive combined arms training program with a course Where are survival courses for contract soldiers

I will try to explain in other words. Literally not so long ago, pursuing certain humane goals, in accordance with the instructions received, on the basis of guidance documents, the troops received an order: - “In order to improve military skills, acquire established skills and theoretical knowledge, send military personnel under the contract to “Survival Courses”. Classes will be held in a set period of time in three stages. I warn you that the issue of sending military personnel should be approached in the most serious way. Those military personnel who refuse to participate in "Survival Course" dismiss under the article non-compliance with the terms of the contract on the part of the serviceman "


The instructions were distributed among the troops in the established order. The order has been received and is to be carried out. There is nothing to do here. The commanders of the units that have such military personnel have begun to form lists for sending military personnel under the contract. The contract servicemen, which include not only men, but also women, were not very happy. After it became known that the planned event would be held in Spartan conditions, they hung their noses in general.

For our not quite infantry troops, these exercises in the field have always been something special. The concern of the higher authorities for such contracted servicemen is understandable. Today, society wants to see a highly professional army capable of fighting in any conditions, including field conditions.

The idea itself is not bad, but taking into account the details and trifles of this company, I will simulate a completely regular situation, to which, our fathers-commanders, especially compare with the high Unzhi.

Let's imagine that you contractor and you have five years left to serve until retirement. you have three children different ages. You are a female soldier and without a husband. Serve for a long time and during the service you have become an excellent specialist in your field. A real professional in combat work, able to read and draw maximum amount air targets at the same time. Due to his state of health, he is still capable of service. Who knows how to serve for himself and for that soldier who managed to avoid being drafted into the army. Ready at any time to be on duty for a sick colleague. Having positive marks for passing control classes, final check for the period of study school year. Passed the standards for physical fitness not lower than "satisfactory". This list could be continued further, but here is the task to come to the “Survival Courses”. You need to take all the necessary property and travel to the agreed area to gain knowledge and experience.

At first glance, everything is simple. Received an order, began to carry it out. Only here is something you don’t really want to do when you have sedentary service and not far off the age limit, as well as so many family affairs that these courses are like a bone in the throat. We have to choose now what is more important and where it is - the moment of truth.

However, nothing can be done. The commander’s attempts to delve into his personal problems do not work. The command stands on its own. And it's so clear. New times and new demands make it difficult to delve into the family and personal problems of their subordinates. Here, as in a game without rules, whoever has more rights is right.

And so, you leave the commander’s office in tears and covered in snot with only one decision - to go on a business trip, but you don’t want to go down. Everyday life does not let go. Problems, loans, a sick mother, and you need to go for three and a half weeks. In the fields, in difficult conditions, to survive. Be even more professional than you really are. Learn to dig a trench under an armored personnel carrier, make a fire without matches, acquire the skills of special forces of radio engineering troops Air Force Russia, so that there is something to celebrate the centenary of the celebration of the Russian Air Force. Not all of yesterday's contractors are ready for such sacrifices.

You will have to put a dismissal report on the table so that the unit commander feels more confident than he really is. The time has come when in the army you can scatter experts in your field. To replace yesterday contractors Newly minted sergeants are already on their way. They are trained and always ready for the unpredictable orders of the military leadership. Because they know that they receive high salaries for their military work. It will be enough for them to live in conditions as close as possible to combat. They are sure that there will be enough money to order a pizza with mushrooms, which will be brought to him directly to the trench for the armored personnel carrier. This money will be enough for him to complete his duffel bag. The rest of the funds will be used to pay off a car loan and for every little thing in official activities.

I'll give you another example. He was a conscript soldier. Signed a contract. He studied at the school of sergeants. Was on business trips in the Caucasus. Young, healthy, unmarried. The service and everything else suits, but now you need to go to the “Survival Courses”. Suddenly something inside contractor breaks and prevents him from descending into the fields. Such a serviceman will also be fired under the same article. contractor writes a report.

In this case contractor young and full of energy. In the first case contractor I'm not young and I don't have much strength. Two different specialists, but the solution is the same - to dismiss the serviceman for non-compliance with the terms of the contract. In fact, everything is correct. There is no desire to follow orders, so quit, period. It turns out everything is simple. Nobody is holding anyone today. They won't wipe your runny nose. There is a desire to serve, but there is no desire to follow orders, quit. Increasingly, this statement is heard in the mouths of our superiors. As if they were bewitched. One gets the impression that some of the bosses do not have enough money to live on, and they do their best to squeeze out their subordinates as much as possible. Survival courses are not for the sake of professionalism, for the sake of fulfilling the layoff plan. Many view it this way.

But let's look at this problem from the other side. If the state is ready to pay a decent monetary allowance, then on your part there should also be a more sensitive attitude to the performance of duties. In principle, it is logical, but in reality it is somehow not so. Turns out it's not about money. Maybe it has a different meaning and is difficult to understand, although if attempts were made to do this, maybe the solution itself in the approaches was different.

There is a rotation for officers, contractors Survival Courses. I think it's fair. All military personnel have to make a choice. That's just whether there will be any sense from such activities, we will be shown by another military mess. Experience is hard to drink away, but it can be lost. Here, in order not to lose it, you need to decide for yourself - what is more important, military experience or civilian everyday life of a “soldier of fortune”.

AT more such experiments concern those who have dreamed of quiet service for themselves. She will no longer be calm for us. interesting times are coming every day. You need to be prepared for service "troubles" so that later you can march along the parade ground as a winner.

In the Southern Military District (SMD), out of almost six thousand contract soldiers, about a thousand did not pass the first stage of testing as part of an intensive combined arms training, during which the fighters must go through a "survival school".

According to the press service of the district, more than 5.5 thousand servicemen under the contract of formations and units of the Southern Military District have successfully completed a course of intensive combined arms training with elements of "survival". "About a thousand people did not pass the test and will be considered at the certification commissions for compliance with their positions," the press service said.

They also reported that the result of the preparation was a 40-kilometer forced march. When making a forced march, the cadets acted in the rear of the imaginary enemy, and also organized combat guards of the camp camp and camouflaged military personnel's resting places.

According to the Ministry of Defense, a total of five stages of intensive combined arms training courses are planned to be held at the training centers of the military department. As expected, by the end of January 2013, all military personnel under the contract of the Southern Military District will take such courses.

It is known that in the course of the most difficult tests, servicemen improved their skills in tactical, fire, reconnaissance, engineering, military medical, physical training, military topography, radiation, chemical and biological protection.

The press service explained that as part of the “survival course”, the servicemen received the skills of navigating the terrain using a compass and landscape features, making fire using improvised means, obtaining water and cooking. In addition, all test participants passed the first aid exam. medical care. Those military personnel who fail to cope with this tough program will not be allowed to serve under the contract in the future.

Note that since May 2012 in several divisions Russian army launched by contract soldiers serving in ground forces Oh. As noted in the message of the Ministry of Defense, the program includes a survival course, in particular, special complexes exercises to overcome fear, methods of self-control and psycho-physiological self-regulation.

The six-week program for training units for intensive combined arms training of contract soldiers with a course of "survival" was approved by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Colonel General Alexander Postnikov. New program, as experts note, "will add elements of surprise and reasonable risk to the training of military personnel."

“Studying the basics of survival, incorporated in the new training course, includes knowledge of the factors of survival and autonomous existence in different climatic zones, the influence of temperatures, high mountains on the body, about the method of self-control and psycho-physiological self-regulation. Psychophysical exercises are being learned for the purpose of self-persuasion and overcoming fear, ”said Colonel Sergey Vlasov, representative of the press service and information department of the Russian Defense Ministry for the Ground Forces.

It is quite possible that the tightening of requirements for contract soldiers is due to the fact that since January 2012 a law has come into force that significantly increases the level of pay for military personnel. The salary of an ordinary contractor, depending on the position and length of service, should be from 25 thousand rubles to 36 thousand rubles. In addition, taking into account allowances for special conditions of service, in a number of units of the Russian army, the salary of a contract soldier will be 30-42 thousand rubles.

The issue of a significant increase in compensation to servicemen for renting housing is also being considered. Improving the conditions of contract service, of course, leads to tougher requirements in the selection of applicants for service. An employee under the contract must have a complete secondary education, be no younger than 19–20 years old and no older than 30, have no contraindications for physical and mental health and successfully required aptitude tests.

. “I consider the obligatory passage of courses by contractors almost the only right decision command. We must have a real efficient army. The (tacit) task of sifting (dismissal) is quite adequate from the point of view of the combat readiness of the armed forces, ”writes one of the site readers. “This is not a survival course, as the higher leadership called it, this is the screening of contract service personnel. More than 20 people have quit in one week. And, most importantly, we are sailors of surface ships. What for us in the sea field conditions and march throws?.

In the press and on the Internet, a stormy controversy erupted regarding the innovation of the domestic Armed Forces - "survival courses". Someone calls them “humiliating” and “illegal”, someone says that “female terminators will serve in the army”, someone that it’s all fiction, and someone that it’s idiocy. Some part of the negativity expressed on a completely sensible innovation is probably justified. But first things first.

What we call "survival courses" are six-week intensive combined-arms combat training camps. Now they will become mandatory for all contract soldiers and sergeants, both entering the service and passing it for a long time. This applies not only to military units who must directly conduct fighting“in the field” (motorized infantry, airborne forces, MP, etc.), but also all specialists of the Armed Forces, not excluding technical specialists and female military personnel. And failure to pass the course or failure of the examination part of it can become grounds for contract soldiers to be dismissed from the ranks of the Armed Forces - as they do not meet the requirements for professional military men.

Actually, this is what is happening. The head of the press service of the Military Military District recently announced that, as a result of the second series of these courses, another 350 servicemen will be fired. In the Southern Military District this summer, almost a thousand servicemen did not complete the course. What is interesting is that a certain number wrote a report with a refusal to pass the training camp even before they began, and some were screened out at the medical examinations. That is, not everyone left the training camp ahead of schedule, unable to withstand their severity.

Now to the courses themselves. This is indeed combined arms training, which, it would seem, is not directly related to representatives of the Air Force, Air Defense (VKO), communications, the Navy, and technical and operational units. The intensity of the course and the load on those who pass it are really very high. Although this, of course, depends on the conditions of a particular training unit. But in general, the course is universal for everyone. training centers. It includes a very intensive physical training and no less intense combat: fire, tactical, medical, engineering, RKhBZ, etc., which is carried out both in training and with the passing of standards. The course is accompanied by numerous "exits in the field" - to the training grounds. And it ends with a big march (about 50 km.) in conditions as close as possible to combat (as far as possible in training). Food - dry rations, secrecy of the march and camouflage, setting up a field camp, security and actions against "survivors" - "training sabotage groups", workshops in terms of tactics of actions of small units, physical fatigue and the absence of a stall around the corner - everything is like in American films, a la "Soldier Jane". Well, the final exams in physical training and combat disciplines.

In general, there is nothing beyond the scope of the general combat training of the ground forces, with the exception of the high intensity of training and the real consequences of failure to meet the standards. The standards themselves take into account five age categories. The course for women has minor differences, but in general it is quite passable. For example, in the Higher Military District, out of 1,500 "surviving" women, including the so-called "over-age", only five dropped out ahead of schedule. In fact, this is the course of a young fighter, only put on a qualitatively high level and not including drill and carrying internal service- this is enough in parts - pure combat training with great intensity classes. Actually, “survival” should include some household restrictions on “exits”, physical activity, and sad prospects if training does not meet the requirements of the Armed Forces. That is, everything that habitually serves as an excuse for low level general combat training in some units - inconsistency in personal. the composition of the “ideal”, objective difficulties, the “complexity” of training in a specialty, leaving no time for a general one, etc. - are simply not taken into account here.

Is it necessary for military personnel of "non-combat" units (sailors, signalmen, technicians, etc.)? In my understanding, yes.

Firstly, since there can be no “non-combat” units, and real combat operations may require a soldier of any specialty and gender to act lying in the mud with a machine gun, and not pressing buttons or turning a steering wheel and a wrench. And poor preparation and the complexity of specialization, as well as age and health, in such a situation will not be an excuse in front of the enemy. To consider such a situation unlikely means "to serve", and not to prepare for war, for which any military man studies in peacetime.

Secondly, since the requirements for fitness for service in any unit require a certain physical form and the absence of health contraindications. As well as the readiness to defend the Motherland not only in the specialty, but also "steadfastly and courageously endure all the hardships and hardships military service”, since the service itself presupposes these hardships and hardships.

Thirdly, since the advantage of voluntary recruitment of the Armed Forces over compulsory recruitment implies a qualitative difference in the level of training and professionalism. Of course, the main reason for the increase in the share of contractors is the difficulty of mastering modern military equipment. The preparation of a professional is difficult in terms of conscription service. Rotation in the division of retired and young conscripts makes general level training is "average", and combat readiness is insufficient. Nevertheless, a professional who receives a salary for knowledge and skills and comes on duty as a job must remain a military man, and not just a hired worker.

He must understand that he has chosen a profession associated with a risk to life and a willingness to sacrifice his life not for a salary, but for his homeland - only this distinguishes military profession from any civilian. Salary only provides a decent standard of living for those who are ready to give their lives. And if the contracting party does not understand this and considers the service to be just a good job option, then he has chosen the wrong job. Therefore, I am embarrassed to listen to some who are preparing to "survive", talking about the idiocy and senselessness of the course for a "superspecialist", who "is supposed to be on duty at the communication center, and not crawl through the mud." So you can be on duty at any civilian job, which is generally spared from many military features and does not require a good specialist strain to maintain physical form and sacrifice comfort from time to time.

Now about the problem of the courses, which is more real than the arguments about “female terminators” and the fears of those who have slightly relaxed during the time they were on duty at the consoles for their health and future inconveniences. In general, the host side of the training centers is quite loyal to its cadets. Let's say, giving a little rest at the exits to the too tortured training platoon, they are unlikely to reduce the overall burden and benefits of the courses. Moreover, the workload is really very high, and the purpose of the training camp is still not to screen out the “unfit”, but to provide high-quality combat training, with intensity and conditions that bring cadets as close as possible to the situation of real combat operations. But when they start collecting money for passing exams, hinting that there are different ways to take exams, and dismissal from the Armed Forces shines with "deuces" - this is the first step towards profanation of the very idea of ​​"survival courses". Such "business" is practiced at the platoon level and is often instigated by the overly frightened "preppers" themselves.

For those who go to the training camp, it is not worth it. Firstly, since there is no installation for screening - NO! Even despite the peppy assurances of the host about how many of those who arrived will not be able to get through - you need to understand that they also watched films about American sergeants, well, they want to set things up in a serious way right away. Secondly, since all the overwhelmed standards can be retaken at the certification commission. And the majority of those who will really be fired because of the courses are either those who wrote the report in advance, or after the first strain, which they are not used to in the service, or desperately slip through the medical line, or really unsuitable - in all honesty, such among colleagues everyone will remember.

Another issue is equipment. No one provides clothing for those going to the collections and will not compensate for what they bought with their own money. In fairness, I want to say that those who came to the training camp with authorized equipment have more difficulties than those who took care of comfortable and light shoes, a duffel bag with wide straps, a light sleeping bag, a change and so on. However, much of what is already bought for service on one’s own is not provided for by any clothing allowance. One can only hope that some measures to improve this situation will be taken over time. But for now, it's best to rely on yourself.

In conclusion, I want to wish those who are preparing to “survive” good weather and patience! You will definitely have something to remember.

Somewhat paradoxically, the task of intensifying the training of servicemen who are in the ranks of the armed forces of the Russian Federation on a contract basis is formulated. On the one hand, voluntary service increases professionalism, and on the other hand, the “professionals” themselves will have to be trained. This situation is explained by the fact that professionalism, often in demand in all law enforcement agencies, is associated not with military training, but with professional activity civilians with military registration specialties.

It's no secret that a huge number of contract soldiers in our army did not even pass military service. First of all, training courses are aimed at this category of military personnel. Yes, and experienced fighters will not hurt the passage of the training program, which among themselves the participants called the school of survival.

For the first time we are talking about the implementation of the program intensive training entered the military in 2012. According to a preliminary idea, it was decided to organize courses not only for newcomers, but also for those who have been engaged in military craft for more than a year. These courses were supposed to be filled, naturally, with physical exercises, classes in military training, self-control training and special exercises aimed at suppressing fear, panic, state of stupor. The duration of the training is six weeks.

Survival school - first combat experience

Many mistakenly believe that the survival school for contract soldiers is a set of classes in inhuman conditions, where the real main task of a soldier is to save life. Fake sources report the presence of deaths during the passage of the "school".

We hasten to assure you that this is not at all the case, because the life and health of a serviceman is important for the state. The term is formulated from the considerations that the course is dominated by methods of behavior in difficult conditions and emergency situations.

It is quite difficult to unambiguously describe the attitude of the public to innovations in the army. Many saw here a note of humiliation, violations of human rights and even crime. Combat veterans, on the contrary, believe that everyone must go through this, otherwise there is nothing to do in the army.

The intensive training program has been successfully tested in a number of regions of the Russian Federation, and to date, legal documents have been prepared that establish the procedure and obligation for its development. As planned, absolutely all contractors, including women, participate in the training. Refusal to participate in the courses is tantamount to a report, since in the near future the citizen will be forcibly dismissed from the ranks of the Armed Forces, as not having professional conformity. promises the same outcome.

The statistics of the results of passing the survival school are replete with deplorable values. Among all military personnel, a certain part turned out to be unfit for service according to the results medical examination. Some did not meet the prescribed standards. There are also those who wrote a letter of resignation or refused to undergo training. The share of those who completed the course is dominant, but practice has shown that in the army ranks with physical training, not everything is so smooth.

What is included in the program

Combined arms exercises form the basis of the intensive training program. The course is characterized by high physical and psychological stress and ends with the passing of standards. In general, the intensity of training is comparable to the training of paratroopers or special forces units. Six months of intensive training is more than enough to prepare a soldier even from civilian with no military experience.

The survival course for contractors in 2018 will include fire, medical training, tactics and strategy, and chemical defense exercises. Physical exercise performed at the landfill. In the "fields" (as the soldiers call the training ground), the soldiers will have to spend a decent part of the time, so they will live in tents. Such a "Spartan" way of life leads not only to the development of endurance, but also tempers the spirit, accompanies team building.

Planned results:

  • after completing a training course, military personnel should be able to set up a field camp and mask it;
  • be able to apply the acquired countermeasure skills various types attacks;
  • know theoretical material on tactics of warfare;
  • be able to respond to different situations.

March is considered the final part of the test. Despite the fact that it is carried out on foot, and many believe that without preparation they can go any distance, this stage turns out to be one of the most difficult. The fact is that during the forced march, the soldier is fully equipped, which means tens of kilograms excess weight. In addition, the route itself is designed in such a way that it imitates combat conditions. The length of the route reaches 150 km. Due to the features female body the command is forced to go to meet them. Requirements for running and forced march are significantly reduced.

The psychological component of the school of survival is that each fighter must realize his destiny. Still, the attitude to the army, as a way of earning, is not welcome. It is necessary to defend the Motherland not for money, and it is not for money that you will need to give your life for it. Anyone who does not agree with this does not violate the law, but must weigh it again before putting on a soldier's uniform. It goes without saying that citizens who are chasing the "long ruble" are weeded out. It is unlikely that they will agree to undergo such tests for free. Therefore, it can be said that, in general, the intensive training program justifies the hopes placed on it.

Shortcomings of the intensive training program

It so happened that in Russia any law must have a certain time for "running in", not to mention the program. There were some nuances in the organization of the survival school. As can be seen from the program, it consists of several stages. Not a single stage is carried out with the proper degree of objectivity. Beginning with the medical examination, there are cases of bribery everywhere.

Many soldiers who prove their right to contract service face injustice as a result. They are saved only by the lack of competition, because the candidate must meet the standard. But corruption is the headache of the entire state, so the ways to eradicate it must be centralized.

A significant drawback, which does not go unnoticed, is a rather weak material support. Already on preparatory stage the soldier is obliged to acquire equipment. If there is no motive for this, then the amount will seem excessively high. The state has not yet regulated the financing mechanism, since such events in the regions have only recently adopted the status of mandatory

In other matters, the "School" received positive reviews. Many have indeed learned quite useful lessons that help them in their daily activities. Frankly, most contract soldiers treat courses as a necessity, but for an ideological soldier who dreamed of devoting himself to a sacred profession, this was a great way to experience own forces, strength of will and spirit.

Returned from the school of survival Khabarovsk, p. Prince-Volkonskoe. I will tell everything as it is, everything that I remember according to the chronology of events.

I decided to go to the survival courses for contractors in the first stream myself, since May-June is not hot yet, there are no midges, mosquitoes, and in the first stream the car of the survival courses will only accelerate. I signed up for the list of volunteers and went to buy everything that would be useful to me in the courses.

Now I can already say , what is really needed and useful in survival courses for everyone.

1 Tablets

*Vitamins- We take heavy loads on the body.

*Antibiotics- everyone had a sore throat 100%, the right thing, it’s also better to take it from diarrhea and poisoning - they came in handy for me.

*From head and temperature not useful, but gave to comrades.

*Patch in a roll 3-5 pieces.

*Hydrogen peroxide- calluses on the feet are inevitable.

* Adhesive for wounds, which is sold in a pharmacy is very helpful when an open wound appears. For example, on the palm of your hand after digging trenches, fill it with this glue, and wait until it dries and everything is normal.

2 Equipment

* Substitution - old form , you can camouflage, you need it because most time from 6 weeks you will crawl on the ground, and it is rarely dry in the Khabarovsk Territory, when you come to the barracks you take it off and put on a clean one, turning from a pig into a man.

*Lightweight berets- I arrived in statutory ones, they were worn out and did not rub me at home, but when you walk long distances everything changes a lot - I killed my legs on the 3rd day, after which I ordered lightweight berets for 1600 rubles. with fabric inserts. They do not rub their feet, breathe and are much lighter, which is very important. There is another option for 2500, they are generally lighter than sneakers.

*Field bag (tablet)- it is needed only at the drill review, but you need to carry it with you, so all the contents are laid out from it and used as a smoker during smoke breaks.

*flask- it came in handy, without water there is death, there are always battles for water.

*Cloak-tent- at first I carried it in a bag, but then I laid it out - if it's raining, you put on an RHBZ raincoat and that’s it, but you really don’t want to carry even an extra 100 grams with you. I recommend buying an ordinary Chinese cellophane raincoat for 60 rubles. and the issue is removed.

*Sleeping bag- do not take the authorized one too heavy - ordinary Chinese for 800 rubles. the very thing! I had a statutory one, I suffered with it.

* Penknife- do not spare money, buy a strong one - when you live in the fields, you need a thing!

*Flashlight- it was needed only in the last week, when we lived in the field.

*Mosquito net- take it, you can live in it - the midge does not spare anyone and only beekeepers in mosquito nets enjoyed life. Ointments and sprays are complete nonsense.

*Duffel bag- if possible, it is better to get unloading. The bag is an extremely uncomfortable thing - thin straps dig into the shoulders and they start to hurt terribly. We finalized the straps, wrapping them with cardboard and tape, more the best option wrap them with a piece of tourist rug.

* Hemming tags, buttonholes,- tags are needed on the first day at the drill review, then they all fly off. We were not driven for the hemming, since it could be changed by lunchtime. I only hemmed the output form, but there was no substitution. The buttonholes are only on the output uniform, there weren’t any on the changer either, as they flew off. Behind appearance we were not built at all, the company commander said go at least naked, I don’t care, the main thing is to comply with the standards.

*Tent- the usual Chinese tent in which we lived in the field came in very handy, midges and mosquitoes do not fly into it, which ensures restful sleep. We were able to buy it already being on the courses, the issue price is 600 rubles.

*Sports uniforms You need good running shoes with soft soles. Sneakers and all sorts of slippers kill the legs, since you need to run a lot and every day. I had Chinese sneakers for 320 rubles. heels hurt constantly. Light shorts and a T-shirt of any color and size, that's basically all sportswear.

* Pea coat and quilted jackets which we secured were not useful.

*Cellular telephone- it was not forbidden, take the simplest and most unpretentious philips for 900 rubles. Anything over $1000 can technically swim away. We had enough cases and the thoughts “well, I’m sure I won’t miss my mobile phone for 20 thousand” disappeared instantly, looking at people who ran around the location of the company with round eyes and yelled “ahh where is my teha !!!”, and he answered “What are you looking at, don’t save something)))”

A good option was already in Khabarovsk at the station to buy a local SIM card so as not to call in roaming.

*Slippers- like garbage, but you need it.

*About personal hygiene products I will not say anywhere without them - if you are not a pig from the very beginning.

About life...

Upon arrival, we were placed at the location of the company, all bunk beds and bedside tables, like everywhere else, became our temporary home.

The water in the washbasins is only cold, so take a small kettle, a water heater, some cheap carrier with you. There are very few sockets in the company, 7-8, and there were about a hundred of us, so weaved cobwebs from carriers and still there was a queue to charge the phone.

by the most in a simple way to wash yourself was from a hose that was stuck into the sink - but the water was just icy, an option only for walruses), the second way is harder - you take the TV from the foreman of the company, pour water, throw a boiler there and guard it so that no one uses this good. The bath was on Saturdays, and it was necessary to wash every day.

The toilet clogged in a week, the company commander tied the clogged booths with wire, there was only one left in one wing and 2 in the other wing of the company, to sit on the nest you always take a turn.

You put all your personal belongings in a bag and give it to the foreman in the supply room, leave the most necessary things in the nightstand - shoe polish, a towel brush, soap supplies - I didn’t miss anything.

About lessons...

When we arrived at the unit, the company commander lined us up, introduced himself as the commander of the 8th training company. R. Paustyan, briefly told what threatens us, only 70% will survive and sent us to physical therapy. We ran about 5 km around the unit and after that the 2nd ones were going home, these were the first losses in our ranks.

We were taken to the bathroom. the part where the doctor made notes that we are healthy and ready for physical activity. Since we had not yet been put on allowance for lunch and dinner, the leftovers brought from the train became.

A sample letter of resignation appeared on the stand in the company ...

From 9 to 10:40 there was an evening inspection on the parade ground, after which we went to the unit to get ready for bed. The first night, no one could sleep, everyone was busy, talking, playing with phones. I don’t remember how I fell asleep, I opened my eyes at 5:40 from the squeaky cry of the orderly “Company get up” at 5:50 “Company go out for morning exercises.”

Charging was on the parade ground with old Soviet music, after which we were charged for 3 km. Then breakfast, and immediately we go to the warehouse, we get machine guns, an hour later they were already enshrined in military tickets. Weapon cleaning for 30 min. and to classes, then everyone already understood that they urgently needed to lighten their duffel bag, since this infection squeezed their shoulders very much, and they had to wear it all day.

So the classes were held behind the barracks 500 meters away on the so-called tactical floor. training places were marked with squares of flags with barrier tape and a tag with the name of the training point. There were about 10 training places - RKhBZ, tactical training, engineering, medical, etc.

We were divided into squads and sent to the training sites, our valiant 1st squad of the second platoon that day got into tactical training - the implementation of standard No. 10 (you run 15 meters with a snake holding the enemy at gunpoint, you fall, crawl 20 meters, then again you run 15 meters . you are prepared for shooting while sitting and make a report “Private Pupkin is ready for shooting”). You need to finish in 45 seconds. there would be nothing terrible if 20 kg did not hang on you. bag + gas mask and tablet)) and the area for crawling is not at all dry in an hour, everyone was wet and tired.

After a 20-minute smoke break, a command was sounded to change training positions and we went to engineering training, where we were pressed by the standard for digging a trench for firing from a prone position. Everyone took out the shoulder blades (they were also given out), they explained to us that and how they showed the place of digging. It was necessary to dig a trench in 30 minutes. lying on your side without raising your head. Everyone fell down and began to blast the ground with blunt shovels, and the company commander threw bonuses in the form of a smoke bomb or an explosion of packages towards those who tried to raise their heads or bodies. Half an hour passed, the palms of the hands were torn off at half, this misfortune did not spare me either. The calluses hurt terribly and the hands were very dirty, because. the earth is damp, and it is easier to rake it with your hands.

Later, many got gloves (ordinary Chinese ones) and sharpening the shoulder blade became an integral part of preparing for entering the tactical field.

By 14:00 everyone was lined up and taken to lunch (another feature in the infantry is to carry the material base on oneself). A bunch of wooden boxes with flags, signs, helmets, body armor and all sorts of other nonsense. Dragging the material base was very annoying. and so already everyone was severely exhausted by the wisdom of the infantry.

And so lunch - we throw off all our belongings on the parade ground, appoint one guard and go to the dining room in formation. At the dining room, we wait another 20 minutes for our turn and finally the food))).

About the diet:

- breakfast- this is usually rice or buckwheat with a piece of meat or liver and gravy, a coffee drink, a carton of milk, 15 gr. butter, boiled egg and bun or 4 cookies;

- dinner- soup, again meat or fish with buckwheat or rice, tea, butter, bun;

- dinner- fish with gravy and buckwheat + tea with bread and butter.

Sometimes they gave dumplings, cheese, sweets, gingerbread, salads to garnish at dinner, herring, squash caviar. Everything tasted bland and not salty, but no one came back hungry and rarely did anyone finish everything that was given to him.

After lunch, a smoke break for 15 minutes and again on the parade ground we take our junk and go to practice on the tactical field until 17.00. Then we finally return to the barracks and hand over the weapons.

At 18.00 everyone is already standing in sportswear and charging for 3 km, then we pass 100 m. chemical food.

We must pay tribute to the platoon commanders, they always ran with us and went to the training ground on foot, although without a duffel bag and machine gun, but they also felt the delights of large transitions.

So our first week passed, on Saturday we had a bullpen where we passed the PHYSICAL (3 km. 100 m. pull-up) and tests on the tactical field in the subjects that we studied all week. Sunday - sports holiday again half a day running, but half a day free time and a bath!

Polygon

This is a completely different story, the first we had on Tuesday of the second week. Rise at 5.30 we get weapons, dry rations. We take our favorite duffel bag and go with this stuff 12-15 km. over rough terrain (fields, forests). The transition lasted 2 hours 40 minutes. In fact, it is very difficult to walk because of the bag, the machine gun, the RHBZ was constantly unfastened from the bag, stuffiness, the midge is spinning in front of the face, all wet, the legs in the berets are boiling. We just languished there.

Water scarcity(I took half a flask with me in a bag and poured a full flask, you drink half a flask going there, one and a half there, and I thought back half a flask, but the water ended there).

There were people with flowing blood from the nose, my lips were very chapped, the urine was dark in color - pale, of course. They drank water from some lake, it stank of a swamp with an aftertaste of some kind of muck, but cold and transparent, no one even got sick after it.

At first, they shared water, but then friendship-friendship, and everyone carries his own water. By the end of the day, everyone is dehydrated, their legs blown up, their faces sour and burnt.

At the training ground, we met the same standards as at home, the passage of the fire-assault strip deserves special attention, everything is like in an American film, you run 600 m. fully equipped everything smokes through various obstacles, explodes, and you climb through a web of barbed wire)), in short, this exercise was very exhausting.

We had lunch at the range at 2 o'clock, after which we had a smoke break and went home.

By 5 they came, before 6 they handed over weapons, dinner, evening verification - we always lasted at least an hour, it happened that 2 stood on the parade ground, but everyone survived.

There is such a joke in the infantry, the officer on duty is building us, all 1200 battalions are standing on the parade ground, the officer on duty commands to line up, after which the command is set aside, then line up again, set aside again, and so 15 times in an easy way, then only quietly, at ease.

Even when the battalions greet the regiment commander, then in the infantry there is no time to breathe before blurting out good health, he only said, hello comrades, you immediately yell the answer.

So we flew day after day for all 5 weeks (2 polygons per week) and short circuit every Saturday.

The platoon leaders themselves were dying by the middle of our training, after dinner they began to hide us in the forest, which we were very happy about !!!

The last week is a field trip where we lived in the fields, ate dry rations, we were attacked sabotage groups trying to steal the machine at night. Constant lack of water, all bitten by mosquitoes and midges, dirty smelly, I dreamed of getting home, everyone dreamed of a house.

There was a run-in BMP-2, shooting day and night, a bunch of regulations, everyone was looking forward to the night to fall asleep. On the last day of the field exit, they decided to arrange a march to the house, 30-50 km away. We walked about 35 km. This, being guided by time, left at 6.30 and reached the unit at 14.20. The last kilometers were especially hard, everyone ran out of water, and the heat was simply unbearable, the last kilometer, when you could already see a part of them, they were walking through the swamp, the water was almost knee-deep and the ill-fated bumps. On this day, the company commander led us, he especially died because on the eve he drank like crazy)) he killed his hooves, felt how hard it was for us to walk, he still didn’t have a machine gun and a bag.

About exams

Even in the middle of the course of the week, so on the third day, people began to ask about exams, oh, how will we pass, oh, what will happen if we don’t pass, but it will be possible to agree and. etc. As a result, we were charged a fee for exams of 4.5 rubles for subjects of combat training, 2.5 rubles for FIZO, half were indignant at the prices, they said we would pass it ourselves, for which the platoon gathered us and had a conversation at which they explained that the standards can be taken according to in different ways and you can even get to the bottom of the pillar, so whoever blunts and does not pass will leave with deuces in their certificates. A deuce is a dismissal from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in short, tin!

Before a week-long field trip, everyone passed the balls for 7-ke, those who were sure were in the FIZO the one for 4.5. In order to collect more platoons within 2 weeks, they said that Khitrik, the district chief of finance, would arrive at the FIZO, he would take a march throw for 5 km, with a machine gun, a gas mask, a pouch, a run for 3 km., a run for 100 m., and pulling up, they said that the march- no one will throw. Other exercises cannot be selected. As a result, Khitrik did not come, but we took 100 m. 1000 m., and pull-ups, 80% including me passed on our own, the rest were given 3s because the babos passed everything.

On the last day, when we came from the fields, we were gathered in the club and the political officer of their unit, said that he had heard rumors that platoon commanders were collecting money for exams, explained that if we came with deuces, then at home we could retake all the negative marks on the certification commission and it’s not so easy to fire us, he gave his helpline. Naturally, everyone was afraid to complain, and with the feeling that we were cruelly used, and we also paid babos for it, we went home.

Output

If you are not a kasyakopor in your unit, and honestly survived 6 weeks there, you don’t need to pay money for exams, not a penny, no matter what they tell you. We had guys who did not pay 2-3 people because there was no money and family problems, and they also came with triplets. Let these ghouls graze in our unit, no one looked into our certificates, they were filed into a personal file and that's it.

Much more could be written, but small book. I stopped at important points, which can help future cadets of the survival school.