For several months, conscripts are trained in special training units, “training schools”. During this period, the young man generally has no personal time. From the rise to the lights out - solid drill training, specialty training, outfits.
But after the young soldiers have completed their studies and taken the oath, "buyers" come to the "training" for them - specially seconded officers from all regions of Russia. In order to recruit replenishment into combat units.
If a young man has acquired some sports skills before the service, knows how to sing, dance or play a musical instrument well, it's time to declare this. Even if the guy has only the second adult category in swimming or boxing, you need to boldly say that he is a master of sports or a candidate for a master of sports. If he graduated from only 5 classes of a music school in playing the trombone, then it’s all the same to say that he is the best graduate of this school.
In this case, "buyers" may become interested and take such a person to a sports company or a song and dance ensemble. Of course, later the skills of the recruit will be checked, but he can say that he has recently lost his form, and will soon restore it.
The army structure is massive and inert, if a person is enrolled in one unit, he is unlikely to be transferred to another. And once in a sports company or song and dance ensemble, he will be able to develop the skills acquired before the service. And his life will be much freer and more pleasant than that of an ordinary soldier or.
Sports and amateur performances in the combat unit
In the ordinary part, especially if it is large, there is an orchestra, a football team, volleyball team and even an amateur club. You should immediately declare all your talents and try to become a member of these communities. If this can be done, then life will be much more interesting and productive.
You can play sports. In the evenings, employees have free time until lights out. Almost every department has a set of weights and barbells. There is an opportunity for the remaining time to seriously put the body in order, to make it beautiful. And after the service, when meeting girls in a nightclub or on the beach, this will be a big trump card.
Draw
If you have a skill in drawing, you should make a portrait of some colleague and then show it to everyone. If the work is done with talent, such an artist's future life in the unit will consist mainly of creativity, and not military service. Not only colleagues, but also officers of the unit will contact him with orders.
keep diaries
You can start keeping diaries, writing down all the vicissitudes of military service, and after its completion - based on them. The main thing is to make sure that none of the unspoken informers and "informers" steal the diaries and hand them over to the political officer of the unit. If the diary accurately and humorously describes all the shortcomings of military service, the army structure or the state as a whole, you can “run into” serious problems. At best, such a writer will get outfits out of turn. At worst, you can "run into" a guardhouse or another part.
To study
If a young man wants to study, he can enter one of the country's universities in absentia, receive new assignments, and perform them in his free time or during night outfits. And after the service, immediately enter the full-time department of the second year of this institute.
I will interrupt the story and try to write on a fairly important, in my opinion, topic. About those things that will help a soldier to simplify his life in the army. This post is more likely for those who are just being drafted or are about to join the army.
First you need to write about how to behave in the military registration and enlistment office. No need to build a militant out of yourself or, on the contrary, shirk. If you really have health problems, then you don’t have to wait until the last moment, since no one in the military registration and enlistment office will look for diseases in you. It is necessary to prepare all the necessary certificates and bring them immediately. A very important point is that you don’t have to show off and joke too much, because after listening to your jokes, you can be assigned to some hole ... yes, those who work in the military registration and enlistment office have such an opportunity.
Do not be afraid to come to the military registration and enlistment office earlier than the appointed time! If you have questions, then you can come to solve them early, before the call, ask everything that interests you, express your wishes about the place of service. If you speak in a normal tone in the military registration and enlistment office and formulate your thoughts very clearly (so as not to take up a lot of time), then in most cases they will listen to you, and maybe they will help you. Why should it be done early? Yes, because when you are alone, they will listen to you for at least half an hour, and when 40 of you gather, then there will be no time to listen, everyone will only make excuses and look with bewilderment. The important point is that your preferences regarding the place of duty should be voiced as early as possible. If you have a child, you are married, if one of the parents is absent or one of the parents is sick, then this must be reported when you talk with the military commissar or an employee of the military registration and enlistment office. In this case, you should be assigned to the unit that is as close as possible to your place of residence. Of course, this “should” does not always work, but in most cases it still has weight.
Let's move on to the moment when you are brought to the place of service.
You have to be a normal soldier, do everything that is said, not be the last one all the time. On the contrary, be very clear in all your actions. You need to take the initiative. If you know how to sing, dance or do other types of amateur art, then you need to convey this to your management. Carefully, inadvertently report it. This is necessary so that if your military camp has a garrison officer's house or just a soldier's club, then you will be taken there for rehearsals during the holidays. So you can pass the time in the army in an interesting way for you. The only thing is that the initiative should also be appropriate. You need to try to understand where is black and where is white. If in the company they ask “who has good” handwriting, then it’s better to remain silent, this will save you from rewriting some nonsense after lights out (I experienced it on my own neck 🙂).
It is necessary that your colleagues also know about your talents, because if a company commander or a company officer starts asking: “Who among us can repair computers?”, For example, then a colleague would point to you. Thus, some of my friends became "full-time computer scientists." Agree the service, when there is a computer nearby, sometimes it goes much more pleasantly.
Now let's talk about layoffs.
If part of regime. If you serve in a regime unit, then most likely they will tell you that there are no layoffs there. However (no one will tell you about this!) You can ask your relatives to be dismissed if they live nearby (I’ll explain. Relatives are mom, dad, wife, children, the rest are not considered relatives in the army, and “nearby” is no more than 100 km from part.). This is done under the guarantee of these very relatives. It is better that a man act as a guarantor, if he is also a military man or a policeman in the past, then it is generally wonderful. It is he who can intercede with the political officer of the unit. It is better to ask for dismissal in such units on the birthdays of relatives, it is more likely that they will be released. If you have a child, then from time to time UNDER THE LAW you must be released on dismissal, here it is better to check with current legislation.
If the part is ordinary, then everything is much simpler. You will be allowed to go on layoffs, of course, if you serve normally. The theme with children is preserved.
However, there is such a thing as relationships in the company. Here, this topic is very sensitive, because each of the soldiers wants to make his service easier and more interesting, and no one wants revenge all year long. If it is easier to serve someone than others, then everyone begins to pay attention to it. Well, never mind! For those who snap at you, the philosophy should be just that. You are in the army for 1 year, not for life, and if someone does not treat you the way you would like, you should not pay attention to it. But, of course, you need to maintain good relations with the guys with whom you came to serve, if relations are bad with everyone, then it will not be a service, but some kind of madhouse. You have to be honest, sympathetic and cheerful, do not whine “how tired the service is” and they will treat you normally.
I ended up getting on the train and rushing to my military unit.
October 12, 2012 was exactly 100 days since I am in the army. 100 days... I myself still can't believe that I've been here for so long.
When I got into the army, the old-timers immediately told me this: "Forget what they told you about the army." I didn't understand what they were about. But now I understand: forget everything about what you think about the army.
What do we think about the army? Yes, what we see on TV. That's right, does the news show something good, positive?
In fact, no one here, no one beats. And not only in my unit, I called up friends who serve in Altai, in the center of Russia and other regions, everything is fine with them too.
Yes, there are some cases that we are told about (someone hit someone, someone hanged himself, etc.), but these cases are few in Russia. Doesn't anyone fight in civilian life, don't there exist suicides?
Remember, if suddenly you or your relative / friend are taken into the army - no need to be afraid of it Nothing will happen in a year.
What is shown on TV is mainly the 90s, but was it really calm at that time in civilian life? Now, I do not know why, it is felt that the state pays due attention to the army. No, I'm not a fan of United Russia, somehow I don't care about politics, but after the term of service in the army was not 2 years, but only one, there were practically no "evil grandfathers".
Well, that’s right, if I served for 2 years, I don’t know how I would behave (although I still have to serve for more than 8 months 🙂). Yes, and the salary was raised from 400 rubles to 2000 this year. Believe me, this is more than enough. You are fed very well, dressed, given a place to live. Fuck the soldier money?
For example, I, like many others, spend 300-400 rubles on "soap-ryl" (shaving foam, toothpaste, etc.), and the rest on all sorts of sweets (who still spends a lot on cigarettes).
I ate more sweets here in 3 months than in a year in civilian life, I guess. At home, I was not a fan of chocolates and other garbage, but here I really got hooked on Snickers (don't think, this is not advertising 🙂).
In general, I got right into the usual part. Still, with luck, you can get into the "training" - this is when you serve somewhere according to, as I understand it, a tougher training program for 3-4 months, then you are transferred to the regular unit. And again, anywhere in Russia (depending on where the buyers come from).
The first 2 weeks we had KMB (young fighter course). We, as it were, are not even ordinary yet (and not "spirits"), but cadets or listeners ("smells" 🙂).
We were all settled together for these 2 weeks (one call), that is, we lived without any grandfathers.
During this time, we got used to the routine and were mainly engaged in drill training in order to beautifully take the oath in front of our parents.
military oath
An oath is such a solemn event where an oath is given to defend the Motherland, to abide by laws, etc. Parents, relatives, friends of almost all young servicemen come there. The people were in darkness.
Since we are all green (in the same uniform) and bald, my relatives were looking for me in the ranks for about 15 minutes, probably :). They even stared at someone else, thought it was me xD.
You will also take into account the fact that because of my height I was in the first line, that is, in front. True, there were still 200 people like me :).
We stood with machine guns, approached the officer and took an oath. I was very worried. I will remember this day for the rest of my life.
After the oath, they were disbanded by divisions. I ended up in the RKhBZ company (radiation, chemical and biological protection). By position in the army - a chemist, by education - a mathematician. I wonder who I'll be after this? 🙂 Friends are dying, they say a middle school teacher at school xD.
And again a new team, again new commanders. Well, at least 15 more people got into the army together with the KMB. I have already managed to make friends with some of them.
I remembered the last firing: pouring downpour, night, screams of officers, we are all wet with machine guns at the shooting range, taking turns shooting. While we were running through the puddles, jumping through the trenches, I somehow even felt like a soldier, a warrior 🙂 (I immediately remembered a scene from the computer game Call of Duty 2). They fired with tracer bullets (luminous), the target was at a distance of 300-400 meters... I will never forget this day either.
And so everything is standard run for short and long distances, standards (putting on a gas mask, disassembling / assembling a machine gun, and much more), etc.
Trlko do not think that once you get into the army, you will become a rambo. There are enough "workers" here. Who served - will understand.
One thing I can say for sure: if you have a problem with weight, then the army will definitely help you. Fat people here are losing weight by leaps and bounds :).
In my free time (and there is very little of it), I try to read. Read a lot. After lights out, before getting up even sometimes. I write all these articles mostly at night.
Time, surprisingly, flew by quickly. True, there are still more than 8 months ahead ...
P.s. There will still be articles about the army, I hope I can write about my feelings and experiences at least once every 1-2 months.
