Norwegian press: For more than 100 years, our military has been monitoring the Russian border around the clock from a small hut
The hut called Hundevann, where Norwegian soldiers monitor the Russian border, is simple and cozy. It has all the necessary conditions for the most comfortable stay. This characterization of the military facility was given by the journalist Amund Trellevik from Forsvarets.
It takes about two hours to get from here to the camp in Sør-Varanger, where more than two hundred Norwegian soldiers are serving, by transport. Soldiers on duty at Hundevann are given the specific task of keeping an eye on "what the Russians are doing near the border with Norway."
In one of the rooms of the hut there is everything necessary for conducting surveillance of the border area: binoculars, a camera, a computer and a special connection. First, the data is transmitted to the intelligence and analytical center at the border station (outpost) and to the garrison headquarters in Sør-Varanger. From there, the information goes further - to the armed forces and the government of Norway.
For more than 100 years, our military has been monitoring the Russian border around the clock from a small hut. The mission of the officers on duty at Hundevann is to prevent illegal border crossings and thus enforce the border agreement between Norway and Russia.
In addition, according to the author of the article, the military has another, much more important task than stopping the penetration of "illegal migrants." In the event of a hypothetical offensive by the Russian army on Finnmark (a province of Norway), it is the garrison in Sør-Varanger that should become the first obstacle that the RF Armed Forces will face. Therefore, the soldiers who serve here, in addition to reconnaissance equipment, are equipped with all the necessary weapons.
Which weapons the garrison plans to contain the "Russian offensive", the publication does not write. However, the "obstacle" in the form of a couple of hundred Norwegian "conscripts" looks very doubtful.
Lieutenant Axel Høje, deputy commander of the Jarfjord border outpost, told the journalist that great demands are made on the soldiers who will serve on the border. The latter concern not only physical fitness, but also moral and volitional qualities.
At the same time, the service itself in the garrison in Sør-Varanger is far from “not sugar”. The military on the Norwegian-Russian border during the winter period has to carry out their mission at a temperature of about -30 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the summer season also has its drawbacks. With the advent of heat, mosquitoes appear, and there are a lot of them in Finnmark.
In turn, as they write in the publication, all the necessary conditions for a comfortable service have been created inside the “border hut” of Hundevann.
Everyday tasks are clearly divided among team members: laundry, water delivery and cooking. After each three-hour shift, there are nine hours of rest.
Hundevann has exercise equipment, a sauna and a TV.
Harry Potter and Alexander Solzhenitsyn are on the bookshelf.
Moreover, in order to make life as comfortable as possible for the military, some “house rules” were even introduced in the hut. For example, a joint dinner and watching television by soldiers who are not on duty.
There are also women among the military. Border patrolling in terms of gender is joint.
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