The army will cease to send from school
The lower bar of military age in Russia must be increased from 18 to 19 years, suggested Vladimir Komoyedov, head of the Duma defense committee. In an interview with the newspaper "Izvestia", the admiral explained that, barely reaching adulthood, young people are simply not ready for the "burden and deprivation of military service." "In 18 for years, this is not yet a fighter, but an immature organism. And in 19 years, it’s almost a man, not only physically, but also morally," he stated. How a young man’s body undergoes such "radical changes" over the year, the parliamentarian did not explain.
Komoyedov recalled that at the time when he served in navy, in the army, almost no one had problems with weight loss. Now, according to him, in the army canteens there are special tables for such servicemen, whom the politician described as "underfeeding." “The army and navy need courageous, mature guys. Now many are going to the army right from the school bench, and this is fundamentally wrong,” the admiral shared his opinion. As for the upper bar of draft age, Komoyedov suggested not changing it.
Also, the head of the Duma committee told what to expect the army from the new Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu. Komoyedov admitted that he did not discuss his proposal with the head of the Ministry of Defense, but only congratulated him on his appointment, but said that their meeting would take place in the near future.
Answering the question that Shoigu should be left from the “Serdyukov’s inheritance” (ex-minister of defense) and what to change, the admiral said: “It’s not a day to deal with the inheritance. who were at one time very offended by the fact that they are commanded by "jackets" and "Amazons". "
On the eve Komoyedov came up with another initiative - to increase the service life of conscription to one and a half years. The politician described the earlier reduction of service to one year by a “political decision”, which negatively affected the entire combat readiness of the army as a whole.
In the Main Organizational-Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff, such an idea was approving, but human rights activists and the Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers took the offer with hostility, calling it a desire to curry favor with the authorities and returning to hazing. The Kremlin, in turn, said they were not going to break the promise given earlier by President Putin not to raise the draft age.
Komoyedov, in turn, noted that he understood this reaction. "Nobody, in general, says that all this will be done right tomorrow. This is a normal decision-making procedure - an idea is born first, then it gains argumentation, support in society, in the leadership of the country, and then it comes to life. I think “With current problems with personnel, the army will sooner or later come to the conclusion that the draft will be extended,” he retorted, adding that the issue would still be considered at a meeting of the defense committee.
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