Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces will increase the set of cadets more than 15 times
The Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) named after Peter the Great will increase the number of cadets this year more than 15 times - up to 1,2 thousands of people, said Deputy Head of the Academy Colonel Oleg Usatenko on Saturday.
On the eve of this military university on the instructions of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, was subordinated directly to the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces. Previously, the activities of all military schools coordinated by the Department of Education of the military department.
"In 2012, we scored more than 70 people at the academy and, accordingly, the branch is the total amount of recruitment. As for this year's recruitment, it will be about 1,2 thousands of people, it is almost 15 times more," Usatenko said on the radio station Echo of Moscow. " He clarified that in 2012, the academy resumed the recruitment of cadets after a three-year hiatus.
The colonel noted that all high school graduates who received lieutenant shoulder straps will be immediately appointed to officer positions. Previously, some graduates were appointed as sergeants. "We train personnel not only for rocket forces, although the academy is called the Academy of Rocket Forces. We train (personnel) practically for all types and types of troops, for the offices of the General Staff, for 12 of the main department of the Ministry of Defense, for individual military formations" - added the deputy head of the Academy.
The Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great trains highly qualified personnel for command and engineering personnel in a wide range of high-tech military technical specialties. Representatives of other power ministries and departments of the Russian Federation are also trained here. Currently, 24 scientific schools successfully work at the academy; 157 doctors and 709 candidates of science work at this university. Among them, seven laureates of state and other awards of Russia, 56 honored workers of higher education and vocational education, 31 honored worker of science and technology of the Russian Federation.
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