Contract soldiers are getting bigger

Last Saturday, April 25, the Ministry of Defense held an awareness-raising campaign "Military service under the contract - your choice!" In St. Petersburg, the purpose of which was to attract new people to the ranks of contract servicemen. Within the framework of this event, several important News.

Deputy Minister of Defense Nikolai Pankov, in his welcoming speech, which opened the rally, said that the Russian armed forces were reaching a new level, for which the state is making significant efforts. There are increased requirements for personnel: the army needs real professionals. It was repeatedly stated earlier that for these purposes it is planned to increase the share of contract servicemen and reduce the number of conscripts.

N. Pankov said that at present 300 thousand soldiers and sergeants serve under the contract in the Russian Armed Forces. Moreover, he greeted and congratulated the 300,000-strong soldier who will be serving under the contract. Pavel Sidorov, an ordinary Marine corps and the mechanic-driver of the BTR-80 armored personnel carrier, became a symbol of the success of the plans for the development of the contract service. The Deputy Minister of Defense wished Private Sidorov a successful service, and also, on behalf of the Minister, handed over wristwatches, which would "count the days and years of successful service."

Currently, the Russian armed forces are serving under the 300 contract with thousands of soldiers and sergeants. In addition, about 200 thousand officers are contracted. Thus, N. Pankov summed up, the Russian army by about 50% consists of contract soldiers.

The Deputy Minister stressed that contract servicemen serve with dignity and in good faith. They are assigned various challenges, from working in the Arctic and participating in various exercises to fighting piracy in different areas of the oceans. The success of the contract does not go unnoticed. In the past two years alone, over 50 thousand troops have been awarded state awards or departmental insignia.

The Ministry of Defense not only awards distinguished servicemen, but also helps them with housing. Thus, as part of the social package provided by 51, thousands of contract servicemen have already acquired housing using military mortgage.

Attracting those who wish to do military service under a contract has long been considered a promising way to increase the combat capability of the armed forces. For this reason, it is planned to continue recruiting the army with contract soldiers. Already announced some plans.

Colonel-General Viktor Goremykin, head of the personnel department of the Ministry of Defense, said that in the foreseeable future the army would refuse sergeants serving on conscription. Junior commanders are planned to be fully staffed with contract servicemen.

The navy has already achieved some success. According to the commander-in-chief of the Navy, Admiral Viktor Chirkov, by now the submarine forces are almost fully staffed with contract soldiers. In the case of surface crews, the proportion of draftees is constantly decreasing. The number of contract soldiers on some ships reaches 80%. Coma of that, speaking during the action “Military service under the contract is your choice!”, The commander-in-chief of the Navy called the naval service worthy and good.

With all the advantages, for example, the ability to visit foreign ports, etc., the contract service for navy It is associated with certain difficulties, and special requirements are imposed on candidates. The future naval contractor must be healthy, competent and smart. V. Chirkov noted a great desire to serve among young people. Perhaps this is facilitated by the fact that contract employees have the opportunity to receive higher education in absentia without separation from service.

28 April, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense once again raised the issue of contract servicemen. On this day, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited one of the selection points for the contract in St. Petersburg. Private Pavel Sidorov, who will now serve under contract in the marines, again became the “Hero of the Day”. With the arrival of this contract soldier, the Minister of Defense noted, the number of servicemen under the contract for the first time exceeded the number of those serving in the call.

Currently, 300 thousand contract soldiers and 276 thousand conscripts serve in the Russian armed forces. S. Shoigu said that in the future the share of contract soldiers in the troops will gradually increase. He also expressed the hope that as a result, the armed forces will completely switch to a new way of manning. During the visit to the selection point, the Minister of Defense personally congratulated the “anniversary” 300,000 contract soldier, and also handed him a take of the marines and a set of all-season field uniforms.

It is noteworthy that the work of the selection points for future contractors continues. Advocacy campaigns “Military service under the contract is your choice!”, In turn, are intended to attract potential military personnel to the ranks of the armed forces. According to press reports, 25 thousand people came to such an event last week in St. Petersburg. Over 7,5, thousands of people showed interest in the selection points, 695 secured their interest with corresponding statements. Human 104 directly on the "field" selection points passed rapid testing.

An important point of the latest statements by the leadership of the Ministry of Defense is the words about the coming full transition of the armed forces to contract recruitment. Over the past several decades, there have been repeated offers to abandon conscription and completely switch to manning parts on a contract basis. In the future, the main strategy of the Ministry of Defense in this direction was the construction of a mixed system with the preservation of conscription and the introduction of contractual service. Now the Minister of Defense is talking about plans that imply a full transfer of the army to a contract basis. In addition, the Navy, has already embodies such plans in life, increasing the proportion of contractors and reducing the number of recruits.

It should be noted that a full transition to contracts is probably a matter of a rather distant future. In February of last year, S. Shoigu spoke about current plans for how to recruit an army with personnel. Then the head of the military department said that by 2020, conscription servicemen would account for only a third of the total number of personnel. It was not planned to completely abandon the draft due to the need to prepare a mobilization reserve. In addition, the Minister noted that young people should have the opportunity to participate in the defense of the Fatherland.

Plans to increase the share of contractors appeared at the Russian Ministry of Defense for a long time. However, not all efforts to implement them led to the expected results. Currently, the military department, using the available opportunities, is gradually increasing the proportion of contractors and reducing the number of conscripts. The other day, the leaders of the Ministry of Defense reported that the number of servicemen under contract for the first time exceeded the number of conscripts. This may indicate some success in the implementation of existing plans.


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Comments

[Tatar 174]

At least one plus from the fact that many graduates of many unnecessary universities can not find work in their specialty, but such graduates are willing to serve under the contract. The army is now attracting many.

[jjj]

Look here.
A mother stands behind each recruit: "Oh, poor son, how they are torturing you, take a rest, do not strain!"
There is a wife behind each contract soldier: "Why do you serve so that you have less bonus. Tighten yourself!"
Under what option will the army be more efficient?

[atalef]

Quote: jjj

Look. Behind each conscript there is a mother: “Oh, poor son, how they are torturing you, take a rest, don’t strain!” Behind each contractor there is a wife: “Why do you serve so that you have less bonus. more efficient?

Quote: DRA-88

Draw conclusions, comrades ....

Sorry, then the Americans are out of competition, or what?

[Alekseev]

Quote: atalef

Sorry, then the Americans are out of competition, or what?

You are writing from a country where the issue of manning the army has been solved very well.
Everything should be clear, I guess. Each cricket must know its sixth: contract soldiers are needed, but the call cannot be canceled.
And the article does not carry information.
The main problem is not at all increasing the number of contract servicemen, but increasing their quality. Many (including officers, unfortunately) go to the service as to work, and "if there is war tomorrow" they try to jump off.
The second problem is the establishment of contract service as a person’s life choice. So he served three years as an ordinary, three and six sergeants - what next, thirty years old ... There should be a chance to become an ensign, there should be a chance to get an education while serving and become an officer.
Why is it prestigious and good to be a DPS company commander even at 50? And a company commander in the army must necessarily be a modder of a "vyunosh"?
The company must be real, with all the rights and obligations, and the salary is appropriate, not less than that of the "sitting down trousers", and not just the name.
Here he ordered another 8-10 years company, received the right to retirement after years of service. Yes, he left in the reserve of the first stage by 22%. This will be a pro.
Yes, and in schools, at least command, must be taken after service. So it was already in the world, in the most powerful armies of its time, where it was understood that one education was absolutely insufficient for an officer, you still need leadership qualities, experience of service and life, only then there will be an officer.

[Andrey77]

And why does a 25-year-old captain command our company without combat experience? In 4 years we have another title. It's time to cancel.

[Andrey77]

Wehrmacht will not be remembered before the holiday, but there it was. Becoming a lieutenant is the dream of 9 out of 10 sergeants.

[Sarmat149]

I fully agree dear. Personally, he did so in relation to his two sons. Do you want to be an officer - only through the soldiers’ barracks, as far as possible from the capital. The eldest has already served urgent, will go to school, the younger this summer after school is called up. He served 27 years and 8 months, was fired by the OShM under a stool, served in the barracks for more than 20 years from platoon commander to battalion commander, had seen enough of the graduates of schools, their moral, business and physical qualities. As a former battalion commander of a motorized rifle battalion, I fully support it - to a military university only after conscription service. Regards, Sarmat.

[Costa. 69]

The problem of training an officer cannot be solved by the preliminary conscription service. The conscription service is not a 100% guarantee of the success of the future officer, it will only allow him to quickly understand whether he should go to a military university or not. But in this case, it’s not so simple, we had cadets who served urgent courses at the university, but an analysis of their further officer service did not allow us to establish the dependence of their success on their previous activities. The problem of training officers in the practice of military psychology and pedagogy has long been solved both at the theoretical and practical levels, the fact is that there is no one to do this !!!! Military education is completely destroyed !!!! There is no system of competent scientific selection and training of future officers !!!

[Costa. 69]

Correctly you write with one education not to form a real officer !!! The problem can only be solved in a comprehensive way: selection, training and education, service and improvement. But the problem cannot be solved without the restoration and improvement of the military education system !!!! Now in the sun no one is doing this !!!! The training system is destroyed. !!!!

[Romans]

Yes, you can’t create a mobilization reserve without the appeal of all citizens of the country, and without a reserve, no country has the right to be called the Great Military Power, because will not be able to wage war, even of medium intensity.

[Sakhalin.]

Glory to the armed forces of the Russian Federation!

[hitech]

Quote: Tartar 174

At least one plus from the fact that many graduates of many unnecessary universities can not find work in their specialty, but such graduates are willing to serve under the contract. The army is now attracting many.

Yeah. A stable salary is attractive. SOMEONE JUST WANTS TO LIVE NORMALLY AND NOT TO BE TORNED BY THE QUESTION, "WHERE TO ROOM BABLA, IN ORDER TO EXIST AND FEED TO THE FAMILY." It's sad.

[wanderer_032]

Quote: hitech

Quote: Tartar 174

At least one plus from the fact that many graduates of many unnecessary universities can not find work in their specialty, but such graduates are willing to serve under the contract. The army is now attracting many.

Yeah. A stable salary is attractive. SOMEONE JUST WANTS TO LIVE NORMALLY AND NOT TO BE TORNED BY THE QUESTION, "WHERE TO ROOM BABLA, IN ORDER TO EXIST AND FEED TO THE FAMILY." It's sad.

In this, too, you can find a positive point. Since the army will pull along many sectors of civilian production. For example, construction, utilities, agricultural production, light industry and much more.

[atalef]

Quote: wanderer_032

this can also find a positive point. Since the army will pull along many sectors of civilian production. For example, construction, utilities, agricultural production, light industry and much more.

a difficult question, S.Koreya over there - one continuous army - but to the point.
In general, the cost of armaments is a heavy burden for the economy, and the allocation of this money to the economy would give a much greater effect - but it is likely that whoever does not want to feed his army will generally feed someone else's - the balance is complicated.
There would not be too much, both in one direction and the other.

[DRA-88]

Quote: hitech

Yeah. Stable salary attracts

I can say about the 51st regiment of the 106th Guards Airborne Forces. Of the recruited contractors, 50% are eliminated immediately, the remaining 45% during the year.
I know from my good friend through whom all contractors go.
Conscripts for 1 !!!! year of service do not have time to master military specialties, so all hope is pinned on "super-conscripts". On the "super-drainage", that is, the contract, remain either "fans" of the Airborne Forces, or from lack of money .... And the first and second are not so much in%. And the second category, those that are "for money", I think, are not the support of the Armed Forces. The reforms of the Stooltkin reforms will have an impact for a very, very long time.
Draw conclusions, comrades ....

[Deniska999]

The professionalization of the army will continue for many more years.

[Lt. Air Force stock]

First of all, it is necessary to completely transport the Airborne Forces, and the Marine Corps to the contract service. The most efficient ground forces of our army should be professional. For 1 year you will not become a professional.

[wanderer_032]

Quote: Lt. air force reserve

First of all, it is necessary to completely transport the Airborne Forces, and the Marine Corps to the contract service.

Rapid response troops must of course be professional.
And in the SV, it is better to contract the crews of combat vehicles (tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, air defense systems, self-propelled anti-tank systems, etc.) and the calculations of missile and artillery systems and air defense systems.
Shooters can be prepared in a short time from almost any people.
And the fact that the junior team will consist of contractors is good.

[Alekseev]

Quote: wanderer_032

Shooters can be prepared in a short time from almost any people.

It was you who hurried ... From "any people" ...
This is for show, a stock of meat can be prepared, especially from today's schoolchildren yesterday ...
A real motorized rifle should be able to not only accurately shoot from all the weapons of the MCO (Ak-74, SVD, RPK, PK, pistol, RPG-7, etc.), should be able to replace the gunner-operator and m / v if necessary, even if only the remote control and the helm of the BMP, without going into the depths of TO and bringing weapons to normal combat.
His physical training is one of the most difficult in the sun.
Psychological too - it is he who goes on the attack and directly kills the enemy, sometimes in the old-fashioned way, in hand-to-hand combat.
He must be able to navigate the terrain (the beginning of military topography), correctly use communications, and most importantly be able to endure hardships and hardships, frost and hunger without losing combat effectiveness.
because the infantry will not fight in the KUNGs, but in the field.
In general, the misconception is that a simple shooter is the easiest in combat training.
It is much easier to take an almost ready driver, cook, from a citizen, prepare numbers for artillery crews and many others.

[svdshka]

And he must be a little mech-water OBT. Battle boats. and helicopters for me you rave

[Tatar 174]

A year for urgent service is not enough that a warrior can find out in a year, but not enough! One and a half, too, is two years just right. A professional army is good, but two years urgent is also not bad, we served and it was normal, and then there were three years on the navy. Together with the contract service, it is necessary to return to a two-year emergency, and only after a university-year.

[Gardamir]

Contractors are another merit of Yeltsin’s democracy. Who will be the best defenders? Who is for money or who is for their homeland? Now they talk a lot about that. not to forget the lessons of history. So remember when contract mercenaries were good warriors? Never!

[Andrey77]

Without delving into history. Polish Army of Craiova. French air brigade Normandy (yes fought for money).

[La-5]

The Russian army should be conscripted.

[Andrey77]

For a year it makes no sense to call. Any officer here will tell you.

[Psaking systems]

Quote: La-5

The Russian army should be conscripted.

Your opinion, a brake for our country. It is better for you to reconsider your deep-rootedness and prejudice, otherwise you will rush madly along the wrong roads.

[edeligor]

Let me express my point of view, especially since it concerns my profession .-
I'm a patriot. But what is happening in the field of staffing units with contractors is at least abnormal! Enough to build Potemkin villages! What is reported in the General Staff, Bullshit !!!!! Equipped with 100%, even more, parts located in cities, and then, with normal commanders (who understand me in the subject, you can not treat a contractor as an conscript !!!!)
For GS: Stop giving outfits for picking !!!! Remove the idle structure, the so-called recruitment points ... !!!, the military commissariats will deal with any of these! Send troops from points to the troops, they have the very place there!
And the last one. You will not be forcibly sweet. It’s impossible for everyone to get under the skin, military affairs are not for everyone. My opinion, the acquisition of units by contractors, is an unusually serious matter, there is no need to rush here. Urgent service for our country is indispensable.
With deep respect to all ....

[Fire]

That is the question. Would the Donbas and Lugansk militias have a chance to survive if the Ukrainian army were professional?

[Alekseev]

Quote: Fire

if the army of Ukraine would be professional?

The question is not correct ...
Professional and highly trained are two big differences ...
Who does not believe, let him remember the worst, but very numerous, part of our generals and officers (warrant officers).
And about recruiting and hiring in the sun, spears have been breaking for hundreds of years. Take an interest ... Everything is available.
The conclusion, as always, is also widely known - the truth in the middle.

[svdshka]

you introduced a new term HIGHLY TRAINED it seemed to me that the professional is already speaking for itself

[Leader]

The contract army in the form that now is a show.
The Border Service quickly reported back in 2004. (sort of) about the "complete transition to a contract" - only a few of these people remained. Fluency: people choose the "minimum wage" (13 years old) and go to civilian life.
The main reason is the attitude of commanders-chiefs: rudeness, disrespect, neglect.
And also: big workload, deprivation of allowances for any reason, lack of career growth.
The young military (from an ordinary to an officer) have one motivation - money.
They will fight ...

[Dema46]

My son only came from the army, but he told me about the outfits for several days, because there is no one. A tenth of the conscripts are thieves, mothers and fathers are judges, prosecutors or the rich. These are immediately sent to the military prosecutor's office as drivers and hawkers of papers. They live at home or in the prosecutor's office. The sergeant major and contract sergeants staged a semi-genocide personal time of zero. The son spent a year in boots with footcloths. The nachkars dine at the expense of the guards, that is, the personnel of the guard "orders" a type of shawarma to the nachkar-contract soldier! In the barracks, the norm is when a drunk contract soldier "builds" the orderlies. Several contract soldiers are convicted of robbery. A friend's son was sent to the north. The escort contractors robbed the guys and drank. And the conscripts went hungry for 5 days and got p .. lei. There is a scream of delight about the minister. Who knows what kind of corruption is in the Ministry of Emergencies? Until they were reduced to the point that in rural areas there is no one to go to the fire and there is nothing.

[Alekseev]

Quote: Dema46

The son only came from the army, according to told.

Quote: Dema46

Around the screech of enthusiasm about the Minister. Who knows, what corruption in the Ministry of Emergencies? They were reduced to the point that in the countryside there was nobody and nothing to go on fire.

All this is true ... Unfortunately. Of course, exaggeration is possible, but ... the conclusion here is clear - the contract army itself can be not only not professional, but also a bargain, if you do not take the well-known, but for some reason measures not taken to restore military discipline and order .

[Jääkorppi]

By the way, soldiers of the Soviet Army, during the Second World War, paid money, among other things, but for participation in hostilities increased, and during demobilization in 1948 my grandfather, who went through the entire war on the front end from August 1941 to Elba, received a good amount that helped with the return of his family from evacuation from Siberia to their native Ukraine. But as a former officer and government official, I’ll say that, unfortunately, the words and real life in today's Russia are very different from each other, and combat training, as well as equipment, want the best. The current resources will not even be enough to occupy Ukraine, let alone keep it in conditions of sabotage and subversive work of the enemy. So, what you need to think about - palaces abroad and in the suburbs or an independent country with a strong army (there will be no Russia and the palaces will be taken away).

[Costa. 69]

The main problem in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is the lack of brains and conscience of the leadership of the Armed Forces !!!! Unfortunately for the army, after a thoughtless reduction of the officer corps, the military spirit was broken in it, the military conscience and officer decency were destroyed !!!! A significant part of senior officers and generals do not understand or do not want to understand what they should do !!! Money overshadowed the officers, but this is not only their misfortune, this is the misfortune of our state !!! The ruling group in the Russian Federation lives only for itself and in its limited world! To my great regret, but V. Putin as a leader was carried away by foreign policy, leaving the problems of domestic policy without due attention. But the army is not separable from the state; it is created by the state and must correspond to it.