The fight against corruption in the military commissariats began in Soviet times. With the same varying success, it continues today. For example, some time ago, under the slogan of fighting corruption, so many changes were made in the organizational structure of military registration and enlistment offices, so many personnel decisions and various innovations were made that it was completely incomprehensible what the Ministry of Defense ultimately wanted. And what is this “new look” of the military commissariat it was so eager for?
PEOPLE AND FATE
Today it has already become clear to many that that reform effort was campaigning in the nature, was not carried out sufficiently, unsystematically, almost without taking into account the existing problems in organizing the interaction of territorial bodies of military administration with local authorities. And for the better, organizational throwing did not lead, rather, on the contrary, they continue to provoke the disorder of a unique system. First of all, this affected the work of recruitment points for military service under contract, which were removed from the subordination of the military registration and enlistment offices into an independent structure, which is not capable, as practice has shown, to fully solve its tasks. At the same time, the fate of the people who worked and served in the military enlistment offices was completely ignored in the reform process: in fact, they turned out to be hostages to non-professional, and even opportunistic, transformations - a kind of expendable material.
Thus, as one of the first steps, the Ministry of Defense decided to rotate the military commissioners and heads of the second divisions (departments) of all levels. In my opinion, it was this action that led to the first very negative consequences in the work of the military commissariats and to the first disruptions in the system. And all because the innovations were not prepared informationally and were not worked out with the regional authorities. In addition, it was surprising that their implementation was begun on the eve of the transition to one year of military service by conscription and the upcoming organizational measures to consolidate the military registration and enlistment offices themselves.
Under these conditions, the officers who arrived at the new duty station, although they served in similar positions, could not quickly get to the heart of the matter, assess the peculiarities of the region, and establish interaction with the local authorities in organizing and conducting conscription. To these problems was added the indifference of the officers of the military commissariats themselves - no one was going to allocate housing to them, even official ones. But these were not very young officers, whose families were forced to remain at their former duty station. It is clear that nothing good came of it. Many really good specialists simply retired.
But the reforms continued. For example, quite seriously worked out a variant of the rotation of officers of military registration and enlistment offices, which after five years of service were proposed to be sent to the troops - they say, let them plunge into garrison life again, they will gain additional military experience. At first glance, there was nothing wrong with such a change ... But no one thought, and in what position in the army could this middle-aged major or lieutenant colonel (and there were thousands) use their knowledge and experience? Fortunately, the Defense Ministry changed their minds in time, and the “revolutionary” proposals did not pass.
But the proposal was made to transfer all military posts in military registration and enlistment offices to civilian positions. And in this case, no one thought about the consequences. As already mentioned, a significant part of the officers, having lost their types of housing, simply quit. And those who nevertheless remained to work in military registration and enlistment offices in civilian positions still do not understand why they, being officers, were considered in the public service and performed state tasks, while becoming employees and performing, in essence, the same tasks , civil servants are no longer, while significantly losing in salary, which is lower in the military registration and enlistment offices than in government agencies of other departments. It was not necessary to be a visionary to immediately understand: such a transformation would have a negative impact on the moral and ethical climate in the teams of military registration and enlistment offices. As a result, today more than 60% of women work in the military commissariats, most of whom are of pre-retirement and retirement age.
Specific contingent. Therefore, before formulating an order to the military commissariat, it is necessary to clearly understand what it can do. First, given the current staffing. Secondly, taking into account the current “Provision on military commissariats”, where the function of organizing the recruitment of citizens for contract service is not even defined (the creation of contract recruitment points as a counterpart to the military enlistment offices is the first sign indicating the “smearing” of the once unified system of staffing the Armed Forces forces).
WHAT CAN MILITARY
Take at least the issue of medical care for draftees. As it is known, it is the district doctors who observe and, if necessary, treat the young man, and then they also conduct his medical examination during the initial military registration and conscription. But when a young soldier, after a few months of service, is suddenly discharged prematurely, all the blame lies with the military registration and enlistment office, as if the military commissarter has the right to change the decision of the medical and conscription commission, which, by the way, is headed by the head of local government.
However, the preparation of youth for service in the army and on navy and the draft itself is only one side of the work of the military commissariat. But even it’s not always possible to concentrate properly on it, because in the conditions of the constant reorganization of the military enlistment office structures, some areas of its activity have turned into vigorous paperwork — as if it were some kind of laboratory or factory where experiment after experiment is being conducted and where a certain percentage of failures is planned. Although someone should understand that systemic errors in the activities of military commissariats, which are the first link between the army and society, are extremely expensive and do not affect the authority of the army in the best way.
And here's another noteworthy. The heads of the structures of the power ministries and departments located in the subjects of the Federation have high military ranks and special ranks. And only the military commissioners, to whom the Law “On conscription and military service” fully applies, are not even civil servants, but simply civilians. To what extent can we neglect the authority of the military commissioner - a representative of the Ministry of Defense in the republics, territories and regions? By the way, it is the military commissioner who is primarily responsible for recruiting the entire military component of the country, including for recruiting military schools, as well as in terms of his authority, and for the mobilization readiness of the state as a whole.
One gets the impression that for some reason these problems do not reach the top military leaders or are brought in a highly distorted form. But I would like to hope that the Ministry of Defense will figure everything out and not only correct the mistakes made, but also protect the staff of the military commissariats from ill-considered reforms. Indeed, in the overwhelming majority - they are dedicated professionals who hold the country's defense capability.