THE SERVICE WILL END.
The day will come when everyone who has served the term established by law or the terms of the contract will face the questions: “How did I fulfill my military duty?”, “What did military service give me?” and finally, “What’s next?”
The answer, and quite a definite one, to the first question will be given by the commanders and colleagues in the unit, unit (ship), as well as their own conscience and honor. The main criteria for this will be the specific results of combat training and personal discipline, attitude towards fellow service members, military deeds and actions. Crossing the threshold of a checkpoint for the last time with a clear conscience, with a sense of fulfilled duty, is what a real soldier has always strived for and strives for.
The second question, about what military service gives to those who devote their strength, knowledge, and energy to it, is more complicated. The nature of the answers to it depends on many circumstances. But each of them also has something in common, proven by centuries of history, the experience of entire generations, and life itself.
There are no words, military service, like any other big business, requires complete dedication and certain self-restraints. But, limiting in one thing, it allows one to assert oneself in another equally important area, to acquire something that is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to obtain outside the army.
The first thing a soldier acquires is a feeling of fulfilled Duty. This feeling elevates a person, primarily in his own eyes. In the army, we often realize for the first time that we are citizens of our country, and we begin to understand the high meaning of Duty to past, present and future generations of compatriots.
Military service provides an opportunity to objectively evaluate oneself, one’s ability and willingness to be useful not only to one’s loved ones and friends, but also to the Motherland, the Fatherland, and the people. It’s not for nothing that they say: “Try to do your duty and you will find out who you really are and what you are capable of.”
Every citizen who honestly fulfills his military duty acquires the irreplaceable moral right to look directly and openly into the eyes of his compatriots, not to shyly turn away his gaze from either a gray-haired veteran, or from his peer, or from his younger brother. After serving in the army, you will do what you must and must do according to your Conscience and according to the Law.
There is no doubt about the comparison of military service with school, in the broadest sense of the word - a school of spiritual, moral, not to mention physical, maturation. But the army is not only the highest school for performing military duty. This is also a school of true friendship and camaraderie. There is no brighter and stronger bond than selfless military brotherhood. There is no lesson in life that would help you get to know not only yourself, but also other people in the way that military service allows you to do - this is one of the most difficult and potentially dangerous types of human activity.
Weak in spirit difficult conditions is lost and loses, strong, on the contrary, it hardens and gains. For the first, the army is a continuous chain of losses and unrealized opportunities. However, in reality, most of them, as a rule, turn out to be imaginary, apparent. The weak are generally prone to exaggeration and gloomy projection. He always looks for the culprits of his worthlessness not in himself, but around him, in external circumstances. Weaknesses are always hindered by something, while the main obstacle to the realization of one’s general rule inflated claims is herself. For the weak in spirit, everything is wrong, everything is wrong, except the emptiness of one’s own “I”.
The strong can extract something significant even from small things. In military service he finds for himself something that is difficult, if not impossible, to find in the vast majority of other fields of activity. And we are talking not only about spiritual and physical maturity. The army contributes to the maturation and self-realization of an individual’s hidden capabilities and talents. It is no coincidence that not only generals and naval commanders emerged from the army environment, but also outstanding statesmen, writers and artists, musicians and sculptors, scientists and designers. The overwhelming majority of pioneers of unexplored geographical latitudes are Russian officers, soldiers and sailors. They were the first to explore both the air ocean and the underwater depths, and conquered outer space.
Among the army acquisitions that are vital for any active person, one of the first places is the habit of diligence, accuracy, order - in a word, discipline. Those who think that discipline is needed only in military service are greatly mistaken. As the famous Russian military leader of the 19th century wrote. General Dragomirov, “the difference between military and civil discipline is in the strength of tension, but not in the spirit or basis of it” and “it’s a pity for those people who are not imbued with it.” Not a single area of activity, not a single profession, job, specialty and even relationships in the family can be productive and beneficial for a person who is devoid of a sense of responsibility, diligence, tact, that is, everything that is covered by the capacious concept of “discipline” .
The habit of being disciplined, cultivated by military service, is the most important acquisition of a person. It prepares for civil and social life and work, opens up prospects for professional growth and a career in any chosen field of future activity. It is for this reason that heads of enterprises, organizations, institutions, and personnel authorities, when hiring, give preference to those who have gone through the school of army life and have actually mastered the requirements of military discipline. It is also important that every former sergeant, sergeant major, soldier, sailor, leaving the army, takes with him solid organizational and labor skills, and often a specialty and even profession that is very scarce in civilian conditions.
The army stays with the soldier for the rest of his life. Thanks to the special attitude of the state towards those who have fulfilled their military duty, they feel the sovereign’s care even when they become a reserve soldier. The period of military service is counted towards his total length of service. He enjoys advantages when entering state educational institutions, and has the right to be reinstated in his previous position at the place of work before the army. Military personnel serving under contract, after reaching a specified age or length of service, are assigned an increased pension and are provided with other benefits and advantages.
In other words, those who have completed military service and have withstood its difficult trials with dignity gain immeasurably more than they lose.
The army also offers an answer to the question “What’s next?”, what should one devote oneself to after the expiration of the established period of service?
First of all, you can conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the person of the commander of a military unit and continue serving on a voluntary basis in a mastered or newly chosen military specialty. Soldiers, sailors, sergeants and foremen serving under contract enjoy the basic rights and benefits of personnel. They are paid the appropriate salary and the stipulated allowances thereto, as well as one-time benefits; free food and provision of clothing, travel on public transport, to the place of the next vacation and back are guaranteed, housing is allocated (from a separate room in the barracks, dormitory to office living space and a permanent apartment, paid at a reduced rate). These military personnel are exempt from paying income, land and property taxes, and are subject to compulsory state insurance. The choice of contract service is also promising from the point of view of the possibility of parallel training in civilian educational institutions or in their preparatory departments.
Military personnel with higher or secondary education, who have demonstrated themselves positively in military service and who meet the requirements of the Armed Forces, can become warrant officers (midshipmen). Those who do not have the required level of education are sent to special schools for warrant officers, where, undergoing free training, they are in the position of cadets of military schools.
Finally, for soldiers, sailors, sergeants and foremen who have finally decided to devote themselves to military service and become officers, the doors to the military are open. educational establishments Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - to military schools or institutes, Military University or academies. Graduates of military educational institutions, the duration of free education in which ranges from 3 to 6 years, receive secondary or higher military education and one of the prestigious civilian specialties corresponding to the state ones. educational standards. Upon graduation from the university, they are given an all-Russian diploma of education and are awarded the officer rank of lieutenant.
But most importantly, a graduate of a military educational institution receives one of the most noble and historically revered professions among the people - the profession of defending the Motherland.
To serve honestly and to complete your service with dignity means to become a Person inspired by a sense of fulfilled duty and looking to the future. A person capable of achieving the highest goals in life.
Every Orthodox Christian believer who plans to visit church on the eve of Easter, and especially the night service, has a very good and true message. If you don't know what time it starts Easter service and how it goes, then useful information in an accessible form, look in our material.
During the long period of Lent, forty days plus more Holy Week, people prepared themselves spiritually, weakening their bodies, for the holiday of the Resurrection of Christ. Holy Saturday has already arrived - this is the last day of fasting, but a very important and special one. It is important to know what time the Easter service begins and ends today in order to become part of the annual Resurrection and bring joy and good news home about the coming of the holiday from the temple on the night from Saturday to Sunday.
During the year the Easter service is very important event, in 2019 it will be held on April 27.
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If you are going to a church service, then aim for somewhere around midnight from Saturday to Sunday. At this time, the festive midnight service begins. The service begins with the priest and deacon heading to the shroud, which was placed in the center of the temple in Good Friday and here she will lie until the Resurrection of Christ.
The Shroud is a symbol of the shroud with which the body of Christ was wrapped when he was taken down from the cross on Friday. It shows a full-length depiction of the Savior crucified on the cross. It symbolizes the time the Lord spent in the cave where he was buried and the shroud is located in the center of the temple until the moment when Christ is Risen, that is, already three hours after the start of the Easter service it will be taken back to the altar for the whole year.
Quiet hymns about the resurrection of Christ begin to be sung around midnight. Please note that at this time the Royal Doors of the altar will still be closed inside the temple and the priests will come out of the side gates. Then the stichera is sung and the royal doors are opened, the voice of the priest and choir becomes louder and more confident.
Procession for Easter
The Easter service continues with a procession around the church of priests and the entire congregation. This action is called a religious procession and is carried out to the sound of bells. At the beginning of the procession they carry a lantern, then an altar cross and an image Mother of God, then come the deacons, who hold candles and censers in their hands. The procession is completed by a priest who carries the Gospel in his hands, and second next to him is the icon of the Resurrection.
The procession of the cross goes around the temple three times, with the congregation following the priests with all the necessary paraphernalia. Everyone stops every time in front of the closed gate on the western side of the entrance to the temple. For the last time, the ringing of the bells subsides and in this silence every believer can hear the most important words that she has been waiting for so long: “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and giving life (that is, life) to those in the tombs.”
How long does the service last?
So, the Easter night service begins around midnight and lasts on average several hours, ending around three in the morning. Decide for yourself whether to take children to church; after all, there will be a lot of people there and it is quite difficult to hold a religious procession for such a long time.
On this festive service ended and the Divine Liturgy began immediately. Many no longer stay for it - they hurry home to tell their family and relatives the good news that Christ is Risen, that fasting and sorrow are over and the long-awaited holiday has finally arrived, which will last not only on Sunday, but throughout holiday week (popularly called Fomina week).
On behavior in church during the Easter service and more:
- When entering the church at any time, you must cross yourself three times and bow at the door. Orthodox Christians cross themselves with three fingers of their right hand.
- Take off your gloves, for men it is necessary to remove your headdress, and for women - put on a scarf.
- When addressing a priest personally, you need to start with the words “Father, bless.” At the same time, the person should fold his palms crosswise and kiss the hand of the clergyman with which he blessed. Then you can ask your questions.
- On Easter night, the temple is the place where a special and very important sacrament is performed. Due to the large number of people this can be difficult, but still try not to stand with your back to the altar.
- If you decide to take children to the temple with you, you need to explain to them in advance how to behave there: do not make noise, do not run or be capricious, you are not allowed to talk loudly in the temple.
Of course, you will need to turn off the phone, it is best to at least put it on silent mode.
The Easter service begins at midnight on the day of transition from Holy Saturday, that is, April 27, 2019, the day of the Resurrection of Christ. The service begins at 00.00 and lasts about three hours. After the religious procession, the morning Divine Liturgy begins.
According to Russian Orthodox tradition, God is in everyone’s soul, and in order to ask Him for something, it is not necessary to go to church, since the text of the prayer reaches God through the word. The order of service in the church is only the earthly embodiment of faith. You can come here, repent and receive a blessing.
It is very important for many people not only to feel the support of God in their souls, but also to see his embodiment in the icons that are in the temple. The church holds services according to certain canons. The duration and start time differ depending on the church holiday.
Schedule of liturgies
For church monasteries There is no general rule for holding Divine Liturgies and matins, especially on weekdays. The temple opens early in the morning. The time of the event is determined by the priest himself. depending on the wishes of the people visiting it.
By large Christian holidays Evening and morning liturgies are held. In addition, a prayer service is held on Sunday. Church services on Sundays usually start at 7-8 am. In some churches Matins and Matins may be moved an hour later or an hour earlier. That's why about matins you need to check with the temple servants, where you go, how long the liturgy lasts in the morning, they decide. Vespers at 19-20 hours. Night service also happens, but only on major holidays: Epiphany, Easter. In addition, a religious procession is held for the glory of God.
How long a church service lasts depends on the significance of the holiday. On weekdays it can be held for a maximum of 2 hours, and Sunday service on Orthodox Church up to three hours.
What time the evening service in the church begins also depends on the scale of the holiday. The earliest start can be at 16:00, the latest at 18:00. This service takes place over 2-4 hours. If church holidays are celebrated, then it is divided into daily, small and great. carried out using the all-night language.
Types of services
Regardless of who holds it and in what place, all services are divided into daily, annual and weekly. Full services are held in monasteries, and it is the monks who follow all the canons of the church. The monks fully comply with the rules of church services, but in small churches they are held depending on the schedule created by the ministers.
Each day of the week is celebrated in the church and dedicated to certain moments:
- Sunday is Little Easter, on this day the resurrection of Christ is remembered.
- You can pray to the angels on Monday.
- John the Baptist hears prayers on Tuesday.
- On Wednesday they remember the betrayal of Judas and the memory of the Cross.
- Thursday is considered an apostolic day and is dedicated to St. Nicholas.
- On Friday, services are held dedicated to prayer for the suffering of Christ.
- Saturday is dedicated to the Mother of God.
Therefore, if you do not have the opportunity to go to church regularly, then you can read prayers every day, depending on who they will be intended for.
Church services on weekdays
Believers visit the temple not only on Saturday or Sunday, but also on weekdays. You can go to church when it is convenient for the believer. At the same time, a Christian parish should always be open. The daily cycle of worship is divided into 9 different parts, and it includes:
- The circle starts at 18:00.
- Compline is the reading of prayers in the evening.
- From 12:00 at night there is a midnight office.
- Matins is divided into the following: the first hour - from 7:00, the third hour - from 9:00, the sixth hour - from 12:00, the ninth hour from 15:00.
Liturgy held from 6:00, 9:00 and until 12:00 is not included in the daily circle of church services. Speaking of ideal worship, every temple should be open at this time, and all of the listed services should be held.
The specifics of their implementation depend solely on the chief priest of the church. In villages, early and late readings of prayers occur only in large churches.
Service in the temple
As already mentioned, the service is held in each church, the only difference is in the time and its duration. During the day, the main worship service is the Divine Liturgy.
At the service, a prayer is read, Christ is remembered, and it ends with an invitation to everyone who wants to undergo the sacrament of Communion. It is carried out between 6 and 9 o'clock.
On Sunday, as a rule, one service is held, and it is called the Eucharistic. Services on this day go one after another. Matins gives way to mass, and mass, in turn, gives way to evening service.
Not long ago there were changes in the Church Charter, and now Compline is held only during the beginning of Lent. If we are talking about church holidays, then the service may not stop, and one replaces the other.
In addition to large services, rituals and sacraments may be held in the church, reading of evening and morning prayers, reading akathists in church and much more. All services, regardless of the time, are conducted by the minister of the temple, and visitors become its participants.
Visiting church, reading a prayer at night or during the day is solely everyone’s business. No one can force a person to go to church and pray. Only the person himself decides for himself what to do, what to visit and how to convey his prayer to God.
Time flies quickly. It would seem that only yesterday the recruits put on the army uniform, and today a good half of the established period of military service is left behind. Soon, every conscript serving will be faced with the question “What next, what should I devote myself to after the expiration of the established period of military service?”
The procedure for the discharge of military personnel into the reserve, their employment and their education
The procedure for the dismissal of military personnel from military service is determined by the Federal Law “On Military Duty and Military Service” and the Regulations on the Procedure for Military Service, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1237 of September 16, 1999, as well as orders issued in pursuance of these acts by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Soldiers, sailors, sergeants and foremen discharged from military service who have served in conscription are sent to military commissariats at their place of residence. Their referral to other points is permitted only if there is a change in the place of residence of their families, confirmed by documents.
The law establishes that a serviceman dismissed from military service must be excluded from the lists of personnel of a military unit on the day of expiration of his military service. Military personnel discharged from military service must be fully provided with the established types of allowances on the day of exclusion from the lists of personnel of a military unit. Until all necessary calculations are made, they are not excluded from the lists of personnel of a military unit without their consent.
Upon dismissal from military service, military personnel who have served under conscription are paid a one-time allowance equal to 100 rubles, and persons from among orphans and children left without parental care - 500 rubles.
Travel from the place of military service to the place of residence is free. To do this, the discharged serviceman is issued military transportation documents, in exchange for which he purchases a ticket at the ticket office for travel by rail, air, water or road transport.
Citizens discharged from military service due to conscription are provided with the following guarantees for employment and social security:
Providing public employment services to the population as a matter of priority for work, taking into account their specialty in state organizations;
Retention for three months after dismissal from military service for citizens who worked before conscription for military service in government organizations, the right to work in the same organizations, as well as the right to a position not lower than the one occupied before conscription for military service;
Counting military service time into continuous work experience (at the rate of one day of military service for two days), taken into account when paying social insurance benefits, one-time remuneration for length of service, a percentage increase in wages, providing benefits related to work experience, if there is a break the period between dismissal from military service and the day of hiring (enrollment in an educational institution) does not exceed one year, and for combat veterans - regardless of the duration of the break; - preferential right to remain at the job they entered for the first time, in case of staff reduction ;
Providing citizens who were dismissed after completing military service and accepted to their previous place of work with financial assistance for the initial establishment of a household in the amount of 500 rubles;
Crediting the time of military service to the length of civil service of a civil servant in the event of employment in public authorities, taken into account when paying a one-time remuneration for length of service, a percentage increase in wages, and providing other benefits related to the length of civil service, regardless of the period of dismissal from military service and the day of admission to public service.
Citizens discharged from military service due to conscription are provided with the following benefits and guarantees for obtaining an education:
Reservation for citizens called up for military service during the period of study in state educational institutions vocational education, upon dismissal from military service, the right to continue education in the educational institution in which they studied before conscription;
Preferential right to admission to state educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education and to preparatory departments of educational institutions of higher vocational education;
The right to non-competitive enrollment in state educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education, provided that they receive positive grades in entrance exams for citizens discharged from military service and entering these educational institutions on the recommendations of commanders.
The procedure for issuing recommendations to military personnel discharged from military service and citizens discharged from military service for non-competitive enrollment in state educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education is regulated by the Instruction approved by Order No. 20 of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation dated January 21, 1999.
Military personnel wishing to receive a recommendation must submit a report to their immediate superior no later than a month before leaving military service. The decision to issue a recommendation is made by direct superiors from the company commander) and above. If the decision is positive, commanders (chiefs) petition the commander of the military unit to issue a recommendation to the serviceman.
It is signed by the commander of the military unit and certified with the seal of the military unit. In the military ID recommended in the “Special Notes” section, the following entry is made: “A recommendation has been issued for non-competitive enrollment in a state educational institution of higher or secondary vocational education,” which is certified by the signature of the chief of staff of the military unit and the seal of the military unit.
The right to receive a recommendation is reserved for citizens discharged from military service. Citizens discharged from military service who wish to receive it submit a written application to the commander of the military unit in which they served in military service before dismissal. If the decision is positive, the recommendation is given to the dismissed person in person or sent to him by mail. Its extradition is announced in the order of the commander of the military unit. An extract from this order is sent to the military commissariat at the place of registration of the dismissed person. On its basis, the military commissariat makes a corresponding entry in the discharged person’s military ID (identity card), which is certified by the signature of the military commissar and the seal of the military commissariat.
Procedure for admission to universities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and military service under contract
For military personnel who want to become officers of the Armed Forces Russian Federation, there is a large selection of universities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Officers are trained there in almost 300 specialties - command, command-engineering, engineering, humanitarian, legal, medical and a number of others.
The duration of study in most military universities for higher education is 5 years: In the Far Eastern and Moscow (specializing in personnel management) military institutes, as well as in the Chelyabinsk Tank Institute, the duration of study is 4 years. At the Air Force Engineering Academy named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky, Krasnodar Military Aviation Institute named after Hero of the Soviet Union A.K. Serov, at the Syzran Military Aviation Institute, at the Irkutsk Military Aviation Engineering Institute and the Military University of Communications named after S.M. Budyonny's training in the secondary specialized training program is 3 years.
Military personnel serving under a contract (except for officers) can enter military universities after half the period of military service specified in the first contract, until they reach the age of 24 years. Age is determined at the time of admission to a military educational institution.
Military personnel wishing to enroll in a military educational institution, before April 1 of the year of admission, submit upon command to the commander of the military unit a report indicating: military rank, last name, first name, patronymic, position held, year and month of birth, education, the name of the military educational institution and the specialty in which they wish to study.
Attached to the report: a copy of the document on secondary education (certificate, certificate, certificate, diploma), three certified photographs (without headdress, size 4.5x6 cm), autobiography, characteristics, service card, professional psychological selection card. A genuine educational document must be presented upon arrival at the military educational institution.
The above and medical documents for candidates from among the military personnel, and for military personnel undergoing military service under a contract, in addition, personal files, are sent by the commanders of military units to the headquarters of the formations before April 15 of the year of admission, to the university.
The preliminary selection of candidates from among the military personnel ends with the formation commander making a decision to send the serviceman to a military educational institution to pass entrance examinations (refusal to send with an indication of the reasons).
Lists of pre-selected candidates from among the military personnel, approved by the first deputy commanders of the formations, and the above documents are sent to military educational institutions by May 15 of the year of admission.
The decision to admit candidates to professional selection is made by the admissions committees of military educational institutions and is communicated to applicants through the headquarters of military units before June 20 of the year of admission to study, indicating the time and place of entrance examinations; "or the reasons for refusal. Professional selection is carried out by the admissions committees of military educational institutions institutions. It includes determining the suitability of candidates for admission to a university for health reasons, determining the category of professional suitability of candidates based on their socio-psychological study, psychological and psychophysiological examination, as well as assessing the level of general educational and physical preparedness. Candidates who have successfully passed the professional selection, according to Based on the results of the course, students are enrolled in military educational institutions.
Candidates from among military personnel who have undergone conscription military service and at the same time performed tasks in the conditions of a non-international armed conflict in the Chechen Republic and in the territories immediately adjacent to it are exempt from testing knowledge in general education subjects. North Caucasus classified as a zone of armed conflict! as well as military personnel who graduated with medals (gold or silver) “For special achievements in learning” from educational institutions of secondary (full) general or primary vocational education and persons who graduated with honors from educational institutions of secondary vocational education, with positive interview results.
Entrance exams in the vast majority of military educational institutions are conducted in the following subjects
Russian language (written), mathematics (written), physics (oral).
However, there are educational institutions where the entrance exams are different:
Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School (military institute)
Foreign language (complex), Russian language and literature (written and oral).
Military Academy RKhBZ (Moscow) and Kostroma Higher Military Command and Engineering School RKhBZ (military institute)
Chemistry (orally), mathematics and Russian language (written).
Naval Engineering Institute (St. Petersburg, Pushkin)
Specialty: environmental engineering
Instead of physics, applicants are examined in chemistry (orally).
Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School (Military Institute) named after Army General V.F. Margelov
Specialty: translation and translation studies
Foreign language (complex), Russian language (written and oral).
Moscow Military Conservatory (military institute)
Harmony and solfeggio (written and oral), military orchestra instruments and conducting (practical), Russian language.
Military Academy of Logistics and Transport
Instead of physics, applicants are examined in chemistry (orally)
Military Medical Academy named after SM. Kirov (St. Petersburg)
Biology (oral), chemistry (oral), Russian language (written).
Yaroslavl Military Financial and Economic Institute named after Army General A.V. Khruleva
Mathematics (written and oral), Russian language (written).
Military University (Moscow) Specialties:
Social work, sociology, jurisprudence
Social studies (orally), Russian history (orally), Russian language and literature (written).
Psychology
Biology (orally), history of Russia (orally), Russian language and literature (written).
Social and cultural activities, journalism
Russian language and literature (written and oral), history of Russia (oral).
Translation and translation studies
Foreign language (complex), Russian language and literature (oral and written).
Military Institute of Physical Culture (St. Petersburg)
Physical culture and sports (for the chosen sport), biology (orally), Russian language (written).
Applicants to study in secondary specialized training programs (training period 3 years) take entrance exams in mathematics (orally) and the Russian language (written).
Those entering the Saratov Military Medical Institute for the paramedic department take entrance exams in biology (orally) and the Russian language (written).
Candidates accepted by the decisions of admissions committees for study are enrolled in universities as cadets by orders of the heads of military educational institutions from August 1st of the year of admission to study. Candidates who are not enrolled as cadets are subject to secondment to their military units.
Legislation provides conscripted military personnel with the opportunity to continue military service in a new capacity - under a contract.
In accordance with the Regulations on the procedure for performing military service, the right to conclude a contract for military service arises upon reaching 12 months of conscription military service.
The first contract with citizens entering military service for a military position for which the state provides for the military rank of soldier, sailor, sergeant or sergeant major is concluded for a period of three years. In this case, a serviceman undergoing military service under conscription may enter into a first contract for a shorter period, provided that the total duration of his military service under conscription and under the first contract is three years or five years.
The selection of candidates for military service under a contract from among military personnel undergoing military service on conscription is carried out by unit commanders through collective and individual conversations, informing personnel about the conditions of military service under a contract, clarification of the provisions of legislative and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation on military service issues by contract.
In the course of this work, individuals are identified who meet the requirements and who have expressed a desire to perform military service under a contract.
A serviceman undergoing conscription military service and expressing a desire to enter military service under a contract submits a report on command, which is registered and accepted by the commander of the military unit for consideration. The commander of the military unit reviews the report and makes a decision on it within the time frame determined by the Disciplinary Charter of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for considering proposals from military personnel.
The grounds for refusing a candidate to enter into a first contract are:
The absence of vacant military positions in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation according to the candidate’s training profile or the military specialty he received;
The decision of the certification commission of the military unit, approved by the commander (chief) of the military unit, to conclude a contract with another candidate based on the results of a competitive selection;
Convicting him and imposing punishment, conducting an inquiry, preliminary investigation or transferring a criminal case to court;
The presence of an unexpunged or outstanding conviction for committing a crime;
Serving a sentence of imprisonment;
Based on the results of a medical examination, he is recognized as partially fit for military service, temporarily unfit for military service or unfit for military service;
Classifying him, based on the results of professional psychological selection, into the fourth category of professional suitability;
Recognizing him as not meeting the requirements for those entering military service under a contract based on the level of education, professional or physical training.
Soldiers (sailors) and sergeants (sergeant majors) performing military service under a contract are provided with the following benefits, guarantees and compensation in accordance with the law:
The time citizens spend in military service under a contract is counted towards their total work experience, is included in the length of service of a civil servant and in the work experience in their specialty at the rate of one day of military service for one day of work (Clause 3, Article 10 of the Federal Law “On the Status of military personnel");
Military personnel performing military service under a contract are annually granted basic leave of the following duration:
For military personnel whose total duration of military service in preferential terms is less than 10 years - 30 days;
For military personnel whose total duration of military service in preferential terms is 10 years or more - 35 days;
For military personnel whose total duration of military service in preferential terms is 15 years or more - 40 days;
For military personnel whose total duration of military service in preferential terms is 20 years or more - 45 days (Clause 5 of Article 11 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);”
Payment of monetary compensation in exchange for the required food ration (food) in the amount of 600 rubles. per month (Clause 1, Article 14 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);
Military personnel have the right to receive, instead of the items of clothing required by the supply standards, monetary compensation in the amount of the cost of the specified items, but not more than 3 thousand rubles. per year (clause 2 of article 14 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);
Military personnel undergoing military service under a contract retain for the first five years of military service the rights to residential premises occupied by them before entering (conscription) for military service. They cannot be excluded from the lists of those in need of improved housing conditions at their place of residence before conscription (entry) into military service (clause 2 of Article 15 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);
Contract workers have the right to free medical care, including the manufacture and repair of dentures (with the exception of dentures made from precious metals and other expensive materials), free provision of medicines and other medical equipment according to doctors’ prescriptions in military medical units, units and institutions (Clause 2 of Article 16 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);
Military personnel have the right, after three years of continuous military service under a contract, to enter educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education through part-time (evening) education. At the same time, they enjoy the right of non-competitive admission to these educational institutions, subject to receiving positive marks in the entrance exams (Clause 2 of Article 19 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);
Military personnel undergoing military service under a contract, the total duration of military service of which is five years or more, have the right to undergo professional retraining in the year of dismissal from military service upon reaching the age limit for military service, the expiration of the period of military service or health status, according to one from civilian specialties without charging them for training and while maintaining all types of allowance for up to three months, and upon dismissal from military service in connection with organizational and staffing measures - up to six months. If they are dismissed from military service during the period of study, they have the right to complete their studies free of charge (Clause 4 of Article 19 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”).
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Candidate of Legal Sciences,
Head of the Legal Service of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the RF Armed Forces, Colonel of Justice
Victor Koryakin
Each young man, after reaching a certain age, is obliged to serve in the ranks of the Russian army. A fairly large number of nuances are associated with this, starting from documentation and so on, but in this case the question arises: on what day does military service begin? Because many young men may not have received accurate information.
Start of service
If we turn to the fundamental laws, namely the Federal Law “On Military Duty and Military Service”, the countdown begins not from the first day of departure or any other, but from the day when the young man who entered the service is awarded the first rank . It is the date of acquisition of the rank of “private” that can be considered the starting point of a young man’s path in the ranks of employees - the beginning of his service. This process occurs after his arrival at the recruiting station.
But the rank is not assigned from the moment the private arrives at the place of conscription just because of the presence of a young man. This happens only after passing a special medical commission at the collection point. Only at the end of this procedure is the conscript honorably awarded the rank of “private.”
There are no exceptions to the rules, but in order to make sure, the young private should check on his military ID for the presence of a special inscription indicating that he arrived on time, on a certain day.
After acquiring this title, the countdown of service life begins. After this, privates must be sent to their assigned units. However, in some cases it happens that the young men can be detained for a week or two at the collection point. This may be due to a number of specific reasons, but the main one may be due to the fact that it is allowed to have a certain number of conscripts as a reserve. Subsequently, they are assigned to the places of those who were unable to begin service for any reason, either for health reasons, or for family or other reasons.
However, it must be borne in mind that privates in reserve can under no circumstances be sent back to the military commissariat. Without fail, they are sent to replenish the number of employees in various directions throughout the Russian Federation. Along with this, even the command may be denied leave or dispatch to other units from the assembly point.
Demobilization
Another question that interests soldiers no less acutely is whether the period of service includes the number of days, or a certain time that will be spent in order to get home. Before release Federal Law, dating back to the beginning of 2008, the rules allowed for a small “discount” to be given to particularly distinguished military personnel.
However, the new law decreed that from now on, privates who showed positive qualities during service will be denied leave or early demobilization. From now on, those who showed remarkable courage and discipline, possessing positive qualities, and those who were opposite to the first were equated to the same rule, without any exceptions.
Following from the above, the length of service in the army is determined by a year, without any concessions. The day when an ordinary soldier is crossed off the unit list will be the day the ordinary soldier completes his military service. Some exceptions are acceptable, but only in certain cases, for example:
- if a soldier is being treated in a hospital due to any illness;
- the private, of his own free will, decides to remain in the unit until the day when a vehicle arrives at them, transporting reserve military personnel to their destination, either individually or in a group;
- a soldier takes part in shipping voyages;
- the private was detained as a prisoner, hostage or internee;
- the soldier is absent for unknown reasons, and his service will continue only if his whereabouts or his death are established;
- if a serviceman is suspected, or it has been confirmed that he is a criminal, in which case special methods of suppression are put forward for him: detention with.
In very rare cases, but this happens very rarely, a soldier is allowed to leave his duty station a few days earlier, due to some urgent reasons. This way out of the rules is only available if the commander of a given unit decides to take responsibility for the conscript himself.
Based on all of the above, we can come to the conclusion that service for a military man will begin from the moment the young man was given the rank of private, and from what day the service begins, it will be possible to find out when the conscript is sent to his destination.
