The daily routine of a cadet of the SV MIA. The daily routine in the military units of the Russian army. The life of a cadet is like

At first I wanted to make this article long with detailed description lectures, seminars, laboratory work and everything else. But, firstly, there is still a whole chapter devoted only to study, and it will all be there. And now we will continue the review of the daily routine and dwell purely on the features of military training.

Three couples were assigned to classes every day, except for a weekend Sunday. Beginning at 9.00, ending at 14.15. Between couples there is a big break of 15 minutes, and between academic hours 5 minutes. It seems that we did not learn much, but we had enough. Especially if there were some field exercises or all three pairs of the same discipline, it happened like that.

What are the features?

The most amazing thing for me is the constant summing up

Every week, every month and, of course, the semester, the results of our training were summed up. In the unit, we sat on stools and there was a distribution. The best and the worst were singled out.

That is, for each discipline, the grades of each cadet were written out for a week (month, semester) and all people were sorted into excellent students, good students, three students and two students:

If in all subjects or in 75% of the disciplines of the five, and the rest is good - an excellent student.
If only good or excellent, but less than 75% of fives - good.
At least one triple is a triplet.
At least one two is a two.

And this alone sometimes decides whether you are good or bad. Because personal discipline and excellent service in outfits were taken for granted, for which, as it were, it was not worth encouraging.

That is how I, having received a single five at a seminar on cultural studies, became an excellent student in the first week of study in 2003. And this allowed me, almost the only one from the entire course (except for the enlisted soldiers, who a week earlier, during the oath, were on duty) to go on the first dismissal. The rest were deprived of dismissal for poor internal order, I wrote about.

But never after have I managed to be even good at the end of the weeks. True, he was not a doppelgänger. Always threes. That did not stop me from taking session after session only perfectly well. (How damn modest I am!).

Appointment of a duty officer

A duty officer for the training group was appointed daily. In our highly organized platoon, this was the morning cleaner, so that there would be no confusion and injustice. And although I wrote that he was appointed from especially stunted people who did not want to run, it was not always so. By the senior courses, the next cleaner was assigned to the beds. That's how they slept, so they took turns cleaning the barracks in the morning. It was convenient, because you could always know approximately your day when you were on duty.

Which is extremely important, and here's why. The duties of the attendant included being the first to the teacher. Ask what you need, take chalk, maps (topographic), set up a lecturer, prepare a board and all that. The duty officer ordered everyone to stand up at the entrance of the teacher and reported that such and such a study group in the amount of so many people had arrived for classes. And on the board was written the expenditure of personnel. According to the list, there is an outfit, a medical unit, vacation or somewhere else and how much.

Remember: the word AVAILABLE is spelled together! How many people suffered from ridicule especially jealous of the Russian language teachers. Often they asked “whose face?” When it was written separately. Although some didn't care.

So, if it was easier with civilian teachers, then it was categorically difficult to enter the department of our tactics “Wax Air Defense Tactics” just to enter the teacher’s office correctly. They were all no lower than a lieutenant colonel, but mostly colonels. Servant and meritorious. Not without a shell in the head, many. And then the accompanying study of the statutes of the Internal Service and the Combatant began. Remember - you will shudder.

And having a schedule in hand and knowing your date of duty, you could calculate whether it would be a good day or not. And now about the schedule.

Own schedule

This is another great feature of military education. My younger sister is now studying at one of the sovereign's universities, so she doesn't know which couples and when they will be placed earlier than a few days before they start. This is simply not possible in a military school.

Before the start of each semester, each department is issued printed in the printing house of the academy (and there is one!) Class schedules for the entire semester, including exams. For half a year, we knew in which office, what time and to whom I would take an exam, a test, or something else in one or another discipline.

Everything was written in a special encrypted form of letters, numbers and circles. The name of the subject, the number of the topic and the lesson, the number of the educational building and the office, the type of lesson and the name of the teacher. And not once in five years has there been a single replacement! I do not know how many people were involved in its development, who these people are and even where they were. But these are geniuses. Imagine synchronizing the educational process of an entire academy with about one and a half thousand students. Think about who will sit in which class, who will teach them, and so that nothing crosses anywhere. Cool guys!

What the class schedule itself looked like below, but here is an enlarged fragment:

Let's take the first discipline as an example:

RCS - Radio circuits and signals (name of discipline)
6/63 lr - topic 6, lesson No. 63, lr - laboratory work.
3/309 - building number and auditorium number.
1109, 1108 - numbers of teachers (where 11 is the number of the department, the second group of numbers of the teacher directly).
A further wavy line with an arrow means that the laboratory is for two pairs.

Pay attention to the line above the 6th instead of classes and the beginning of the same line on the 13th. This is a big outfit. On this day, no classes were planned for the platoon. We took part in the guard (from 13 to 15 people), and the rest in other types of outfits of the academy. More on that later.

All teachers were listed in the annotations under the schedule, but we already knew them, so this part was usually cut off. After that, the schedule was laminated with adhesive tape on the back and worn folded in four for all six months. Days gradually faded away. By the end of the semester, the rather tattered schedule was like a war map. I tried to keep them. True, now offhand I found only one:

221 study groups. 3 semester 2004-2005 academic year

Rare rarity. First semester of the second year 2004-2005 academic year. There is even a donor day in the schedule. True, I was on a collective farm, as the record says. And behind me personally and another friend of mine recorded their outfits. For order. Although the sheets of outfits, as expected, were kept by the castle platoon.

Having strained, I can only remember a few times that the teacher who was not the one indicated in the schedule came, and even then from civilians. Exactly! A math teacher was sick. All!

Room for maneuver

Such a rigid schedule gave room for action. Once I quarreled with the ensign-laboratory assistant of one of the departments. The matter reached the head of the department, they sorted it out and it turned out that I was right. This demonstrative saga, I, perhaps, will write somehow, now it’s different. The colonel apologized, we sort of hushed up the story, but before the session itself, through the son of one of the teachers, who was also my colleague, I received information that there was an idea to kill me in one of the two exams of this department. Since the teachers were imbued with sympathy for the ensign.

In one of the disciplines, I went to the "automatic", since I had several fives in a row, and the teacher at the beginning of the year promised amnesty to such conscious military men. And now the last lesson before the test with an assessment (more terrible than the exam) is coming. Seminar. On which I will get a hundred poods of three, if not a deuce, and Khan to me. And the subject is a muddy shokapets. In principle, it didn’t warm me to hand it over, but in such situations it didn’t at all. But there is a schedule! I know when this seminar is. In short, I asked to hide me in a company outfit for that day, and that's all. And the sheep are full and the wolves are safe. I did get an automatic.

That's enough about education for now.

Most people plan their day in advance, deciding what time they will get up in the morning and what they will do at certain intervals. The army also has a clear daily routine that must be followed. A characteristic difference between the military and the so-called civilian daily routine is that the commander of the unit manages the time of the military personnel, who directly approves the daily routine of the military unit.

The daily routine of military personnel on conscription

Strict observance of the daily routine by military personnel is one of the key factors of military discipline, and its violation entails disciplinary sanctions. It should be noted that depending on the type of troops and the specifics of the tasks, the daily routine of the unit may differ, but not significantly. For military personnel on conscription, the daily routine establishes a plan for carrying out and carrying out the necessary activities, and also allocates time for study and for personal needs. The daily routine on weekdays differs from weekends, but what exactly, we will consider further.

Example of a daily routine

To understand what we are talking about, we suggest that you visually familiarize yourself with an example of the daily routine of military personnel on conscription:
5.50 - the rise of the commanders of departments and their deputies;
06.00 - general rise;
06.10 - morning exercises;
06.40 - morning toilet, as well as making beds;
07.10 - inspection of the soldiers;
07.30 - breakfast;
07.50 - preparation for classes;
08.00 - listening to radio broadcasts;
08.15 - informing the personnel, training;
08.45 - sending for informative classes of personnel;
09.00 - classes (5 lessons of 1 hour each with 10-minute breaks);
13.50 - shoe shine;
14.00 - lunch time;
14.30 - personal time;
15.00 - self-training classes;
16.00 - maintenance of weapons and military equipment;
17.00 - change of clothes, shoe shine;
17.25 - summing up;
18.00 - time for sports and educational events;
19.00 - hygiene;
21.00 - watching information television programs;
21.40 - evening verification;
22.00 - lights out.

How can the daily routine differ on different days of the week

Depending on the day of the week and due to additional events, the daily routine may change.
In many units, on Mondays, before classes, there is a general divorce on the parade ground, where the unit commander or his deputy sums up the results of the past week, and also sets tasks for the next.
Friday is called "park day" ( Maintenance and cleaning of vehicles and military equipment), for which separate time is also allocated in the daily routine.

Maintenance of equipment by military personnel during the park day

In addition, there are bathing days on which time is allocated for washing personnel. Usually, the commander of the unit allocates two days a week for washing, but in some cases, for example, after chores, a shower can also be organized for military personnel. Bath days got their name from the fact that earlier soldiers really washed in baths, but now in practice all baths have been replaced by showers. However, out of habit, all servicemen continue to call these days bath days.

Now actively practiced is the transition to shower systems in the barracks, thanks to which military personnel can take a shower every day. Therefore, leaving the bath days in the routine is a matter of time.

The daily routine of a contract soldier

In military units, servicemen do not only military service, but also voluntary - contract service. A characteristic difference between contract servicemen and conscripts is that they serve in the unit only at the time established by the regulations. In other words, they, like civilians, work like a normal working day. Soldiers spend the night outside the unit: in dormitories, in rented or in their own apartments.

The daily routine of servicemen under the contract must be drawn up taking into account the duty time regulations in order to fully ensure the fulfillment of the tasks of service and combat training and not exceed the standard 40 hours per week regulated by the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. If a serviceman is involved in service in excess of the established weekly norm, he is obliged to provide rest time, based on his desire and interests of military service.

The duty time regulations and the daily routine of contract servicemen are approved directly by the unit commander and must necessarily provide the following regulatory guarantees:

round-the-clock duty (outside the daily duty) is allowed only by order of the senior command and in special cases;
according to the regulations, a soldier is allocated time for lunch, physical training and self-study;
if a serviceman is called for service on one of the days of rest, then he has the right to take time off on another day of the week;
on rest days (Saturday, Sunday, holidays) a special, softer daily routine is established in parts;
a contractor must be given two days off a week, although in practice this does not always work out, especially if the unit is understaffed. In this case, they are paid for processing or are provided with time off (according to the report of the serviceman).

An example of the regulations for the service time of military personnel under the contract:

arrival at the service from Monday to Friday - 08.45;
departure from service from Monday to Friday - 17.45;
lunch - from 14.00 to 15.00;
classes - from 09.00 to 13.00;
physical training classes - on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 15.00 to 17.00;
preparation for classes - from Monday to Friday - from 15.00 to 17.00;
bringing orders, setting tasks for the week (summarizing the results for the month) - on Fridays from 16.00 to 16.45;
preparation for duty on duty in a company (battery) or division is carried out on the day of the intercession from 13.00 to 17.00;
the briefing of the duty officers is carried out on the day preceding the entry into the outfit, from Monday to Friday at 16.00;
The briefing of the head of the shift on duty is carried out on the day preceding the entry into combat duty, from Monday to Friday.

In general, the daily routine of contractors differs from the routine of conscripts, but not significantly. In the part for contract soldiers, only lunch is provided, since they have breakfast and dinner at home.

Officer's schedule

The daily routine of an officer of the Russian army is almost the same as that of an ordinary soldier. It differs in that the officer must monitor the observance of the daily routine by his subordinates, and also, if necessary, organize additional events.

To understand what is at stake, let's look at one day in the life of an officer.
Since the rise of the military takes place at 6.00, the officer needs to arrive at the unit 10-15 minutes earlier. Immediately after lifting, the officer must carry out exercises, which last for 30 minutes. After that, while the personnel are busy with the morning toilet, the officer has about an hour of time to plan the day, fill out journals and other daily activities. Also, at this time, a meeting with commanders of units of different levels can be held.

The officer then escorts the unit to breakfast.
After breakfast, just before classes, it is necessary to line up the personnel and inform about the action plan for the day, or bring the necessary information. This happens separately only if there is no general divorce on the parade ground.

During classes (most often this is from 9 to 13.50), the officer is busy with official business: checking the internal order, organizing the work of the internal outfit, working with documentation, conducting classes with personnel, and many others. Upon the arrival of military personnel from training sessions, it is necessary to take them to lunch.

Further, the officer monitors the observance of the daily routine by the military personnel until the evening check, which is usually carried out twenty minutes before the lights out. After checking the presence of all the soldiers, the officer at 22.00 hangs out the soldiers and can be free until the next day.

This is an approximate daily routine for an officer, but it is worth noting that it may vary depending on the day of the week and additional instructions from the leadership. Currently, contract servicemen (sergeants) can replace officers when escorting a company for lunch, as well as during other events.

Daily routine in the classroom

Let's start with the fact that after being called up, some military personnel do not end up in combat units, but in training units (popularly known as "training sessions"), where they gain the proper knowledge and skills before they get into a combat unit. The training period is usually from 3 to 6 months, after which the young soldiers are disbanded in parts. The daily routine in the training unit is approved by its commander. The main difference between the daily routine of the training part and the usual one is that, as a rule, more time is allocated for training sessions and military personnel are trained more in specialized areas. In all other respects, the daily routine of the educational part is not much different. Control over compliance with the schedule in the training unit is very strict, since newly arrived military personnel must be shown that the daily routine is the basis of discipline for all military units.

At the end of training, a serviceman, depending on the direction of study, can receive a narrowly focused specialty, for example:

Tank driver, BMP, BTR
Operator-gunner, gunner and similar specialties
Crane operator, transport-charging machine operator and others
Various specialties in engineering, airborne, radio engineering troops, air defense troops and artillery

Also, after the end of the training part, a number of junior commanders come to the troops. Often in the rank of junior sergeant. They are specially trained in unit management, work with personnel and all the skills necessary for a commander.

Daily routine at military school

Most often, young guys who dream of becoming officers enter military universities. Most of them just come after school and have no idea what is actually in store for them. The daily routine is the first difficulty that they face from the very beginning of training, since now they will have to get up at 6.00, and “fight back” at 22:00, and not as much as their body is used to. The first weeks are especially hard to get involved in " new life", since not everyone is ready to live according to the schedule, but there is nowhere to go.

Construction on the parade ground of the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School

Senior cadets are most often allowed to live on the so-called "free exit", that is, after self-training, serve in the hostel until the next morning, which resembles the daily routine of contract soldiers.
To understand what is the difference between the daily routine in a military school and the routine of an ordinary military unit, we propose to consider the example of one of the military schools and compare it with the army one that was given earlier.

General rise - 6.00.
Toilet - from 6.00 to 6.10.
Morning exercises - from 6.10 to 7.00.
Making beds, washing - from 7.00 to 7.20.
Morning inspection - from 7.20 to 7.30.
Breakfast - from 7.30 to 8.15.
Operational information - from 8.15 to 8.45.
Preparation for classes, divorce for classes - from 8.45 to 9.00.
Classes:
1 hour - 9.00 - 9.50;
2 hours - 10.00 - 10.50;
3 hours - 11.00 - 11.50;
4 hours - 12.00 - 12.50;
5 hours - 13.00 - 13.50;
6 hours - 14.00 - 14.50.
Washing hands - 14.50 - 15.00.
Lunch - from 15.00 to 15.30.
Afternoon. Listening to the latest news - from 15.30 to 16.00.
Care of weapons and equipment - from 16.00 to 16.50.
Self-training - from 16.50 to 18.30.
Educational and sports events - from 18.30 to 19.20.
Dinner - from 19.30 to 20.00.
Time for personal needs - from 20.00 to 21.00.
Watching information and political television programs - from 21.00 to 21.20.
Evening walk - from 21.20 to 21.35.
Evening verification - from 21.35 to 21.50.
Evening toilet - from 21.50 to 22.00.
End - at 22.00.

As you can see, the daily routines of the military school and other military units are very similar.

In conclusion, I would like to add that, following the daily routine in the army, after demobilization it will be much easier to plan your time, as this really becomes a habit, making a person more disciplined and organized. Many note positive changes in the lives of young guys after the army due to the routine. Here they learned how to complete tasks on time, became independent and responsible. For those who have served in the army, it is easier to get a job and join a new team, especially in law enforcement agencies, where preference is given to candidates who have completed military service.

A typical student day goes something like this: university, work, if any, food, free time, sleep. As a rule, they also complain that there is not enough time for the last three points. And how is the weekday of the cadets of the military academy? About this to the correspondent “P.S. - 5 owls,” said one of the students, who wished not to disclose his name.

6:00. Climb

Defenders of the Motherland every day, except Sunday, wake up at 6 am. On Sunday they have a day off, so they get up late - at 7.

We wake up under the command: "Course, rise!" We open all the windows and throw back the blankets from the bed to air the room. Exactly 5 minutes later we have to stand in sportswear on the street. Everyone goes to charge, no exceptions. On the street, we will have a short run, usually about 3 kilometers, and a standard set of exercises, - says the cadet.

After the guys go to the barracks. They are given half an hour to wash, shave, make beds, put themselves and their uniforms in order for those who did not have time in the evening, and already at 7:15 stand at the morning inspection by the foreman of the unit.
- He checks our appearance how our uniform looks, shoes, and how the bed is made. If something is wrong with someone, then the foreman makes a remark and sends it to be redone, - the student says.

Then the cadets begin breakfast, followed by the raising of the national flag on the parade ground to the anthem of the Russian Federation.

9:00. Training sessions

Air Force Academy students study every day except Sunday. Usually they have three couples, 1.5 hours each. They go to classes in everyday green uniforms, but during exams they wear blue dress uniforms.

At 14:00, training sessions end and cadets are given 10 minutes to change their work clothes, clean their shoes and wash their hands before lunch.

14:10. Dinner

We have 30 minutes for lunch. We can say that we have a small buffet: what kind of soup you wanted, you took it for yourself. Usually they give borscht, buckwheat soup, pea soup, there are also second courses, compote, tea and some kind of sweet bun.

After the students are given personal time: to rest, sleep, clean clothes. At 15:25, the cadets begin self-training, or, as it is called, "SAMPO". At SAMPO, they prepare for classes, go to consultations with teachers, study on their own in classrooms.
At 19:30 SAMPO ends and cadets are given 10 minutes to clean up before dinner.

19:40. Dinner

For dinner, "green" is given only 20 minutes. After the cadets have time for personal needs, from 20:00 to 21:00.
- At this time, we can talk with family and friends. By the way, the phones are with the commanders of the groups and they are given out for an hour only in their personal time, and then they are taken away again.

21:05. An evening walk

Evening walk lasts only 15 minutes. Cadets breathe fresh air, walk in formation and sing "Katyusha", "Marusya", "A soldier is walking through the city" and other military songs.
At 21:20, the twenty-minute evening verification begins. The foreman bypasses the personnel and sums up the results of the day.

From 21:40 we have an evening toilet. We are given only 20 minutes, so we need to act very quickly: swim, shave, put ourselves and the form in order. Of course, there is little time for this, but life at such a pace has taught us to act quickly, - the cadet says.

22:00. lights out

After the 16-hour day comes the long-awaited release. The cadet's dream is to kiss the pillow. During the lights out, an inspector is on duty at the course, keeps order and checks the personnel.
And the next day - getting up at 6:00 and everything is repeated anew: exercises, cleaning of buildings, breakfast ...

Would you like to connect your life with military affairs?

Kristina POSHATALOVA.
Photo from the official group

EXAMPLE DAILY AGENDA

cadets of 2-4 courses of VO

	Elements of the daily routine	duration,	Work days	duration,	Weekend and pre-holiday	duration,	Weekend and holidays
	Arrival at the service
	hand washing

	morning inspection
	Preparing for classes
	Informing, training (on special, drill, RKhBZ)						according to the weekend plan
	Training sessions	1-2 hours of classes
3-4 hours of classes
5-6 hours of classes
	Going to units, changing work and special clothes, cleaning shoes, washing hands

	Personal time
	Independent work cadets



	Educational, sports and mass work, summing up
	hand washing

	Departure from service

Appendix to the daily routine of cadets:

1. Hoisting the National Flag Russian Federation and performance of the Anthem - at 8.55 (1 semester 1 faculty, 2 semester 2 faculty).

2. Lowering the State Flag of the Russian Federation - at 18.00.

3. Days of educational, cultural and leisure work and information:

Wednesday - information 08.20 - 08.50;

4. Summing up the results of the educational process, the state of law and order, military discipline and military service:

at the school - monthly, Friday of the 1st week of the month - 15.15 - 16.00;

at the faculties - monthly, Saturday of the 1st week of the month - 08.20 - 08.50;

at the courses of the faculties - weekly, on Saturdays - 08.20 - 08.50;

in study groups - every day at the last hour of independent work.

5. Preparation of a daily order:

daily from 16.30 to 17.20 in accordance with paragraph 5 of the order of the head of the school.

the training of the duty unit and the anti-terror unit is carried out daily:

from 16.00 to 16.30 - theoretical training of personnel;

from 16.30 to 17.30 - practical training with working out the actions of personnel at typical facilities in accordance with the schedule.

6. Preparation of guards:

the first stage - 2-3 days before joining the outfit;

the second stage - on the day preceding the entry into the guard, in the classroom for the training of guards, conduct the unit commander from 18.30 to 19.20; in the group of psychological examination, examination of persons stepping on guard - 16.50 - 17.20

the third stage (practical lesson) - from 16.30 to 17.15 personally to the heads of courses, the head of the SPO department at the guard camp.

7. Divorce of the daily outfit - at 17.30.

8. Training days:

RKhBZ training - Thursday (on the parade ground) - 08.20 - 08.50;

special training - Tuesday (in classrooms) - 08.20 - 08.50;

drill training - Friday (on the drill parade ground) - 08.20 - 08.50.

9. Days of sports activities:

Tuesday, Thursday - 1 faculty - 18.30 - 19.00.

Monday, Wednesday - Faculty 2 - 18.30 - 19.00.

Sunday - according to the plan of the day off - 10.00 - 13.00.

10. General divorce of the school for classes:

Monday - at 08.30.

11. Working days of the military scientific society:

Tuesday, Thursday - 16.50-18.25.

12. Outpatient appointment:

daily - 15.00 - 17.30.

13. Reception on personal matters:

head of the school - Thursday 2 and 4 - 15.00 - 17.00;

deputy head of the school - 1 and 3 Thursday - 15.00 - 17.00.

14. Cadets passing military service under a contract, living in a hostel, is located outside the location of the school:

Monday - Friday - from 19.30 to 24.00;

on weekends (pre-holiday) days - from 17.00 to 24.00;

on weekends (holidays) - from 09.00 to 24.00.

For cadets undergoing military service under a contract, living outside the location of the military school, is outside it:

Monday - Friday - from 19.30 to 07.00;

on pre-weekend (pre-holiday) days - from 17.00 to 07.00;

on weekends (holidays) - from 09.00 to 08.00.

15. Combat duty, exercises and other events, the list of which is determined by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, are carried out without limiting the total length of service time. The length of service time when serving in the daily duty is determined by the general military regulations and the corresponding instructions to the persons of the daily duty.