The use of military intelligence units of the airborne troops. The faculty of special and military intelligence will be recreated in the Rvdku
Faculty of Special and military intelligence for the training of officers in the interests of the Airborne Forces (VDV), brigades special purpose, Special Operations Forces and units marines Navy in the very near future it will be recreated at the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School (RVVDKU) named after General of the Army Vasily Filippovich Margelov.
This was told to media representatives during his recent working trip to the city of Ryazan by the commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Vladimir Shamanov.
“The decision to create such a faculty within the walls of our airborne school was made by the Minister of Defense Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu,” said the commander of the Airborne Forces. “In 2-3 years, we plan to create here the most modern world-class educational and material base. To solve this problem, the Ministry of Defense provides for the allocation of significant financial resources, in total over 10 billion rubles," he explained.
According to the commander, the decision to create a faculty of special and military intelligence in the Ryazan VVDKU, in fact, is the restoration of historical justice. Initially, this faculty was created, and since 1969 (since the first recruitment of the legendary 9th company) was within the walls of the paratrooper school, and only in 1994, already as part of the battalion, was redeployed to Novosibirsk.
“The creators of the intelligence faculty in the Ryazan VVDKU initially laid in it the ideology, methods of training officers and the traditions of the Airborne Forces,” continued Vladimir Shamanov. “We, graduates of the school, remember well the ninth company, then the fifth battalion, the 13th and 14th companies of the intelligence faculty. Thus, the decision taken by the Minister of Defense is the restoration of historical justice,” the commander noted.
Vladimir Shamanov also expressed absolute confidence in the successful fulfillment of the tasks set by the leadership of the Ministry of Defense to create landing school faculty of intelligence in the very near future.
“In 2-3 years, we will create a worthy educational and material base that will allow us to train world-class specialists not only for the Russian Armed Forces, but also for our allies and partners,” said the commander of the Airborne Forces.
Vladimir Shamanov expressed the hope that from September 1 current year within the walls of the school, the renewed special forces faculty will begin training military intelligence specialists - the elite of the rapid reaction troops and special operations forces.
According to Commander of the Airborne Forces, the reconstruction of the faculty of intelligence will raise the already high status of the Ryazan VVDKU, noting that already today more than twenty foreign states are training their national personnel within its walls.
Combat training of the Airborne Forces [Universal Soldier] Ardashev Alexey Nikolaevich
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE VDV
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE VDV
"Learn to win!"
Motto 242 UTs VDV
With the development of the Airborne Forces in the Soviet Union, the system of training command personnel was developed and improved, the beginning of which was laid by the creation in August 1941 in the city of Kuibyshev airborne school, which in the fall of 1942 was relocated to Moscow. In June 1943, the school was disbanded, and training continued at the Higher Officer Courses of the Airborne Forces. In 1946, in the city of Frunze, to replenish the officer cadres of the Airborne Forces, a military parachute school was formed, the students of which were officers of the Airborne Forces and graduates of infantry schools. In 1947, after the first graduation of retrained officers, the school was relocated to the city of Alma-Ata, and in 1959 to the city of Ryazan. The school program included the study of airborne training (ADP) as one of the main disciplines. The methodology for passing the course was built taking into account the requirements for airborne assault forces in the Great Patriotic War. After the war, the teaching of the airborne training course is constantly conducted with a generalization of the experience of ongoing exercises, as well as recommendations from research and design organizations. The classrooms, laboratories and parachute camps of the school are equipped with the necessary parachute shells and simulators, models of military transport aircraft and helicopters, slipways (parachute swings), springboards, etc., which ensures the maintenance educational process in accordance with the requirements of military pedagogy. Today in Ryazan there are military unit Airborne Forces, Center for Special Physical Training, Airborne Forces training ground.
Ryazan Institute of Airborne Troops named after General of the Army V.F. Margelov(branch of the VUNTS SV "Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation" (Moscow).
Military specialties (specializations) training:
The use of airborne units:
- the use of airborne units (mountain).
The use of airborne support units:
- the use of marine units
- the use of military intelligence units of the Airborne Forces
- the use of communications units of the Airborne Forces.
Ryazan Institute of Airborne Troops named after General of the Army Margelov V.F. was formed in 1998 on the basis of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command twice Red Banner School named after the Lenin Komsomol. The educational institution in its composition has its own school, a training center located 60 km from Ryazan, an aviation military transport squadron and the Central Sports Parachute Club of the Airborne Forces. On the territory of the school there are barrack-type dormitories for cadets, educational buildings and laboratories for conducting classes (including fire and technical complexes), a shooting range, an airborne training complex, sports and gyms for classes various types martial arts, a stadium with a sports town, a canteen, a cadet cafe, a club, a post office, a medical center, a consumer services center. The school prepares command personnel with higher military special education in two specialties:
“Personnel management”, commander of an airborne platoon of the Airborne Forces, with the qualification “manager”;
"Translation and translation studies", commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the paratrooper units of the Airborne Forces, with the qualification of "linguist-translator".
The main subdivisions of the institute are departments, companies and platoons of cadets. The institute trains and educates cadets of 10 military and 4 civilian departments:
- tactics;
- tactical and special training;
- weapons and shooting;
– humanitarian and socio-economic disciplines;
- airborne training;
– material part and repair;
– operation and driving;
- multi-purpose tracked and wheeled vehicles;
- command and control of troops in peacetime;
– physical training and sports;
– mathematics and informatics;
– applied mechanics and engineering graphics;
- Russian language.
Currently, 12 candidates of sciences work at the institute.
Education
The educational process at the Ryazan Airborne Forces School differs from the educational process in high school. Training at the school is based on a close combination of theory and practice, its duration is 5 years, at officer courses (training of commanders parachute companies(battalions) and specialists airborne service) - 5-10 months. The entire period of study is divided into 10 academic semesters - two semesters per academic year. At the end of each semester and school year in accordance with curriculum an examination session. Basic forms academic work are: lectures, seminars, laboratory works, workshops with a training platoon of cadets, group exercises and exercises, tactical exercises and exercises, internships, course projects, test papers, consultations, independent work cadets.
During the training, cadets spend more than a year on field trips. Every year, cadets are given a winter holiday vacation of 2 weeks and a basic summer vacation of 30 days. Cadets who graduated from the college with a diploma with honors enjoy the preferential right to choose a place of service after graduating from the institute within the limits of the order established for the school.
November 25, 2012 in Ryazan, the first graduation of the Training Center for Sergeants of the Armed Forces - the Faculty of Secondary vocational education Ryazan Higher Airborne command school(RVVDKU) named after General of the Army V.F. Margelov.
RVDKU graduates
Among the graduates of the school there are many famous military leaders, modern military and political figures:
Pavel Grachev - former minister defense of the Russian Federation;
Valery Vostrotin - Deputy Minister for Emergency Situations;
Alexander Lebed - former governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory;
Evgeny Podkolzin - former commander of the Airborne Forces;
Georgy Shpak - former commander of the Airborne Forces;
Vladimir Shamanov - former army commander, former head of the administration of the Ulyanovsk region, and now adviser to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation;
Alexander Kolmakov - Commander of the Airborne Forces;
Wojciech Jaruzelski - former leader of Poland;
Levan Sharashenidze - former Minister of Defense of Georgia;
Amadou Toumani Touré is the current President of Mali;
and many others.
The track record of the institute includes 45 Heroes Soviet Union, 63 Heroes of the Russian Federation, thousands of holders of military orders, more than 60 champions of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, Russia and the world in parachuting.
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Features of the intelligence units of the Airborne Forces
In Soviet times, it prescribed the participation of landing troops in offensive operations. In them, the elite of the Airborne Forces, intelligence, was supposed to provide only a more or less “smooth” landing, with minimal losses of personnel.
The tasks were assigned to them by the commander-in-chief of the district to which the corresponding formation was seconded. It was this person who was responsible for obtaining reliable and timely intelligence data. The headquarters of the Airborne Forces could order everything, up to satellite images of the proposed landing areas, full descriptions captured objects (up to floor plans). GRU specialists were directly responsible for providing this data.
When did the fighters of the Airborne Forces get down to business? Intelligence began to work only after the landing, and supplied information exclusively to its units. And here we come to the most important thing: the Airborne Forces did not have an operational (!) intelligence service, no matter how paradoxical it may sound. This played a cruel joke on the paratroopers: when in the 80s their units began to participate in local conflicts, it immediately became clear that the current organization is no good.
Difficulties in obtaining information
Just imagine: almost all operational information(route, weapons, equipment of the enemy) intelligence (!) received in the central apparatus of the KGB, in and even in the Ministry of Internal Affairs! Of course, in this state of affairs, neither poorly confirmed data, nor delays in obtaining them surprised anyone, and behind-the-scenes intrigues spoiled the landing party a lot of blood ...
Having suffered everything necessary information, the group flew to the landing site, studied the current situation on the spot, and immediately marked the route. Only after that did the data go to the commanders, on whom the airborne intelligence. "The bats » from the GRU, as far as possible, helped their colleagues, but their possibilities were not unlimited: some specific information could only be obtained by the paratroopers themselves.
It often happened that the intelligence took the rap for themselves and for the main units: they not only paved the way for the group, but also constantly entered into fire contacts with the militants (which in itself is unacceptable in such conditions), made sure that they did not arrange provocations, literally "by the hand" led to the places of operations of the part of both the Airborne Forces and other military branches.
Due to high losses and unwillingness to perform such specific tasks, in the early 90s, a separate battalion, which was tasked with carrying out operational intelligence activities. The same period includes the creation of all the necessary "infrastructure" necessary for the successful implementation of the tasks set by the command.
About technical equipment
How, technically, were the airborne troops equipped? Intelligence did not have anything particularly outstanding: for example, in Afghanistan, specialists had to make do with ordinary binoculars and artillery compasses. Only there they received some types of radar stations that were designed to detect moving targets, and it should be noted that Western intelligence officers used these “modern” devices for a very long time, which Afghan proved in many respects. Airborne reconnaissance in action is a terrible force, only the number of losses in a collision with a better equipped enemy was still large.
A real gift was a series of portable direction finders: "Aqualung-R/U/K". Unlike previously used equipment of this kind, this equipment made it possible to reliably detect radiation sources, the fighters got the opportunity to guaranteed interception of enemy communications on HF and VHF waves, as well as on frequencies traditionally used by airborne reconnaissance. "Bats", the GRU special forces, also highly appreciated this technique.
Veterans recall that this technique provided invaluable assistance in detecting bandit groups and gangs, which, before the Scuba gear was adopted, very often went along secret paths. The army command finally managed to convince the party elite to give the order to start creating a special reconnaissance vehicle designed specifically for the Airborne Forces, but the collapse of the Union prevented these plans from coming to fruition. In principle, the fighters were also satisfied with the Rheostat machine used until that time, which had a good technical equipment.
The problem was that no weapons were placed on it, since initially it was intended for completely different purposes, which the airborne intelligence was not interested in. Afghan once again proved that the entire (!) military equipment must have a standard tool.
About what you didn't get
Despite the fact that the Afghan campaign clearly showed the vital need to equip reconnaissance units with weapons with laser target designation, it did not appear in the Airborne Forces (however, as in the entire SA). In fact, active army testing of such weapons began in the Union from the mid-80s, but there was one subtlety here. The fact is that "homing" does not mean the presence of intelligence in the rocket: the guidance is carried out according to the laser "pointer", which is corrected from the ground or water. Scouts were ideal candidates for laser spotting, but our army never got them.
Paratroopers (as well as simple infantry, however) often had to master aviation "jargon". So it was possible to direct attack aircraft and helicopters at the target much more accurately using a conventional radio. And they themselves did not want to fall under "friendly" fire at all. The Americans were already different then: they had means of indicating targets, which, in a truly automatic mode, having received data from ground services, could direct combat aircraft and helicopters to the target.
Well-equipped Iraqi troops during the "Desert Storm" were completely defeated: US troops simply "stacked" missiles with accurate guidance on their tanks. At the same time, there was practically no risk, but Iraq was almost immediately left without heavy armored vehicles. Our deep intelligence of the Airborne Forces could only envy them.
Chechen everyday life
If in Afghanistan, intelligence was, at the very least, engaged in really core activities, then in Chechnya the fighters again became "generalists": often they had to not only detect, but also destroy militants. There was a chronic shortage of specialists, many types of troops had neither equipment nor trained fighters at all, and therefore the Airborne Forces (intelligence in particular) were officially reprofiled to conduct reconnaissance and sabotage activities.
Fortunately, by 1995, the recruitment of the 45th Special Purpose Regiment (which became a real legend) was almost completed. The uniqueness of this unit is that when it was created, the experience of all foreign armies was not only studied, but also actively used in practice. Taking into account the lessons of Afghanistan, the prepared groups were immediately trained not only for reconnaissance, but also for direct fire clashes with the enemy.
To do this, the 45th regiment immediately received the required amount of medium and heavy armored vehicles. In addition, the paratroopers finally got "Nona" - unique mortar and artillery systems that allow firing shells with "honest" homing ("Kitolov-2").
Finally, in other reconnaissance subunits, reconnaissance in this respect has gone far ahead), finally, line sections were created. To equip them, BTR-80s were transferred, which were used only as reconnaissance vehicles (there were no fighters in the airborne squad), AGS (automatic grenade launchers) and flamethrower systems were actively prepared and coordinated.
There was another difficulty as well. Our fighters immediately began to say that the intelligence of the Ukrainian Airborne Forces (from selected nationalists) was participating in the war on the side of the militants. Since only specialists prepared the fighters, even friends often met in battle.
What was all this for?
All these measures made it possible to quickly prepare groups prepared and equipped for combat missions in difficult mountainous terrain. Moreover, these units had a sufficient amount of heavy weapons, which made it possible, when large concentrations of the enemy were detected, not only to report on their deployment, but also to engage in battle on their own. Armor, on the other hand, often came to the rescue of scouts who suddenly encountered superior enemy forces.
It was the experience of the landing troops that gave impetus to the re-equipment of the reconnaissance units of other branches of the armed forces, which also received heavy armored vehicles. The fact is that the intelligence of the Airborne Forces in action proved that a couple of armored personnel carriers can greatly improve the effectiveness of military operations.
Drones
It was in the 45th regiment that, for the first time in our history, combat tests of UAVs began, which are now a real "hit" among the same Americans. The domestic drone appeared far from out of nowhere: since the late 80s, there has been an active development of the Stroy-P reconnaissance complex, the main “olfactory sense” of which was to be the Pchela-1T aircraft.
Unfortunately, before the start of the war, he was never brought to mind, since the method of landing was not thought out. But already in April, the first "Stroy-P" went to Khankala. Five “Bees” were attached to it at once. Tests immediately proved the highest efficiency of such weapons in conditions modern wars. So, it was possible to tie to the map all the identified positions of the militants with an accuracy of literally up to a centimeter, which was immediately appreciated by the gunners.
Difficulties of operation
A total of 18 launches were made, and all of them were made in the mountains, in which the military intelligence of the Airborne Forces was forced to act most often. The military immediately had complaints about the running gear of the "Bee". However, the technicians managed to achieve satisfactory operation of the engines, after which the depth of exploration immediately increased to 50 kilometers or more.
Unfortunately, the difficulties of the 90s led to the fact that only 18 Pchela-1T devices were in service throughout the country. Ten of them were stored at the base Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea, where tests were carried out to launch them from the deck of ships. Alas, they were not treated well there: design bureau it took a lot of work to bring the "Bees" to a conditioned state after they were stored in inappropriate conditions.
In the end, 15 vehicles began flying in the Chechen mountains. By that time, two had been lost in combat conditions, and one "Chernomorets" could not be restored.
Gold or drones
Initially, it was planned that at least a hundred of such devices would be in service with the intelligence of the Airborne Forces throughout the country. The joyful military immediately handed over all the technical documentation for their production to the Smolensk Aviation Plant. The labor proletarians immediately disappointed them: even according to the most modest estimates, unmanned vehicles turned out to be almost more expensive than gold.
Because of this, production was abandoned. The other 15 devices served the scouts well: they were taken to be restored to the design bureau, launched again and invariably received the most accurate information that the landing force could not always get. The intelligence of the Airborne Forces is very grateful to the developers of the "Bee", as hardworking machines have saved many lives.
Scouts propagandists
Alas, the intelligence command was far from always able to correctly use all the means that were at its disposal. So, at one time, at least five dozen people, specialists in "psychological operations", were transferred to Mozdok. They had at their disposal a mobile printing house and a receiving-transmitting television center. With the help of the last intelligence services planned to air propaganda materials.
But the command did not provide for the fact that full-time specialists could provide television broadcasts, but there were no operators and correspondents in the detachment. With leaflets, everything turned out even worse. They turned out to be so bad in content and appearance that only caused disappointment. In general, the position of specialists in psychological work was among the scouts is not too popular.
Logistics and supply issues
Starting from the first campaign, the disgusting equipment of the reconnaissance groups of the Airborne Forces (and other branches of the military too) began to affect, contributing to an increase in injuries and an increase in the risk of detection. As a result, the paratroopers had to recruit veterans who raised funds to equip their fellow soldiers. Alas, the Second Chechen War was characterized by exactly the same problems. So, in 2008, the Union of Paratroopers raised money for comfortable unloading, imported boots, sleeping bags, and even for medical supplies ...
In contrast to previous years, the command began to pay much more attention to the training of small reconnaissance and combat groups. Finally, it became clear that modern conditions they are much more important than divisions. Simply put, the role of individual training of each fighter has sharply increased, which is simply vital for scouts, since each of them can rely solely on their own forces in a combat exit.
What has remained unchanged is the chevrons of the Airborne Forces intelligence: they depict a bat (like the GRU). In 2005, a decree was issued that ordered all intelligence departments to switch to a chevron with an image of an eagle clutching a carnation and a black arrow in its paws, but so far there has been little progress in this direction. Of course, the form of reconnaissance of the Airborne Forces has completely changed: it has become much more convenient, regular unloading has appeared in it.
Compliance of intelligence of the Airborne Forces with modern realities
Experts say that today the situation is not too rosy. Of course, the rearmament process that has begun is encouraging, but the technical equipment does not reach generally accepted standards.
So, among the Americans, up to ¼ of the personnel of a division of any kind of troops belong specifically to intelligence. Our share of personnel who can engage in such operations is 8-9% at best. Another difficulty is that previously there were separate reconnaissance battalions which trained first-class specialists. Now there are only specialized companies, the level of training of personnel in which is far from being so high.
How to get here
And how to get into the intelligence of the Airborne Forces? First, each candidate must pass a standard medical examination for fitness for military service. The state of health must correspond (A2 as a last resort).
It will not be superfluous to file a report addressed to the military commissar of the recruiting station from where you intend to go to pay your debt to the Motherland. On all subsequent commissions, also voice your desire. In the meantime, information about your desire to serve in the intelligence of the Airborne Forces will appear in your file. On the collection point try to make personal contact with the "buyers" from the landing troops.
As soon as you arrive at the place of service, submit a report addressed to the commander of the unit with a request to transfer you to reconnaissance company. It is important to withstand further screening, which is done by passing a fairly tough exam in physical training. The competition is high. The requirements for candidates are extremely high. We note right away that it is necessary to find out about them before being drafted into the army, since the standards change quite often.
Let's not forget about psychological tests, designed to identify those fighters who can really serve in such a specific type of troops as intelligence agency Airborne. And these checks should be taken extremely seriously: "closing your eyes", they will not look at their results here. Only a person who is brave enough, smart enough and can be extremely cold-blooded in a deadly situation is worthy of enrolling in an intelligence unit. And further. Preference is given to those candidates who have a VAS. In addition, people who have a civilian specialty that could be useful (signallers, electronics engineers) are highly rated.
Do not forget about intelligence. As is the case with many of the most important branches of the military (border guards in particular), the advantage is now given to those soldiers who have served military service in the same troops where they apply for admission to the contract. Here's how to get into the intelligence of the Airborne Forces.
Airborne reconnaissance
Now, when Western TV programs and films have flooded our media space, it may seem that Russia did not have its own history and heroes. The trends from the West have done their job - now the younger generation knows about the American "green berets", the British "SAS", than about the brothers from the intelligence of the Airborne Forces.
The reconnaissance of the airborne forces is rightfully considered the most prestigious component of the airborne troops, and there is a logical explanation for this - the guys from the reconnaissance of the airborne forces have proven themselves to be top-class specialists, whose profession is impossible, the airborne reconnaissance officers say "only stars are higher than us" - and this is not empty bragging.
Holding intelligence operations requires the possession of high standards of physical and psychological fitness, so it is obvious that the intelligence units in the Airborne Forces are equipped with the best fighters. One glance at this photo of the Airborne Forces intelligence is enough to understand that these cheerful guys will go to the end.
It is worth recognizing that the work of the guys from military intelligence Airborne enough. The guys always go first, realizing the whole burden of responsibility that lies on them: if there is no information about the number of the enemy, about the state of the terrain, then the chances military operation to success will come close to failure. At the same time, the intelligence of the Airborne Forces has a double responsibility: the guys must complete the task and go unnoticed. It is no coincidence that the emblem of the Airborne Forces intelligence is a bat - a symbol of mobility, stealth and horror that it inspires on its enemies. By the way, the chevron with a bat worn by the guys from the intelligence of the Airborne Forces is also a symbol of the GRU special forces, which only emphasizes all the professionalism of the intelligence of the Airborne Forces.
General Margelov and intelligence of the Airborne Forces
The founder of the airborne troops, General Margelov, had a special attitude to intelligence, because he himself commanded intelligence units during the Soviet-Finnish and World War II.
Margelov put forward increased demands on them - after all, the scouts of the Airborne Forces were the ones who were the first to come face to face with opponents, to probe what the enemy was like. Respecting everything airborne troops, Margelov especially valued scouts. There is a legend that it was with the light hand of Margelov that the bat became the emblem of the intelligence of the Airborne Forces.
It was under Margelov that the intelligence of the Airborne Forces received a look that remained unchanged until the mid-1980s. The functions of reconnaissance were: infiltration on the side of the enemy, collection of intelligence information, damage to communications and communications. Later, after 1986 the bats They also began to engage in operational reconnaissance - that is, reaching deep behind enemy lines in order to collect information used in planning and conducting combined arms operations. Previously, only the GRU was engaged in this type of intelligence, and this fact testifies to the deep confidence in the intelligence of the Airborne Forces from the Soviet command.
Airborne intelligence units in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, a kind of symbol of the era of the USSR, after 1945 it left a noticeable mark
103rd Guards airborne division, entered her name in golden letters in the book of military glory of the once great country. The 103rd division was one of the first military units of the USSR to be thrown into Afghanistan in December 1979 and one of the last units to leave from there in 1989.
Bats from the 103rd showed themselves in the Afghan conflict with the most better side. Already in December 1979, they had to work in the conditions of the city - the intelligence of the Airborne Forces took an active part in the occupation of Kabul.
For 10 years spent in Afghanistan, scouts from the 103rd went on a free search more than once to collect information about local gangs, the presence of American and British instructors in their service, and capture some local native prince. In general, There was enough work for the intelligence of the Airborne Forces. The spirits were in awe of the Airborne Forces scouts, they were afraid of them like fire - why not an example of the fact that intelligence in the Airborne Forces gave all the best to 200%? In unaccustomed geographical conditions, under the scorching sun and high temperature, bats stubbornly fulfilled their international duty, and above them were only stars.
On "Voenpro" there is a lot of video of the intelligence of the Airborne Forces, you can also see footage from the life of the intelligence of the legendary 103rd.
Intelligence of the Airborne Forces in Russia
The military glory of sovereign Russia is inseparable from the history of the 45th Guards Separate Special Purpose Reconnaissance Regiment of the Airborne Forces, created in 1994. While Russian army worried not better times: devastation after the collapse of the USSR, lack of funds, departure of experienced officers from the army.
It is a shame to remember, but the equipment for the reconnaissance of the Airborne Forces was collected in parts, at the expense of donations and sponsors' money. However, the 45th regiment created as a result became an example of a unique special unit, it included unmanned reconnaissance equipment, a department was created psychological struggle, which was supposed to carry out propaganda on enemy territory.
In parallel with this, it should be noted that since the first Chechen war, the tasks of reconnaissance of the Airborne Forces have changed, so bats began to conduct mainly search and combat activities, that is, search for enemy units and destroy them on their own, without waiting for reinforcements to approach.
Airborne scouts from the 45th regiment brilliantly proved themselves in the first Chechen war, it was the airborne intelligence units that were destined to be the first to start the assault on Grozny in December 1994. After serving the entire Chechen campaign, the 45th regiment departed back to the Moscow region to return to Chechnya again in 1999 and begin to restore order. Again, there is a tale that gangs were removed from their posts if by some miracle they found out that bats were “working” in their area, their horror in front of the guys from the airborne intelligence was so great.
The world does not stand still, new threats arise before Russia, but even now we can say with confidence that if a tough confrontation with the enemy begins, the airborne intelligence will be the first to meet the enemy, and the bats will do it full of courage and high professionalism .
21.08.2013
The first-year students of the faculty of the use of special forces units of the Ryazan Higher Military Airborne Command School made their first parachute jumps. On Tuesday, August 20, they landed for the first time with weapons and equipment. The cadets of the sergeant faculty also jumped with them.For future commandos, this landing was the second in their lives - on August 16, familiarization jumps took place. In both cases, An-2 aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter were used, Oleg Olchev, associate professor of the airborne training department at the school, told reporters. Until the end of August, freshmen will also have to jump from the Il-76 - an aircraft that is directly designed to deliver paratroopers behind enemy lines. And the recruits will take the oath on September 7th.
Olchev recalled that the faculty of special forces was transferred this year to Ryazan from Novosibirsk. All courses have been translated, including graduation. A new recruitment, about 250 people, was already carried out on the basis of the RVVDKU, the officer said.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, higher requirements were imposed on applicants for the faculty of special forces, both medical and professional. Also taken into account USE results in English, as cadets will have to learn two foreign languages.
The Ryazan school will train special forces for all law enforcement agencies that have special forces, the ministry added. Education at the faculty will be conducted in the specialties "Translation and Translation Studies" and "Personnel Management".
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