Military personnel of the airborne Service in the Airborne Forces by conscription, key selection criteria
Airborne troops are one of the strongest components of the army Russian Federation. AT last years, due to the tense international situation, the importance of the airborne forces is increasing. The size of the territory of the Russian Federation, its landscape diversity, as well as the borders with almost all conflict states, indicate that it is necessary to have a large supply of special groupings of troops that can provide the necessary protection in all directions, which is the air force.
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Because structure air force extensive, the question often arises of the Airborne Forces and the DSB are the same troops? The article analyzes the differences between them, the history, goals and military training of both organizations, composition.
Differences between troops
The differences lie in the names themselves. DShB is air assault brigade, organized and specializing in attacks near the rear of the enemy in the event of the deployment of large-scale military operations. Air assault brigades subordinate to the Airborne Forces - airborne troops, as one of their divisions and specialize only in assault seizures.
Airborne Forces are landing troops, whose tasks are the capture of the enemy, as well as the capture and destruction of enemy weapons and other air operations. The functionality of the Airborne Forces is much wider - reconnaissance, sabotage, assault. For a better understanding of the differences, consider the history of the creation of the Airborne Forces and the Airborne Forces separately.
History of the Airborne Forces
The Airborne Forces began its history in 1930, when an operation was carried out near the city of Voronezh on August 2, where 12 people parachuted from the air as part of a special unit. This operation then opened the eyes of the leadership to new opportunities for paratroopers. The following year, based Leningrad Military District, a detachment is being formed, which received a long name - airborne and consisted of about 150 people.
The effectiveness of the paratroopers was obvious and the Revolutionary Military Council decides to expand it by creating airborne troops. The order saw the light at the end of 1932. In parallel, in Leningrad, instructors were trained, and later they were distributed to the districts by special-purpose aviation battalions.
In 1935, the military district of Kyiv demonstrated to foreign delegations the full power of the Airborne Forces, arranging an impressive landing of 1200 paratroopers, who quickly captured the airfield. Later, similar exercises were held in Belarus, as a result of which the German delegation, impressed by the landing of 1,800 people, decided to organize their own airborne detachment, and then a regiment. In this way, Soviet Union is rightfully the birthplace of the Airborne Forces.
In 1939, our landing troops there is an opportunity to show themselves in practice. In Japan, the 212th brigade was landed on the Khalkin Gol River, and a year later the 201st, 204th and 214th brigades will be involved in the war with Finland. Knowing that the Second World War would no longer pass us by, 5 air corps of 10 thousand people each were formed and the Airborne Forces acquired a new status - guards troops.
The year 1942 was marked by the largest airborne operation during the war years, which took place near Moscow, where about 10 thousand paratroopers were dropped into the German rear. After the war, it was decided to attach the Airborne Forces to the Supreme High Command and appoint the commander of the Airborne Forces of the USSR SV, this honor falls to Colonel General V.V. Glagolev.
Big innovations in airborne troops came with "Uncle Vasya". In 1954 V.V. Glagolev is replaced by V.F. Margelov and holds the post of commander of the Airborne Forces until 1979. Under Margelov, the Airborne Forces are supplied with new products military equipment, including artillery mounts, combat vehicles, special attention is paid to work under the conditions of a surprise attack by nuclear weapons.
Airborne units took part in all the most significant conflicts - the events of Czechoslovakia, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern and South Ossetia. Several of our battalions carried out UN peacekeeping missions in Yugoslavia.
In our time, the ranks of the Airborne Forces include about 40 thousand fighters, when conducting special operations - paratroopers form its basis, since the Airborne Forces are a highly qualified component of our army.
The history of the formation of the DShB
Air assault brigades began their history after it was decided to rework the tactics of the Airborne Forces in the context of the unleashing of large-scale hostilities. The purpose of such air defenses was to disorganize opponents by mass landings close to the enemy, such operations were most often carried out from helicopters in small groups.
Near the end of the 1960s, Far East it was decided to form the 11th and 13th brigades at the helicopter regiments. These regiments were involved mainly in hard-to-reach areas, the first attempts at landings took place in the northern cities of Magdachi and Zavitinsk. Therefore, in order to become a paratrooper of this brigade, strength and special endurance were needed, since the weather conditions were almost unpredictable, for example, in winter the temperature reached -40 degrees, and in summer there was abnormal heat.
Location first DShB not just because the Far East was chosen. It was a time of difficult relations with China, which became even more aggravated after the clash of interests on the island of Damascus. The brigades were ordered to prepare to repel an attack from China, which could attack at any time.
The high level and significance of the DSB was demonstrated during exercises in the late 80s on the island of Iturup, where 2 battalions and artillery landed on MI-6 and MI-8 helicopters. The garrison, due to weather conditions, was not warned about the exercises, as a result of which they opened fire on the landers, but thanks to the highly qualified training of the paratroopers, none of the participants in the operation was injured.
In the same years, the DSB consisted of 2 regiments, 14 brigades, about 20 battalions. One brigade attached to one military district, but only to those who had access to the border by land. Kyiv also had its own brigade, 2 more brigades were given to our units located abroad. Each brigade had an artillery battalion, rear and combat units.
After the USSR ceased to exist, the country's budget did not allow the mass maintenance of the army, so there was nothing left to do but to disband some parts of the DSHB and the Airborne Forces. The beginning of the 90s was marked by the withdrawal of the DSB from the subordination of the Far East and the transfer to full subordination to Moscow. Air assault brigades are being transformed into separate airborne brigades - 13 OVDbr. In the mid-90s, the plan to reduce the Airborne Forces disbanded the composition of the 13th Airborne Brigade.
Thus, from the foregoing, it can be seen that the DSB was created as one of the structural divisions Airborne.
Composition of the Airborne Forces
The composition of the Airborne Forces includes the following units:
- airborne;
- air assault;
- mountain (which operate exclusively on mountain hills).
These are the three main components of the Airborne Forces. In addition, they consist of a division (76.98, 7, 106 Guards Air Assault), brigades and regiments (45, 56, 31, 11, 83, 38 Guards Airborne). In Voronezh, a brigade was created in 2013, which received the number 345.
personnel composition of the Airborne Forces prepared in educational institutions military reserve of Ryazan, Novosibirsk, Kamenetz-Podolsk, in Kolomenskoye. The training was conducted in the areas of paratrooper (airborne assault) platoon, commanders of reconnaissance platoons.
The school produced about three hundred graduates annually - this was not enough to satisfy the personnel requirements of the airborne troops. Consequently, it was possible to get into the military personnel of the Airborne Forces by graduating landing faculties in special areas of such schools as combined arms and military departments.
Training
The commanders of the DShB were most often selected from the Airborne Forces, and the battalion commanders, deputy battalion commanders, company commanders from the nearest military districts. In the 70s, due to the fact that the leadership decided to repeat their experience - to create and staff the DShB, the planned enrollment in educational institutions is expanding who trained future officers of the Airborne Forces. The middle of the 80s was marked by the fact that officers were issued for service in the DShV, having been trained according to educational program for the Airborne Forces. Also in these years, a complete rearrangement of officers was underway, it was decided to replace almost all of them in the DShV. At the same time, excellent students went to serve mainly in the Airborne Forces.
To get into the service in the Airborne Forces, as in the DSB, you must meet specific criteria:
- height 173 and above;
- average physical development;
- secondary education;
- without medical restrictions.
If everything matches, then the future fighter begins training.
Particular attention is paid, of course, physical training paratroopers, which is carried out constantly, begins with a daily rise at 6 in the morning, hand-to-hand combat (special program training) and ends with long forced marches of 30–50 km. Therefore, each fighter has a huge endurance and endurance, besides, guys who were engaged in any kind of sport that develops that very endurance are selected into their ranks. To check it, they pass an endurance test - in 12 minutes a fighter must run 2.4-2.8 km, otherwise there is no point in the Airborne Forces service.
It is worth noting that it is not for nothing that they are called universal fighters. These people can operate on various terrains in any weather conditions absolutely silently, can disguise themselves, own all types of weapons of both their own and the enemy, manage any type of transport, means of communication. In addition to excellent physical fitness, psychological training is also required, since the fighters have to overcome not only long distances, but also “work with their heads” to get ahead of the enemy throughout the entire operation.
Intellectual fitness is determined using tests compiled by experts. It is mandatory to take into account psychological compatibility in the team, the guys are included in a certain detachment for 2-3 days, after which the old-timers evaluate their behavior.
Psychophysical training is being carried out, which implies tasks with increased risk, where there is both physical and mental stress. Such tasks are aimed at overcoming fear. At the same time, if it turns out that the future paratrooper does not experience, in general, a feeling of fear, then he is not accepted for further training, since this feeling is quite naturally taught to control him, and not completely eradicated. Airborne training gives our country a huge advantage in the face of fighters over any enemy. Most of the VDVeshnikov lead an already familiar lifestyle even after retirement.
Armament of the Airborne Forces
Concerning technical equipment, combined arms equipment and specially designed for the nature of this type of troops are involved in the Airborne Forces. Some of the samples were created during the USSR, but the bulk was developed after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The machines of the Soviet period include:
- landing combat vehicle - 1 (the number reaches - 100 units);
- BMD-2M (about 1 thousand units), they are used both in ground and in parachute landing methods.
These techniques were tested over many years and took part in multiple armed conflicts that took place on the territory of our country and abroad. In our time, in conditions of rapid progress, these models are outdated both morally and physically. A little later, the BMD-3 model came out, and today the number of such equipment is only 10 units, since production has been discontinued, they plan to gradually replace it with the BMD-4.
The Airborne Forces are also armed with armored personnel carriers BTR-82A, BTR-82AM and BTR-80 and the most numerous tracked armored personnel carrier - 700 units, and it is also the most outdated (mid-70s), it is gradually being replaced by an armored personnel carrier - MDM "Rakushka". There are also anti-tank guns 2S25 "Sprut-SD", an armored personnel carrier - RD "Robot", and anti-tank systems: "Competition", "Metis", "Fagot", and "Cornet". air defense represented by missile systems, but special place is given to a novelty, which not so long ago appeared in service with the Airborne Forces - MANPADS "Verba".
Not so long ago, new models of technology appeared:
- armored car "Tiger";
- Snowmobile A-1;
- truck KAMAZ - 43501.
As for communication systems, they are represented by locally developed electronic warfare complexes "Leer-2 and 3", Infauna, system control is represented by air defense "Barnaul", "Andromeda" and "Flight-K" - automation of command and control.
Weapon represented by samples, for example, the Yarygin pistol, the PMM and the PSS silent pistol. The Soviet Ak-74 assault rifle is still the personal weapon of the paratroopers, but is gradually being replaced by the latest AK-74M, and the silent Val assault rifle is also used in special operations. There are both Soviet and post-Soviet parachute systems that can parachute large batches of soldiers and all the military equipment described above. Heavier equipment includes automatic grenade launchers AGS-17 "Flame" and AGS-30, SPG-9.
Armament DShB
DShB had transport and helicopter regiments which included:
- about twenty mi-24s, forty mi-8s and forty mi-6s;
- the anti-tank battery was armed with a mounted anti-tank grenade launcher 9 MD;
- the mortar battery included eight 82mm BM-37s;
- in the anti-aircraft missile platoon, there were nine Strela-2M MANPADS;
- also included several BMD-1s, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers for each airborne assault battalion.
The armament of the brigade-artillery group consisted of GD-30 howitzers, PM-38 mortars, GP 2A2 cannons, the Malyutka anti-tank missile system, SPG-9MD, and the ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun.
Heavier equipment includes automatic grenade launchers AGS-17 "Flame" and AGS-30, SPG-9 "Spear". Aerial reconnaissance is carried out using the domestic Orlan-10 drone.
One interesting fact took place in airborne history, for quite a long time, thanks to erroneous information from the media, special forces soldiers (SpN) were not rightfully called paratroopers. The fact, what is in the Air Force of our country in the Soviet Union, as well as in the post-Soviet Union, there were no special forces troops and there are no special forces, but there are units and units of the Special Forces of the GRU General Staff that emerged in the 1950s. Until the 1980s, the command was forced to completely deny their existence in our country. Therefore, those who were appointed to these troops learned about them only after they were accepted into service. For the media, they were disguised as motorized rifle battalions.
Airborne Forces Day
Paratroopers celebrate the birthday of the Airborne Forces, like the DSB since August 2, 2006. This kind of gratitude for efficiency air units, The Decree of the President of the Russian Federation was signed in May of the same year. Despite the fact that the holiday was declared by our government, the birthday is celebrated not only in our country, but also in Belarus, Ukraine and most of the CIS countries.
Every year, veterans of the Airborne Forces and active soldiers meet in the so-called "meeting place", in each city it has its own, for example, in Astrakhan "Brotherly Garden", in Kazan "Victory Square", in Kyiv "Hydropark", in Moscow "Poklonnaya Gora", Novosibirsk Central Park. AT major cities arrange demonstration performances, concerts and fairs.
Structure Airborne Forces of Russia
In this article, we will start a conversation about the organizational structure of the Airborne Forces. By the holiday of the airborne troops, it makes sense to talk about some components of the structure of the Russian Airborne Forces, where people who are most directly related to the airborne troops serve and work. Let's try to clearly distribute where what is located and who does what exactly.
Like any army structure, the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation has a clear, well-coordinated organized structure, consisting of the command and control apparatus of the airborne troops, two airborne assault (mountain) and two airborne divisions, separate airborne and airborne assault brigades.
Also, the structure of the Russian Airborne Forces includes separate regiment connections, separate guards regiment special purpose, as well as some educational institutions - the Ryazan Higher Airborne command school, Ulyanovsk Guards Suvorov military school, as well as the Nizhny Novgorod Cadet School. In short, this is what the organizational structure of the Russian Airborne Forces looks like. Now let's explore this topic in more detail.
Of course, it is possible to say something detailed about the administrative apparatus of the structure of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation, but there is not much sense in this. Just note that there are approximately 4 thousand officers in the ranks of the Airborne Forces different ranks including sergeants. This figure can be considered quite optimal.
Personnel of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation
In addition to the officers, in the ranks of the Russian Airborne Forces there are also contract military personnel, conscript military personnel, as well as special civilian personnel. In total, the structure of the Airborne Forces in our country has approximately 35 thousand soldiers and officers, as well as about 30 thousand civilian personnel, workers and employees. Not so little, if you think about it, especially for the elite troops and the training corresponding to the elite in all spheres of military life.
Now let's get a little more detailed about the divisions that are part of organizational structure Airborne. As already mentioned above, the composition includes two airborne and two airborne assault divisions. More recently, until 2006, all divisions of the Russian Airborne Forces were airborne. However, later the leadership considered that such a number of paratroopers in the structure of the Russian Airborne Forces was not required, so half of the existing divisions were reformatted into air assault divisions.
This is not a whim exclusively of the Russian command, but a trend of the times, when it is often easier not to drop paratroopers, but to land an elite unit on special transport helicopters. All sorts of situations happen in war.
The famous 7th division, based in Novorossiysk since the 90s, and the 76th, the oldest among all divisions of the Airborne Forces, located in Pskov, were reformatted into air assault divisions. 98th Ivanovskaya and 106th Tula remained airborne. Roughly the same with individual brigades. Airborne brigades in Ulan-Ude and Ussuriysk remained airborne, but Ulyanovsk and Kamyshinskaya became airborne assault. So the balance of those and those in the structure of the Russian Airborne Forces is approximately the same.
Well, among other things, separate tank and motorized rifle companies and reconnaissance battalions also undergo airborne training, although they are not listed in the organizational structure of the Russian Airborne Forces. But who knows, suddenly they will have to act together and perform similar tasks in due time?
Separate regiments in the structure of the Russian Airborne Forces
Now let's move on to the individual regiments that are part of the structure of the Russian Airborne Forces. There are two of them: the 38th Separate Communications Regiment and the 45th Special Purpose Guards Regiment. The 38th communications regiment was formed after the Great Patriotic War in Belarus. Specific tasks are to ensure communication between the headquarters and subordinates at the forefront.
In the most difficult conditions, signalmen certainly went in combat landing formations, organizing and maintaining telephone and radio communications. Previously, the regiment was located in the Vitebsk region, but over time it was relocated to the Moscow region. The base of the regiment - the village of Bear Lakes - is explained by the fact that it is there that the huge Communications Satellite Control Center is located.
The 45th Special Purpose Guards Regiment, based in Kubinka near Moscow, is the youngest military unit of the Russian Airborne Forces structure. It was formed in 1994 on the basis of two other separate special forces battalions. At the same time, despite its youth, over the 20 years of its existence, the regiment has already managed to be awarded the orders of Alexander Nevsky and Kutuzov.
Educational institutions in the structure of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation
And, finally, a few words should be said about educational institutions. As mentioned above, there are several of them in the organizational structure of the Russian Airborne Forces. The most famous, of course, is the RVVDKU - the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School, which since 1996 has been named after Vasily Filippovich Margelov. I think it’s not worth explaining to the paratroopers what kind of person he is.
In the organizational structure of the Airborne Forces Ryazan school is the oldest - it has been operating since 1918, even when the concept of "airborne assault" did not yet exist in the ranks of the Red Army. But this did not prevent the school from producing trained, qualified fighters, masters of their craft. Since the 1950s, Ryazan has become the forge of personnel for the Airborne Forces.
Junior commanders and specialists in the Airborne Forces are trained at the 242 training center. This center began to take shape back in the 1960s with the participation of Margelov himself, and in 1987 it received its modern place in the organizational structure of the Airborne Forces. In 1992 242 Training Center transferred from Lithuania to the city of Omsk. This training center trains junior commanders of all technical means adopted by the airborne troops, radiotelephonists, howitzer commanders and gunners, gunners of airborne combat vehicles.
In the organizational structure of the Russian Airborne Forces, there are other educational institutions that deserve attention, such as the 332 school of ensigns or the Ulyanovsk Guards Suvorov Military School, and you can write and write about them very, very much, but there is simply not enough space on the entire site to mention all the most interesting points and achievements of all components of the Airborne Forces structure.
Conclusion
Therefore, we will leave room for the future and, perhaps, a little later we will tell in more detail about each division, brigade, educational institution in a separate article. We have no doubt that extremely worthy people serve and work there, a real elite Russian army, and sooner or later we will speak about them in as much detail as possible.
If we sum up some of the above, then the study of the organizational structure of the Russian Airborne Forces does not present any particular difficulty - it is extremely transparent and understandable to everyone. Perhaps some difficulties arise in connection with the study of transfers and reorganizations immediately after the collapse of the USSR, but this already looks inevitable. Nevertheless, even now some changes are constantly taking place in the structure of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation, albeit not too large-scale. But this is more to do with optimizing the work of the airborne troops as much as possible.
Airborne Forces Day - memorable date, established in May 2006 by decree of the President of Russia - the holiday is intended to contribute to the revival and development of domestic military traditions.
The paratroopers, also called "winged infantry", "blue berets" and so on, are a symbol of courage, reliability and strength. The principle of the landing troops: "No one but us!"
History of the landing troops
The birthday of the Airborne Forces is considered August 2, 1930. On this day, the first parachute landing was carried out in the USSR. Only 12 Red Army soldiers took part in the landing, which took place during the exercises of the Air Force of the Moscow Military District near Voronezh.
The experiment was recognized as successful and in 1933 special-purpose aviation battalions were formed in the Moscow, Ukrainian, Belorussian and Volga military districts. Subsequently, the modern Airborne Forces grew out of them.
© photo: Sputnik / Nikolai Khizhnyak
To the beginning of the Great Patriotic War in the USSR, five Airborne Corps were fully formed - each numbering up to ten thousand people. From the first days of the war, they fought defensive battles in the Baltic states, in Belarus and Ukraine in cooperation with other ground forces.
The famous Prokhorovka near Kursk was defended for more than a day by the 9th Guards airborne division- in this battle, the paratroopers destroyed about 500 Nazi soldiers.
The "winged infantry" fought in Moldova, on the Karelian front, Hungary, they also liberated Vienna, the capital of Austria.
It was possible to completely paralyze Japan's actions in the Far East precisely thanks to the airborne troops that landed in Port Arthur, Harbin, Mukden, Pyongyang and South Sakhalin.
The feat of the paratroopers, who fought with unparalleled courage and heroism, is reflected in the Soviet military prose, poetry, cinema. Bulat Okudzhava's beloved song "We need one victory" is dedicated to the landing troops.
For the first time, the song "Our Tenth Airborne Battalion" sounded in Andrey Smirnov's film "Belorussky Station" and unconditionally entered our lives.
Feats continued to be performed by parts of the Airborne Forces in the post-war period. The famous 9th company in January 1988, despite the tenfold numerical superiority of the enemy, was able to hold the height of 3234, repelling more than 12 attacks of the Mujahideen before the arrival of the reconnaissance platoon. At that time, only five people remained in the 9th company in the ranks.
Since 2005, units of the Airborne Forces, according to their specialization, have been divided into airborne, airborne assault and mountain divisions - the 98th and 106th Guards Airborne Divisions are part of the former.
The second includes the 76th Guards Air Assault Division of two regiments and the 31st Guards Separate Air Assault Brigade of three battalions, and the 7th Guards Air Assault Division (mountain) belongs to the third.
Troops of Uncle Vasya
The abbreviation VDV, as everyone knows, means Airborne Troops. The paratroopers themselves decipher the Airborne Forces as Uncle Vasya's Troops. So with love they call the famous commander of the Airborne Forces Vasily Margelov - he led this branch of the troops from 1954 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1979.
It was thanks to "Uncle Vasya" that the landing troops acquired blue berets and a vest. Prior to this, the landing troops wore crimson berets. The landing of people directly in combat vehicles was also started thanks to "Uncle Vasya".
This happened historical fact January 5, 1973 - Margelov put his son in the first BMD, which was supposed to be thrown out of the plane, and closed the hatch behind him with his own hands.
© photo: Sputnik / Lev Polikashen
With paratroopers inside, military equipment, descending, could immediately go into battle, without waiting for the crews to descend on their parachutes. So the Airborne Forces acquired their irresistible mobility under "Uncle Vasya".
Margelov was able to create that special spirit in the landing troops, thanks to which service in the Airborne Forces began to be considered especially prestigious.
Airborne Forces Day
The Day of the Airborne Forces is celebrated by the soldiers of the Airborne Forces of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and other CIS countries. The current and former Airborne Forces will gather, according to tradition, in different cities of Russia, recalling the years of their service.
Festive and commemorative events are held on the Day of the Airborne Forces throughout Russia - demonstration performances of paratroopers and paratroopers, a demonstration of military equipment that is in service with the airborne troops, and so on.
On this day, veterans of the Airborne Forces are honored - charity events and festive concerts are held. The fallen heroes are not forgotten on the holiday - on the Day of the Airborne Forces, flowers are laid at the monument to paratroopers and their burial places, and funeral services are also held.
Airborne troops are never former - they remain for life, therefore a huge army of paratroopers on Airborne Forces Day takes to the streets of Russian cities and on a large scale, from the heart, like no other, celebrate their professional holiday.
© photo: Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev
At the same time, the "blue berets" will selflessly and heroically defend their homeland, as they are always where it is most dangerous - in the very hell.
The landing troops have their own patron - the prophet Elijah, whose memorial day Orthodox Church also celebrates on August 2.
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The village of Medvezhye Ozera is not only a good option for recreation and active rest in the Moscow region, and the location of the 38th separate guards regiment communications of the airborne troops of Russia, or military unit 54164. At the moment it consists of a control battalion and several communications battalions. Among the tasks currently performed by Military Unit 54164 - establishing communications in military field conditions, during exercises, landing aircraft with groups of paratroopers and establishing navigation for aviation equipment.
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The 38th separate communications regiment of the Airborne Forces began to form back in August 1947 in the city of Polotsk (Belarusian SSR). True, at that time it consisted of a unit of signalmen of the Neman Corps of the Airborne Forces (8th Guards Airborne Regiment) and the 13th Guards separate company communications (103rd Guards Airborne Division). In September 1947, two units became known as the 191st separate battalion communications and became part of the 8th Guards Airborne Corps.
In June 1956, the unit was reorganized into the 691st communications battalion of the Airborne Forces, and already in December 1972 several companies of the 879th communications center joined it. The new formation was named the 196th Communications Regiment of the Airborne Forces.
In December 1992, the 196th regiment became the 171st separate brigade airborne communications. After 5 years, in 1997, the brigade was reorganized - it became the 38th separate communications regiment of the Airborne Forces.
Training of a new generation, soldiers of the 38th communications regiment
The fighters of the regiment were part of the peacekeeping troops in resolving armed conflicts in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and also participated in the fight against criminal groups in Chechnya. Today, employees of military unit 54164 are leading in international exercises and help organize the work of teenage military clubs in Moscow. For example, since 1996, the officers of the communications regiment have been working with the Poisk, Paratrooper and Courage clubs.
eyewitness impressions
Most of those whose place of service was military unit 54164 note that the material and living conditions in the unit are good. The soldiers live in the barracks, and some contract employees rent housing in the village of Medvezhye or in Balashikha. Work in the canteen civilians, in the first-aid post - too. The barracks have showers, a rest room and classrooms.
All infrastructure is concentrated in the village of Bear Lakes. These are shops, and the House of Culture, and cafes, and even a sanatorium.
A sufficient amount of time is devoted to the physical training of paratroopers. Shooting, skydiving and shooting classes are held, but most of the time is devoted to the training of signalmen. Employees of military unit 54164 learn to recognize and send messages in both Morse code and modern systems communication or navigation. There are also field exercises.
Festive formation on the parade ground
The oath, that is, its official part, begins at 10 am, they are allowed into the unit from 9.40. It is noteworthy that at the checkpoint they simply open the gates and do not limit the number of those present. You just need to find the oath table and the platoon of a soldier in the lists on the checkpoint wall. During the taking of the oath, the soldier's parents are allowed to take video and photography. After this event, employees are allowed leave until 21.00 Sunday - relatives write applications addressed to the commander of military unit 54164 and leave their passport as a pledge. The rest of the time, leave is allowed once every two weeks, but soldiers can be visited at the checkpoint on Sundays from 15.00 to 19.00, except for those days when they are on exercises.
Calls to relatives are allowed only on Sundays, from 19.00 to 21.00. Phones with Internet support, photo and video messages are prohibited. All domestic telecom operators operate in Bear Lakes with tariffs for Moscow and the Moscow Region.
Employees receive cash grants once a month. After taking the oath, they are issued cards of the Savings Bank of Russia. Parents can make transfers to the same card. There is only one Sberbank ATM in Bear Lakes. It is located at st. Yubileinaya, 13 and is open around the clock.
Instructions for mom
Parcels and letters:
Unit address: 141143, Moscow region, Shchelkovsky district, village of Medvezhye Ozera, military unit 54164, full name of the soldier, his platoon (check the number or letter with the soldier).
Parcels can be sent to the post office address: 141143, Moscow region, Schelkovsky district, Medvezhy Ozera village, st. Yubileinaya, d.8. The branch is open from 8.00 to 20.00, except Sunday. Break from 13.00 to 14.00.
Letters are delivered to the unit, and the parcels are picked up once a week by the company duty officer. Among the programs, medicines are prohibited, but the following are allowed:
- Sweets and fruits;
- Gloves and a warm hat;
- Shoe cream (black) and collars;
- Felt insoles for shoes;
- Personal hygiene items;
- Stationery.
Contact phone numbers:
Phone of the headquarters of the military unit 54164: 8 (496-56) 9-31-82;
Company duty phone: 8-496-671-64-58
Post office phone: 8 (496-56) 9-32-49
Medvezhye-Ozerskaya outpatient clinic: 8 (496-56) 9-32-84 (hospital); 8 (496-56) 9-32-57 (registration).
your visit
There are several ways to get to Bear Lakes:
- From the Shchelkovskaya metro station in Moscow: by buses 349, 360, 321 and fixed-route taxi 506.
- From Monino metro station: by bus 362;
- From Chkalovskaya metro station: by bus 378k, 320, 321, 360, 371, 380, 429.
- From the Novy Gorodok stop, you can take a taxi or hitchhike.
- By car from Balashikha, drive to Shchelkovo highway, and then turn towards Shchelkovo. After the New Town, turn left and follow the road sign.
Where to stay
Since Bear Lakes is a recreational and sanatorium village, there is a sufficient choice of housing. Cottage houses, hotels, the private sector should be booked in advance and do not forget that the price of accommodation depends on the season.
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Contract service in the Airborne Forces is a job for real men!
At the moment, the structural strength includes four full-fledged divisions, as well as separate regiments, airborne and airborne assault brigades.
For those who nevertheless decided to link their lives, or at least part of it, with service in the Airborne Forces, I highly recommend studying the composition of the Airborne Forces and the locations of units and subunits of the Russian Airborne Forces.
So, according to official information from the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation mil.ru The Airborne Forces consists of:
- 76th Guards Air Assault Division, Pskov location:
- military unit 32515 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment
- military unit 74268 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment
- military unit 45377 1140 artillery regiment and others
- military unit 65451 98th Guards Airborne Division, located in Ivanovo:
- military unit 62295 217 Guards parachute regiment
- military unit 71211 331st Guards Airborne Regiment (located in Kostroma)
- military unit 62297 1065th Red Banner Guards Artillery Regiment (located in Kostroma)
- military unit 65391 215th separate guards reconnaissance company and others
- 7th Guards Air Assault (Mountain) Division, location - Novorossiysk:
- military unit 42091 108 air assault regiment
- military unit 54801 247 air assault regiment (location Stavropol)
- military unit 40515 1141 artillery regiment (location of Anapa) and others
- 106th Guards Airborne Division - Tula:
- military unit 41450 137 parachute regiment
- military unit 33842 51 parachute regiment
- military unit 93723 1182 artillery regiment (location Naro-Fominsk) and others
Shelves and airborne brigades:
- military unit 32364 11th separate guards airborne brigade, location - the city of Ulan-Ude
- military unit 28337 45th Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade - Moscow
- 56th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade. Place of deployment - the city of Kamyshin
- military unit 73612 31st Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade. Located in Ulyanovsk
- military unit 71289 83rd Separate Guards Airborne Brigade. Location - Ussuriysk
- military unit 54164 38th Separate Guards Communications Regiment of the Airborne Forces. Located in the Moscow region, in the village of Medvezhye Ozera
Cuban contract service in the special forces of the Airborne Forces in the 45th special forces brigade
Let's start with the brigade, which, apparently, seeks every second candidate. Namely, in the 45th brigade (regiment) of the Airborne Forces. In order not to repeat, I will immediately give a link to the material, where we have already told everything about this military unit in the article
Contract service in the Tula Airborne Forces
For many, the contract in the Airborne Forces has become a good springboard and a good lesson in life.
The next most popular is the 106th Guards Airborne Division, which is located in the hero city of Tula. Full name 106th Guards Airborne Tula Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division.
The division has the following units:
- parachute regiments
- communications department,
- material support unit (MTO),
- medical team,
- engineering division
Accordingly, for contract service in the 106th Airborne Division, there are quite a lot.
Contract servicemen serving on a contract basis in the Airborne Forces in the city of Tula, during their service, live in separate living quarters (cubes) for 4-6 soldiers. Those who do not want to live on the territory of the unit, as well as family military personnel, have the right to rent housing in the city itself. In this case, they are paid monetary compensation for the sublease of housing.
Also, each soldier can use to solve their housing problems.
Since the unit is located in the city itself, there are no problems for the employment of members of the families of military personnel here.
Contract service Airborne Forces Ryazan
Those who wish to serve in the Airborne Forces in Ryazan should contact the 137th Airborne Regiment of military unit 41450 Regiment address: Ryazan - 7 Oktyabrsky Gorodok
The conditions for entering the contract in the Airborne Regiment are the same as for other candidates for the contract.
In 137 RAPs, in addition to regular units, for example, RAPs, there are:
- special center,
- airborne training ground
Military unit 41450 has a club, a library, a museum of military glory, a stadium and a sports hall.
A garrison military hospital operates on the territory of the Ryazan garrison.
There are also no problems for the employment of family members of contract servicemen. The military unit is located within the city limits. Accordingly, the state is carried out in full.
Contract service Pskov VDV
The next place for future contractors to serve is the oldest formation of the Airborne Forces, namely the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division, located in the city of military glory Pskov.
As part of the 76 Guards. DShD has the following divisions:
- three air assault regiments
- Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
- separate reconnaissance battalion
- separate communications battalion
- repair and restoration battalion and others
The conditions of service and life of military personnel under the contract are the same as in other military units of the Airborne Forces
Contract service Airborne Forces Ulyanovsk
For those who have chosen to serve in the Airborne Forces and also live or are ready to move to the city of Ulyanovsk, they are lucky, because the 31st Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade (31 ODSHBr) is located here, military unit 73612 address Ulyanovsk, 3rd Engineering travel
The 31 Airborne Brigade includes:
- paratrooper and air assault battalions
- artillery battalion
- engineering sapper company
Since 2005, all units of the brigade have been staffed exclusively by military personnel under the contract.
Contract in the Airborne Forces in the Crimea
Back in 2016, the then airborne commander Vladimir Shamanov said that during 2017, the 97th Air Assault Regiment will be recreated in Dzhankoy, Crimea. But so far there is no information about this.
Monetary allowance of military personnel under contract in the Airborne Forces
In addition to the basic payments that are due to each serviceman of the Russian Army, the Airborne Forces rely on, namely, in accordance with the order of the RF Ministry of Defense No. the rate of parachute jumps established by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation for the past year.
For military personnel, for each complicated parachute jump, the amount of the allowance increases by 1 percent.
It is worth noting that in the 45th brigade (regiment) of the Airborne Forces, military personnel receive an additional 50% of the salary for passing military service in a special connection.
Airborne contract service reviews
Our Airborne Troops are rapidly developing. More and more new models of modern military equipment are being put into service. And this means that professional military personnel will also be constantly required in the Airborne Forces.
As for the reviews, I would like to say that it depends on military unit where the service will be held, and sometimes from the military himself. What can you say about this? How is your Airborne contract?