Serve my Homeland 06.07.2003 (2003)

Graduation ceremonies were held in military schools across Russia; the film crew of the program visited two places.

In the Ryazan Institute of the Airborne Forces, the competition is higher than in the Moscow State University, every year 30-40 applicants apply for one place, the demand for graduates is also high, they are willingly taken by almost all types of troops, GRU, FSB, FAPSI, the level of training here is appropriate.

The Moscow Military Institute of the Federal Border Service is also one of the most prestigious.

Not every cadet is able to make it to the diploma, almost a quarter of those who enter within five years are eliminated, do not stand up, and the rest after graduation receive distribution to the main hot spots of the country - in Chechnya, the Caucasus and Tajikistan.

Interview excerpts: graduates Evgeny Bazhanov, Viktor Kirichenko, Mikhail Sova, Hero of Russia Mikhail Minenkov.

Vladimir Yakovlevich Krymsky, director of the Ryazan Institute of the Airborne Forces, is a guest of the program, comments on the story.

Our report: the State Flight Test Center of the Air Force and the Central Sports Parachute Club of the Airborne Forces are testing a new parachute system "Arbalet".

The system is designed for special operations, the parachute is easy to operate and has high maneuverability, which makes it possible to land on limited spaces, for example, when capturing any objects, during landing on the roofs of houses, etc.

Major of the Airborne Forces Mikhail Osipov and Colonel Yuri Stratulat talk about the course of the tests.

Vladimir Krymsky talks about the results of a special seminar on military education.

Sergei Odinokov is the hero of the experiment that the program conducts: for two years, it will be used to tell about what is happening in the Russian army.

In the next story, Sergei's departure to the army is shown.

Our history: On July 8 (June 27), 1709, an event occurred that laid the foundation for the invincibility of the Russian army.

It was after the victory in Poltava that the epithet "great" was added to the phrase "Russian army".