When entering a military school, the state of their health and level of physical fitness often become a stumbling block for many applicants. Studies show that only 10 percent of the current pre-conscription youth can be considered fit to serve in the army without restrictions. Subject to passing through many medical commissions, through a sieve of professional selection tests, a young man can be enrolled in a military school. So, the most healthy youth of the nation is concentrated in military universities, as if a kind of standard of their physical condition. Over the course of four to five years of training, the future officer's body continues to form, his health improves, and his natural abilities develop. A graduate of a military school begins his service as a physically and mentally healthy person.
What happens to the health of a military man after twenty or twenty-five years, when his service ends? In the mass media, as a rule, little attention is paid to the issue of preserving the health of officers. They often talk about the physical and mental state of conscripts, the ability of young soldiers to adapt to the conditions of service and perform their official duties. It's an officer... He's supposed to be healthy as it is.
Many officers categorically claim that ninety percent of patients who have served up to the age limit are sick: "I took off my belt - I fell apart." However, they hide their "sores" and do not pass the military medical commission, wanting to get a job in firms, security structures. After all, an impeccable state of health is required there - patients are not needed. And how many desperate people have been among those who want to quit in recent years? Despite their illnesses, they developed unflattering characteristics and left with inconsistencies and discredits."
"It is not often that a dismissed officer receives a certificate of fitness for service without restrictions," says Colonel Vladimir Pavlov, who is engaged in officer dismissa ...
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