Photos courtesy of the Belarusian Defense Ministry's news agency Vayar
MINSK, 5 February (BelTA) – As part of the comprehensive inspection of the combat readiness of Belarus’ Armed Forces a combat shakedown of army units made up of people subject to military service is taking place in a military training area, representatives of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA.
Leonid Kasinsky, the Defense Minister’s Aide for Ideological Work in the Armed Forces, Chief of the Central Office for Ideological Work at the Defense Ministry, went to the military training area. He talked to the conscripts and was made familiar with the accommodations available to the personnel.
“People are motivated and focus on fulfilling their missions. It is the key. I haven’t heard any complaints from anyone. The people are fully satisfied with the conditions and with the accommodations available in the military training area. They are constantly busy training in the field. And certainly, it inspires confidence that our country has nothing to fear with this kind of people subject to military service,” the officer said. “I remember when in the early 2000s the first people subject to military service were recalled to active service after a lengthy period of no inspections in the Armed Forces. The mood of the conscripts and actions of the officers in that period were incomparable to what we have now. The officers that have been recalled from the reserve confidently accomplish the missions assigned to their units. The personnel, soldiers, and sergeants are adults, serious people. Certainly, some of the guys finished their military service two years ago. At the same time one can feel from the very first days that this team, that this collective is capable of accomplishing any task.”
“And the key thing is that they understand that these surprise inspections are just necessary in the conditions that evolve around our country today. The people understand that nobody else can defend their families and loved ones, their homes, their own country,” Leonid Kasinsky added.
He also remarked upon the attitude of the families of the people subject to military service to the organization of such training sessions: “Certainly, the wives worried for the first few days. Several days later in phone calls things were explained to the families. Everyone showed understanding. There are no problems. Apart from that, we have a hotline. Wives and mothers of any person subject to military service can call it and formulate their problems. There were no calls in the last few days. It is a clear testimony of the fact that the families have the right attitude to those, who defend their own country.”
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