BREST, 10 February (BelTA) – The 38th Independent Guards Air Assault Brigade based in Brest has been put on heightened alert as part of the ongoing combat readiness inspection of the Belarusian army authorized by the president, BelTA has learned.
Sergei Kuprik, Advisor to the State Secretary of the Security Council, noted: “In accordance with the plan on inspecting the Armed Forces upon the decision of the head of state today we are bringing individual units of a special operations forces formation to the highest degree of combat readiness. Once the units are ready for combat deployment, they will have to carry out their assigned missions in a complicated tactical environment. After that every servicemen and respectively every unit will be evaluated based on results of shooting tests and physical fitness tests.”
In particular, the military personnel will have to demonstrate their ability to shoot all kinds of weapons and will have to pass endurance and strength tests.
Valery Bulygo, commanding officer of the 38th brigade, has given instructions to unit commanders regarding consequent fulfillment of assigned missions. The duty company was brought to high alert first. An immediate-response army unit followed suit. The main units are in the Brestsky military training area as part of a scheduled field exercise. Their ability to carry out missions was examined over there.
The snap inspection did not catch the Brest paratroopers off guard. “We practice it every day. It is not a problem for us. We are always ready to carry out any task formulated by our commanding officer. The weather is freezing now. Such conditions temper our character and our endurance. It is not easy but we are coping,” one of the soldiers of the 38th brigade noted. “We’ve been out in the field for two weeks now. Everything is going well. We have training missions. We attend tactical classes, shoot, hone our skills, and improve our endurance.”
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