Nowadays, many commanders of various ranks refer to a difficult period of uncertainty. After all, in the military, everything has to be transformed, changed, reorganized, and brought in line with the realities of life. In this regard, I would like to recall... The year 1945. The Great War had ended. A multi-million-strong group of our troops and hundreds of high-ranking headquarters were concentrated in East Germany. However, the army is a unique organism. It must either fight or engage in intensive combat training. There is no third option, as inaction corrupts. Soviet officers excelled in warfare. However, when it came to abruptly transitioning to peaceful combat training, even generals and colonels struggled. The gunpowder smoke had not yet cleared from the battlefields, but Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov, Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany, ensured that the transition period would not be prolonged. I will not list all of his initiatives. Instead, I will focus on the most significant one: in November 1945, a scientific conference was held under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief to study the Warsaw-Poznan Operation of the 1st Belorussian Front. This marked the beginning of the scientific and practical study of the combat experience that we had to pay so dearly for. Currently, due to the country's difficult economic situation, the command is forced to refrain from conducting not only large-scale maneuvers but also tactical exercises and training sessions involving the mass deployment of military equipment and weapons. However, there are still opportunities for improving units from platoons to battalions (divisions). In my opinion, an example of this is the 382nd Guards Port Arthur Red Banner Order of Kutuzov and Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Motor Rifle Regiment, with which I keep in touch. This regiment, stationed in Dauria, was considered one of the exemplary regiments in the Trans-Baikal Military District a ... Read more