What are the degrees of combat readiness of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Permanent combat readiness Connections military units of constant readiness

Question:

Hello. I serve in the 15th separate motorized rifle brigade of military unit 90600 (Roshchinsky village, Samara region). The brigade is one hundred percent on a contract basis, in accordance with article 221 of the internal charter and article 11 of the Federal Law "On the status of military personnel" (verbatim) clause 3.1. Servicemen doing military service in formations and military units of permanent readiness, transferred in accordance with the established procedure for recruitment by military personnel undergoing military service under a contract (hereinafter referred to as formations and military units of permanent readiness), additional rest in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3 of this article is not provided !

The question is - am I entitled to monetary compensation for involvement in events held without limiting the total duration of weekly service time (3 months field trip)? And the second question - if I am not entitled to monetary compensation, then is this not a violation of my Constitutional right in accordance with paragraph 2.3 (discrimination), paragraph 5 of Article No. 37 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, since, for example, a contractor in exactly the same position in a regular brigade receives (!) this monetary compensation instead of providing additional days of rest for involvement in events held without limiting the total duration of weekly service time. I am looking forward to your answer.

Sincerely, Contract based sergeant Toiganbaev Marat Zakirzhanovich

AnswerHead of the Supervision Department of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office, Major General of Justice Alexander Nikitin:

Having considered your application, we inform the following. Since February 5, 2013, you have been doing military service under a contract in military unit 90600 as commander of the 1st squad of a medical platoon. In accordance with paragraph 3.1 of Article 11 of the Federal Law of May 27, 1998 No. 76-FZ "On the Status of Military Personnel" and Article 221 of the Charter of the Internal Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, military personnel serving in formations and military units of permanent readiness transferred in the prescribed manner for recruitment by military personnel undergoing military service under a contract, additional rest in case they are involved in the performance of military service duties on working days in excess of the established duration of weekly service time, as well as participation in events held without limiting the total duration of weekly service time, is not provided.

In connection with the foregoing, there are no grounds for providing you with additional days of rest, and, consequently, for paying monetary compensation for these days.
As one of the additional payments to servicemen, Part 18 of Article 2 of the said Federal Law provides for a monthly allowance for special conditions of military service, which is set at up to 100 percent of the salary for a military position. The rules for its payment to military personnel serving under a contract are determined by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 21, 2011 No. 1073.
In particular, this monthly allowance is provided to military personnel serving in formations (military units, subunits) of special (special) purpose, and to other specified categories of military personnel. The specified allowance is paid to military personnel of military unit 90600, including you.

Thus, paragraph 3.1 of Article 11 of the Federal Law "On the Status of Military Personnel" cannot be considered as violating the constitutional rights of the applicant, since when determining the amount of the monetary allowance of military personnel, it involves taking into account the special conditions of service in formations and military units of constant readiness, related, inter alia, with the need to perform military service duties outside the established weekly duty hours.

A similar position is set out in the ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation dated December 9, 2014 No. 2743-O "On the complaint of citizen I.A. Markov about the violation of his constitutional rights by paragraph 3.1 of Article 11 of the Federal Law" On the status of military personnel ".

The concept of combat and mobilization readiness.

combat readiness- this is such a state of the Armed Forces in which they are able at any time and in the most difficult conditions of the situation to repel and frustrate enemy aggression, no matter where it comes from and no matter what means and methods are used for this, including nuclear weapons.

combat readiness- this is the ability of subunits and units to be put on combat readiness in the shortest possible time, at any time of the day, under any climatic conditions and circumstances, and under the threat of the enemy using weapons of mass destruction.

Bringing a military unit to the highest degree of combat readiness is carried out by those commanders (chiefs) who have been granted this right by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Measures when bringing to the highest degree of combat readiness are divided into: combat educational.

Bringing a military unit to the highest degree of combat readiness is carried out in order to prepare it for the performance of a combat mission. At the same time, all the personnel of the military unit with their assigned weapons, military equipment and other materiel are brought to the area of ​​concentration.

The procedure for bringing a military unit to the highest degree of combat readiness is determined by a plan developed by the headquarters under the direct supervision of the commander of the military unit and approved by the senior commander (chief).

It should provide for:

Who has the right to bring a part in the highest levels of combat readiness, the procedure for notifying units, as well as notifying and gathering officers and military personnel of the Armed Forces;

Actions of the officer on duty at the military unit and other persons of the daily duty;

The assembly area of ​​the military unit, assembly points of units and the procedure for withdrawing personnel and military equipment to them;

Organization of a commandant's service at the exit to the assembly area or to the concentration area.

The combat readiness check is carried out in order to check the training of subunits, the ability of the command and control bodies of the unit to ensure the implementation of measures when the unit is brought to the highest degree of readiness or the unit (subunit) leaves for exercises, in case of a natural disaster, to extinguish a fire and solve other tasks. At the same time, the military unit (subdivision) acts in accordance with the developed plan with established restrictions.

All military personnel must know the procedure for the actions of a military unit (subunit) when bringing to the highest degree of combat readiness, insofar as it concerns them.

In all cases, when declaring the highest levels of combat readiness, personnel must act quickly and in an organized manner, observing camouflage.

Basic requirements for combat readiness:

Constant readiness of subunits and units to perform combat missions on time;

Maintaining high military discipline in the unit and subdivision;

High moral and psychological state of the personnel;

High field training of personnel;

Serviceability of weapons, military equipment, their constant readiness for combat use.

Combat readiness is achieved:

1. Organization and maintenance of troop service in strict accordance with the requirements of combat regulations.

2. Careful planning of combat and mobilization readiness and timely introduction of the necessary changes and clarifications into the plan.

3. High combat and field training of the personnel of subunits, officers and staffs.

4. Staffing of formations, units and subunits with weapons, military and automotive equipment and stocks of materiel, their proper maintenance, operation and storage.

5. Purposeful work on the ideological education of military personnel and instilling high moral qualities in all personnel. Carrying out systematic training in action of subunits and units according to the established levels of combat readiness and their management, extremely clear knowledge of duties by all personnel.

There are four levels of combat readiness in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

combat readiness - "CONSTANT" ;

combat readiness - « INCREASED» ;

Combat readiness - "WAR DANGER" ;

combat readiness - "FULL".

Combat readiness "PERMANENT"- this is such a state of the Armed Forces, subunits and units, in which the troops are at the point of permanent deployment, are engaged in daily activities, are kept according to the states and peacetime tables and are able to move to the highest degree of combat readiness in a timely manner.

Dedicated units and subunits are on combat duty and carry out tasks according to plans.

6. In the units and headquarters, round-the-clock duty is carried out, formations and units of all branches of the armed forces are on combat duty with dedicated forces.

7. Military equipment, weapons, are kept in constant combat readiness in accordance with the norms and procedures established by the order, directives of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

8. Material and technical means are stored in warehouses or on vehicles in readiness for issuance and export to areas of concentration in formations and units of a reduced composition.

9. Ammunition, fuels and lubricants and other material and technical means are stored in warehouses in accordance with the established procedure.

10. The equipment of the reception points for personnel and equipment is kept ready for loading and removal to the mobilization area.

Combat readiness "INCREASED"- this is an intermediate state between constant combat readiness and the state of military danger, introduced to carry out a number of measures aimed at reducing the time for bringing formations and units to the highest degree of combat readiness to perform their tasks.

With this degree of combat readiness:

At the headquarters of all levels and military registration and enlistment offices, a round-the-clock duty of generals and officers from among the leadership is established.

Security and defense are established in the garrison of important facilities, headquarters and command posts, additional posts are set up, and patrols are organized.

Formations, units and subunits located at the training grounds and in the areas of the exercise are returning to their garrisons.

By additional order, personnel are called from vacations and business trips.

Armament and military equipment are brought into combat condition.

The registered staff, passing the training camp, automotive equipment supplied from the national economy, are detained in the troops until further notice.

The dismissal of persons who have served their terms of service is suspended.

Troop stocks of material and technical means are loaded into combat vehicles and vehicles.

Surplus stocks (over mobile) of material and technical means, barracks, educational equipment and property are being prepared for transfer.

The time for bringing headquarters, formations and institutions to combat readiness "increased" is set no more than 4 hours.

Combat readiness "WAR DANGER"- this is a state in which formations, units and subunits withdrawn to concentration areas are quickly brought to the performance of tasks in accordance with their intended purpose. Bringing units and formations to combat readiness "Military danger" is carried out on combat alert.

Formations and units of constant readiness and command and control units of communications, security and service units are understaffed according to wartime states and are made ready to perform combat missions, and the reduced staff, personnel and newly formed ones are taken from the reserve by the organizational core and are preparing for mobilization.

With this degree of combat readiness:

1. Formations, units of all branches of the armed forces go to the area of ​​​​concentration on alert (for each formation, unit, institution, 2 areas are prepared, remote no closer than 25-30 km from the point of permanent deployment, one of which is secret (not equipped in engineering terms) .

2. The end time of the exit from military camps from the moment of declaring combat readiness should not exceed:

Out of combat readiness "Constant"

Out of combat readiness "Increased"

3. The time for bringing formations, units in concentration areas into readiness for implementation is set:

a) without understaffing to wartime states:

Out of combat readiness "Constant"

Out of combat readiness "Increased"

b) with understaffing to wartime states - no more than 12 hours.

4. The time of receipt, organized core and deployment of the personnel reception point (PPLS) and the equipment reception point (PPT) should not exceed 8 hours.

5. All types of weapons and military equipment are brought into readiness for combat use.

6. Personnel are issued with cartridges, grenades, steel helmets, gas masks, dosimeters, anti-chemical packages and individual first aid kits.

7. The dismissal of persons who have served the established terms of active service and the next call for young replenishment is suspended.

combat readiness "FULL" - this is the state of the highest readiness of formations and units withdrawn to designated areas that have completed the entire range of measures to transfer from a peaceful to a military position, including full mobilization and direct preparation for combat operations, ensuring an organized entry into battle and the successful completion of the task received.

With this degree of combat readiness:

1. At command posts, full shifts of combat crews are on duty around the clock.

2. Formations and units of reduced strength, personnel and newly formed units are staffed according to wartime states, combat coordination is carried out and are brought to full combat readiness.

3. Formations and units are being prepared for the performance of tasks for their operational mission.

4. Time to bring connections and parts of constant readiness

"Full"- install:

a) without staffing to wartime states.

Out of combat readiness "Constant"

Out of combat readiness "Increased"

b) with understaffing to wartime states from combat readiness

"Constant"- no more than 12 hours

5. Terms of deployment to wartime states and bringing to combat readiness "Full"- formations, units and institutions of reduced composition, personnel and newly formed ones are determined by mobilization plans.

combat readiness "Increased", "Military danger", "Full" in the Armed Forces, it is introduced by the Ministry of Defense or on its behalf by the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.

Bringing troops to various levels of combat readiness, depending on the situation, can be carried out sequentially or immediately to the highest, bypassing the intermediate ones. On alert "War Danger", "Full" troops are brought in on alert.

In case of a sudden attack on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the right to put subordinate troops on alert "Full" is submitted to the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the commanders of formations, formations and units, in the areas of deployment and in the zone of responsibility of which the attack was carried out, with an immediate report to the authority.

219. The distribution of time in a military unit is carried out in such a way as to ensure its constant combat readiness and create conditions for conducting organized combat training of personnel, maintaining military discipline and internal order, educating military personnel, raising their cultural level, comprehensive consumer services, timely rest and reception food.

The total duration of the weekly service time of military personnel undergoing military service under the contract, except for the cases specified in paragraph three of this article, must not exceed the duration of the weekly working time established by federal laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation. The length of service time for conscripted military personnel is determined by the daily routine of the military unit.

Combat duty (combat service), exercises, ship cruises and other events, the list of which is determined by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, are carried out, if necessary, without limiting the total duration of weekly duty time.

Conscripted servicemen, as well as contract servicemen in military professional educational organizations, military educational institutions of higher education and training military units, are provided with at least one day of rest every week. The rest of the servicemen doing military service under the contract are provided with at least one day of rest weekly, but not less than six days of rest per month.

220. Days of rest are provided to servicemen on weekends and holidays, and if they are involved in military service duties on these days, rest is provided on other days of the week.

Contracted military personnel involved in the performance of military service duties on working days in excess of the established duration of weekly duty time, as well as to events held without limiting the total duration of weekly duty time, are provided as compensation for rest on other days of the week by the decision of the commander of the military units (subdivisions), taking into account the need to maintain combat readiness and the interests of the service.

(see text in previous edition)

If it is impossible to provide, as compensation, to military servicemen undergoing military service under a contract, rest of an appropriate duration on other days of the week, the time for performing military service duties on working days in excess of the established duration of weekly service time, on weekends and holidays, taking into account the time required for the serviceman to arrive at place of service from the place of residence and back, as well as the time of participation in events held without limiting the total duration of weekly service time, is summarized and provided to the specified military personnel in the form of additional days of rest, which can be added to the main vacation. Accounting for the specified time (in hours and days) is kept by the unit commander in a journal, the correctness of the entries in which is confirmed weekly by the signature of a serviceman.

Contracted military personnel participating in events that are held, if necessary, without limiting the total duration of weekly service time, at their request, instead of providing additional days of rest, monetary compensation in the amount of a monetary allowance for each additional day of rest may be paid. The procedure and conditions for the payment of monetary compensation are established by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Information on the number of additional days of rest, payments of monetary compensation instead of providing additional days of rest attached to the main leave, is submitted by the unit commander to the headquarters of the military unit.

(see text in previous edition)

222. The distribution of time in a military unit during the day, and according to some provisions even during the week, is carried out by the daily routine and the regulations of official time.

The daily routine of the military unit determines the timing of the implementation of the main activities of daily activities, study and life of the personnel of the units and the headquarters of the military unit.

In addition to the daily routine, the service time regulations for military personnel serving under a contract establish the terms and duration of the performance of daily activities by these military personnel arising from the duties of military service.

The daily routine and duty time regulations are established by the commander of a military unit or formation, taking into account the type and type of troops of the Armed Forces, the tasks facing the military unit, the season, local and climatic conditions. They are developed for the period of training and can be specified by the commander of a military unit (formation) for the period of combat firing, field exits, exercises, maneuvers, ship cruises, combat duty (combat service), service in daily duty and other activities, taking into account the peculiarities of their implementation. .

The daily routine and duty time regulations are in the documentation of the daily outfit, as well as in the headquarters of the military unit and in the offices of the units.

223. The daily routine of a military unit should provide for the time for morning physical exercises, morning and evening dressing, morning inspection, training sessions and preparation for them, changing special (working) clothes, cleaning shoes and washing hands before eating, eating, caring for weapons and military equipment, educational, cultural, leisure and sports activities, informing personnel, listening to radio and watching television, receiving patients at a medical center, as well as time for the personal needs of military personnel (at least two hours), an evening walk , evening check and at least eight hours of sleep.

The intervals between meals should not exceed seven hours.

After lunch, no classes or work should be carried out for at least thirty minutes.

224. The service time regulations for contract military personnel should provide for the time of their arrival and departure from service, the time for a break for meals (lunch), self-study (at least four hours), daily preparation for classes and time for physical training (with a total duration of at least three hours per week).

When determining the duty time regulations, the need for military personnel to perform official duties in accordance with the daily routine, as well as the implementation of measures aimed at maintaining a military unit (subunit) in constant combat readiness, is taken into account.

The schedule of service time when serving in daily duty is determined by general military regulations and relevant instructions.

Round-the-clock duty in a military unit (subunit) of officers, warrant officers and midshipmen, as well as sergeants and foremen who are doing military service under a contract who are not included in the daily outfit, can only be introduced in exceptional cases for a limited time by the commander of the troops of the military district, front, fleet , army.

225. Every week, as a rule on Saturday, a park and maintenance day is held in the regiment in order to maintain weapons, military equipment and other military property, equip and improve parks and facilities of the training and material base, put military camps in order and carry out other work. On the same day, a general cleaning of all premises is usually carried out, as well as a bathing of personnel in the bath.

In addition, in order to maintain weapons and military equipment in constant combat readiness, park weeks and park days are held in the regiment with the involvement of all personnel.

Park weeks, park and park maintenance days are held according to plans developed by the regiment headquarters together with the deputy regiment commanders for armaments and logistics and approved by the regiment commander. Extracts from the plans are brought to the departments.

On rest days, lifting is allowed later than usual, at the hour set by the commander of the military unit, morning physical exercises are not carried out.

AND COMBAT READINESS OF THE MILITARY UNIT
HE. COASTAL
Beregovoy O.N., lieutenant colonel of justice, assistant commander of military unit 3025 for legal work - head of the legal service.
In this article, the author would like to dwell on such points as:
1. Actions of commanders (chiefs) in the event of the exclusion of military personnel who have the right to provide a significant number of additional days of rest from the lists of personnel of the unit.
2. Peculiarities of providing rest to servicemen who are doing military service under a contract in military units of constant readiness.
When conducting military operations and counter-terrorist operations on the territory of the Chechen Republic, the military personnel involved in their conduct arose the right to provide a significant number of additional days of rest. Upon dismissal from military service, these servicemen on the basis of paragraph 16 of Art. 34 Regulations on the procedure for military service on the day of exclusion from the lists of personnel of the unit must be fully provided with the established monetary allowance, food and clothing provision. Before carrying out all the necessary calculations with the servicemen, they are not excluded from the lists of personnel of the military unit without their consent, i.e. they need to provide all the "accumulated" additional days of rest before being excluded from the lists of personnel of the unit. At the same time, a serviceman, while holding his position, will not actually perform his official duties, and since the participation in the counter-terrorist operation is mainly taken by company-level servicemen, the absence, for example, of a company commander, will greatly affect the combat readiness of the company, and hence the military unit .
According to the author, the way out of this situation can be:
firstly, drawing up a schedule for providing additional days of rest to the specified servicemen during the period of military service, taking into account the combat readiness of the military unit;
secondly, an indication in the order of enrolling the specified serviceman at the disposal of the commander of the military unit on the basis of paragraph 1 of Art. 14 and sub. "and" paragraph 2 of Art. 13 of the Regulations on the procedure for passing military service due to the impossibility of timely exclusion of a serviceman dismissed from military service from the lists of personnel of a military unit - before his exclusion. This will allow the officer appointed to the position of the specified serviceman, placed at the disposal, to take over the affairs and position and actually begin to perform official duties.
However, at the same time, it is necessary that the issue of social protection of the serviceman being placed at the disposal be resolved, since his monetary allowance will be reduced (and when serving in military units of constant readiness, the decrease will be significant). This issue has not yet been resolved, therefore, dismissed military personnel who have a significant number of unused additional days of rest do not write reports on the surrender of cases and positions and withdrawal, which affects the combat readiness of the military unit.
In accordance with the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation of November 16, 2001 N K-1556, the Government of the Russian Federation of November 20, 2001 N MK-P4-6726S, the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation "On the progress of ensuring the implementation of the military reform" of November 21, 2002 g. N 43, in pursuance of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation "On the federal target program" Transition to the recruitment of military personnel serving under the contract, a number of formations and military units for 2004 - 2007 "of August 25, 2003 N 523 a number of military units from January 1, 2004, they switched to a new form of acquisition.
In order to develop the legal regulation of the right to rest for military personnel serving in formations and military units of constant readiness, transferred in the prescribed manner to the recruitment of military personnel undergoing military service under a contract (hereinafter referred to as formations and military units of constant readiness), the Federal Law "On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation" dated April 26, 2004 N 29-FZ, which introduced, in particular, amendments and additions to the Federal Law "On the status of military personnel" dated May 27, 1998 N 76-FZ.
In accordance with the changes made, military personnel serving in formations and military units of constant readiness, transferred in the prescribed manner to recruitment by military personnel undergoing military service under a contract, additional rest in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3 of Art. 11 of the Federal Law "On the Status of Servicemen" is not provided.
Analyzing Art. 11 of the Federal Law "On the status of military personnel", it is possible to determine the provisions on the basis of which military personnel serving in formations and military units of constant readiness will be provided with days of rest:
1) the total duration of the weekly service time of military personnel serving under a contract in formations and military units of permanent readiness, with the exception of cases when they are involved in activities carried out without limiting official working time, should not exceed the normal duration of weekly working time established by federal laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation;
2) the involvement of military personnel undergoing military service under a contract in formations and military units of constant readiness to perform military service duties in excess of the established duration of weekly service time is not compensated by rest of the appropriate duration on other days of the week, and they are not provided with additional days of rest, attached at will a soldier for the main vacation;
3) military personnel undergoing military service under a contract in permanent readiness formations and military units perform duties when on combat duty (combat service), participating in exercises, ship cruises and other events held without limiting the total duration of weekly service time, without providing rest compensating military personnel for participation in these events;
4) military personnel serving under a contract in formations and military units of constant readiness are provided with at least one day of rest every week, but at least 6 days of rest per month, i.e. for them, in fact, a six-day working week is established;
5) days of rest are provided to military personnel on weekends and holidays, and when they are involved in these days to perform military service duties, rest is provided on other days of the week.
As one of the options for solving the dilemma of ensuring the constant combat readiness of a military unit and respecting the right of military personnel to rest, it is possible to propose drawing up a schedule for providing military personnel with days of rest throughout the week, while at least 70 - 80% of the personnel of the military unit will perform duties daily.
When drawing up the schedule, one should take into account the presence of military personnel in daily duty, on combat duty, on vacation, business trips, and for treatment.
If, however, a smaller number of days of the week is used to provide days of rest, then the number of personnel performing official and special duties will decrease sharply (when providing days of rest on Saturday and Sunday - about 30%). This will entail a decrease in the degree of combat readiness of the military unit, which is by no means permissible.
Based on the real participation of military personnel serving under contract in permanent readiness formations and military units in counter-terrorist operations and other activities carried out without limitation of service time, which often have a significant temporary extension, their right to rest will be significantly limited. Therefore, in our opinion, purposeful activity of the commanders of these formations and military units is necessary to observe the rights of military personnel to rest established by law, since the established differentiated monthly allowance for special conditions of combat training cannot fully compensate for the rest of military personnel.
LINKS TO LEGAL ACTS

FEDERAL LAW dated April 26, 2004 N 29-FZ
"ON INTRODUCING AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE ACTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION"
(adopted by the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on March 26, 2004)
FEDERAL LAW dated May 27, 1998 N 76-FZ
"ON THE STATUS OF MILITARY SERVICE"
(adopted by the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on March 6, 1998)
ORDER of the President of the Russian Federation dated November 16, 2001 N K-1556
Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 16, 1999 N 1237
"ISSUES OF MILITARY SERVICE"
(together with the "REGULATION ON THE PROCEDURE FOR MILITARY SERVICE")
DECISION of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 25, 2003 N 523
"ABOUT THE FEDERAL TARGET PROGRAM "TRANSITION TO MANNING WITH MILITARY SERVICE SERVICE UNDER THE CONTRACT, A NUMBER OF FORMATIONS AND MILITARY UNITS" FOR 2004-2007"
DECISION of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 21, 2002 N 43
"ON THE PROGRESS OF ENSURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MILITARY REFORM"
ORDER of the Government of the Russian Federation dated November 20, 2001 N MK-P4-6726S
Law in the Armed Forces, N 11, 2004

• The level of combat training of personnel;
• The level of moral and psychological training of military personnel;
• Preparedness of commanders and staffs for the upcoming military operations;
• The technical condition of regular military equipment and weapons and its compliance with modern requirements;
• The level of staffing formations with personnel;
• The presence of material reserves of any plan for the conduct of hostilities.

Measures to maintain combat readiness

The following is a list of internal activities in the Armed Forces to maintain combat readiness:

• Permanent combat training in all its types of training:
  • Drill;
  • Tactical training;
  • Physical training;
  • fire training;
  • Engineering training;
  • Chemical preparation;
  • And other types of training;
  • Combat training exercises.
• Conducting command and staff exercises (operational training);
• Conducting military exercises;
• Moral and psychological educational work with personnel;
• Social and legal work with personnel and prevention of offenses in the military environment;
• Work on the motivation of personnel (financial incentives and career prospects);
• Maintenance of military equipment and weapons;
• Constant monitoring of counterintelligence agencies;
• Periodic conduct of combat reviews of military units;
• Periodic checks of the combat readiness of formations and military units;
• Maintaining the required level of material reserves of any plan for the conduct of hostilities.

External conditions affecting combat readiness

The combat readiness of the Armed Forces, regardless of belonging to the state, depends on the following external factors:

• Sufficient funding for the military budget;
• A positive image of the Armed Forces in the public mind, in order to attract candidates for military service;
• Systematic rearmament of troops with modern types of weapons and equipment;
• The economic capabilities of the state to conduct long-term full-scale military operations;
• Opportunities and state of the transport system of the state

Degrees of combat readiness

The armed forces of various states establish their own list levels of combat readiness. They correspond to various modes of functioning of subunits and military units - from which they can begin to carry out a combat mission within a certain period of time, established in a documented manner and enshrined in service instructions for each serviceman in his position. At each subsequent level of combat readiness, the time required to be ready to conduct hostilities is reduced. Higher level of combat readiness means that a particular formation is ready to immediately begin combat operations.
For example, in the USSR Armed Forces there were 4 degrees combat readiness:

1. Constant- represented the usual daily functioning of military units and formations in peacetime, engaged in combat training and the organization of direct security, garrison and guard service.
2. Increased- is characterized by the following activities: full recruitment of personnel, additional staffing of personnel, checking the condition of equipment and weapons, combat coordination exercises, preparation for redeployment, preparation of material reserves and transport.
3. military danger- activities carried out after the announcement of a combat alert: departure of formations to the area of ​​​​concentration, obtaining provisions and means of communication, ammunition and protective equipment, organizing outposts.
4. Complete- the advancement of troops to positions, the receipt of combat missions, the deployment of fire weapons, the organization of commandant service and combat security.

The names of the established degrees of combat readiness were always indicated in capital letters and were not inclined.

The practical meaning of the introduction levels of combat readiness has two reasons:

1. The sequence of measures for the phased deployment of troops, necessary for the deployment of troops, the mobilization of those liable for military service, the preparation of material reserves necessary for the conduct of hostilities, the reopening of military equipment and weapons in warehouses, etc.
2. The fact is that the Armed Forces of any state are not able, with any change in the external or internal political situation, to keep both personnel in constant tension and to mobilize financial and material resources for this.

The specifics of the degrees of combat readiness for some types of troops

In the modern era, in view of the presence of WMD and warhead delivery systems in many states, which make it possible for a sudden large-scale use of something capable of inflicting irreparable damage to a combat unit in a matter of minutes, ground units, aviation and navy must be constantly ready to start hostilities. In order to ensure this, the modern armed forces of almost all states of the world provide for the maintenance of troops to a degree constant combat readiness, which, in turn, is ensured by the constant staffing of troops with personnel, weapons, ammunition and other means necessary for the speedy entry into hostilities and the performance of combat missions.
But in order to ensure the complete security of the state, for some branches of the armed forces there are special degrees of combat readiness, in which periods of phased deployment and terms of readiness for combat operations are extremely compressed, and for them there is actually no gradation according to levels of combat readiness because they are constantly in full combat readiness:

• Duty Officer
• Attendant of the garrison
• Duty officer
• Chief of the Guard
• Patrol Chief
• Duty Assistant to the Military Commandant
• Checkpoint duty officer
• Duty officer for company / battery

The concept of elite troops

In order to describe any troops as being in a higher degree of combat readiness compared to the rest of the armed forces, the stable phrase “ elite troops».
To elite troops accepted to refer to:

• 45th Separate Special Purpose Guards Regiment, etc.;

• Military formations for the protection of heads of state in some states:
  • Republican Guard of Iraq, etc.;
• Formations of carrier-based aviation;
• Formations