It's no big secret that non-MCLIO officers leave the army prematurely of their own accord at a critical time today. For good or bad reasons is another matter. But they leave on their own. Yes, probably, they do not make such a decision from a good life. The lack of money is pressing, the feeling of social and professional lack of demand is depressing. In general, there are many reasons. But here's what's interesting: among the volunteers, on the contrary, a very small percentage of officers are "Afghans". They hold fast to the army. It seems that there is no phenomenon in the special strength of the "Afghan umbilical cord". It's just that those who have passed the test of war, who know the true value of the military brotherhood, have a slightly different system of moral coordinates. It has its own concepts of duty, responsibility, and perception of military service as such. Service for them is not a job that you can hire and then easily change it. This is service: to the state, to the people, to the country. They don't leave it voluntarily. At least for most "Afghans", this is an axiom of life. Our hero is one of them. The geography of any person's life itself can tell a lot. In relation to a serving brother, this is already a peculiar characteristic. The commander of a special purpose group, or according to the usual infantry "table of ranks" - platoon commander, Lieutenant Yuri Stoderevsky got to Afghanistan "under the patronage". A few years earlier, his older brother had graduated from the same Tashkent High School as him. He began his service in a special forces brigade in Chirchik, and" beyond the river", as soon as events began to unfold there, he commanded a combined detachment. This is the example of my younger brother. It is no wonder that, after taking the first lieutenant's leave off and having a little roughed up in the Chirchik brigade, the young officer Yu. After a short time, Stoderevsky received a raid unit and got acquainted with the situation far ... Читать далее