According to the poll, 93% of Russian officers claim that they are psychologically prepared to repel external aggression, 78% claim that they are ready to take part in hostilities to restore constitutional order in the country. Moreover, 75% stated that they are capable of self-sacrifice, of course, if Russia demands it from them. From these data, it can be concluded that Russian officers have a full high degree of combat readiness. About 90% of officers are fully confident about their ability to fulfill the combat missions assigned to them, and all this indicates that they have high self-esteem.
In Soviet times, the officer was clearly positioned as a middle class. The average monthly income of a Soviet officer exceeded the average wage in the country by 1.5-2 times. But if we take the period from 1992 to 2003, then the subsistence minimum for an officer's family did not exceed two subsistence minimums for one family member. Therefore, given the past 19 years, we can say that the officer has ceased to be called a representative of the middle class.
To date, the attractive service for officers has dropped dramatically. In 2000, 44% of officers were proud of their profession, and at the moment only 40% are proud of it. Many still believe that the profession of an officer is a prestigious service. But if we take into account the polls of incoming cadets at an institute or a military school, then we can conclude that an army career is not the main goal in a cadet's life.
Since higher civic education becomes less accessible every year, the competition for admission to a university is also constantly growing, and even after graduation there is no guarantee that the graduate will provide himself with a good job in his specialty. But serving in the army gives young people not only a good education, but also experience and a specialty.
Today, many educators-officers see the problem of graduates of civilian universities, who were called up for two years of military service as junior officers. They make up the bulk of the officer corps and only about 7% of them serve the full two years that are compulsory. And even after graduation, they cannot immediately manage contractors who are older than their commanders not only in age, but also in experience.
The same difficulties are faced by graduates of military schools who do not have the necessary knowledge in pedagogy and psychology.
Participants in an all-army officer sample should, on average, be 32 years old. Their marital status could be satisfactory if it were not for the composition of the average family. Because, according to the data, there is one child for two families. And if you look 15 years ago, there were on average 2 children per family. The reason for this situation is material, since young officers cannot provide for their families. Therefore, for these reasons, many lieutenants and senior lieutenants are single. It is a very pleasant fact that officers who have wives receive good, active support from them. With this support, they continue to serve in the military. It is estimated that less than a third of the officers enjoyed such support in 1997, and half of the officers in 2003.
