The fight against barrack hooliganism does not accept campaigning. It should be comprehensive and comprehensive. This is discussed in a letter to the editor by the deputy commander of the separate Airborne Brigade for educational work, Colonel Nikolai LAGUTKIN. The problems of non-statutory relationships and barrack hooliganism are still relevant for many collectives. The crime curve on this basis stubbornly does not want to go down. The roots of this shameful phenomenon for the army are too deep. One desire, some one-time measures in the fight against hazing is clearly not enough. Military collectives are socially specific. However, I cannot agree with the statements of many media outlets that the army is the carrier of the infection called "dedovshina". I am not a supporter of the other extreme, the essence of which is that our sick society is to blame for everything. We must agree that the army, as well as other state and public institutions, are equally to blame for the current vice. Today, we are seeing a clear increase in the aggressiveness of our citizens, especially young people, caused by living conditions. Such concepts as empathy, empathy, and mutual assistance are now, alas, becoming increasingly rare. Effective measures to prevent this from happening at the national level, you will agree, are not yet visible. Another, most pronounced prerequisite for barrack hooliganism is the moral and physical unpreparedness of many young men for service, independent life, and overcoming numerous difficulties. Conscripts who experienced a lack of paternal upbringing in childhood, usually from single-parent families, are difficult to adapt among their peers, are physically weak and, as a rule, become the object of claims from colleagues who have passed the yard criminal school. Therefore, this category of military personnel needs special, truly professional attention. The officer, of course, is not a nanny, but he must be a teacher. Basic knowledge of military ped ... Read more