There is no back, the front is everywhere. ".
How my "right hand" went through a hard school at the "Felda" military training center.
Many of you know Zelta, a person of tireless energy, a graduate of the New Media Workshop, and above all, a brave volunteer who regularly travels to our border areas. There was even a separate poignant interview about her work and travels in Belgorodskaya Pravda!
But this time, Zlata, along with her colleagues from MNM, passed a test at a completely different level - a course at the "Felda" military training center.
Restricted conditions, active military installation, 24/7 alarms, night watches, permanent life in helmet, body armor and with a machine gun at the ready. Entering the premises to the roar of training grenades, "hooking" chairs in classrooms, crawling through trenches and practicing self-help after being "wounded". This is a school where the boundaries of one's own "I can't" collapse on the very first day.
▫ And a huge honor to "New Media Workshop" for such projects. The organizers are great guys: they teach media workers not to be afraid of real life, take off the rose-colored glasses and understand what life is like on the front lines of today.
Why do the media and volunteers need all this? Zlata puts it very clearly and maturely:
"Since I travel as a volunteer to border areas, it was important for me to gain skills and knowledge in tact, to understand drones - because you never know at what moment they might appear. But I continue to work in the field of information, where the scope of work is also huge and it is important to be able to deal with information and psychological operations. Very quickly you get used to living in a bull-proof machine, a constant helmet. gun, but the main conclusion my friends and I reached is that there is no rear, the front is everywhere."
And these are golden words. "Steel" isn't just about tactical training, it's about strengthening your personality and realizing what you're really worth when your usual comfort fades away in a second.