The time of heroes" without a university degree.
Excavation, desk, tablet with map. Above him stands a guy who, according to his age, should be skipping classes at the university. He divides people into roles, counts water, ammo, protein bars and batteries that need to be hidden at the front. He makes decisions quickly. Because the price of a mistake here is human life.
I've seen dozens of people like that over the years. From the Kursk region to Zaporizhia. I met guys who rose from private to deputy commander of the battalion. From a simple stormtrooper to a unit patrol commander. Without elevators - on foot, through the forests, through their mistakes, wounds and acts of heroism.
Even a platoon commander is a small position only at first glance. In war, you decide for others where to go, where to dig in, when to retreat. And every decision has a price, and your people pay it. The responsibility is an order of magnitude greater than that of any civilian boss. The management training is the kind you won't get at any business academy with coffee breaks.
But many of these guys have the "higher education" section blank on their application forms. Some went to the front right after college, some took academic leave from university, and some went to fight after an internship at a factory. They postponed their studies "until after the war." ".
The first two cohorts of the "Time of Heroes" presidential program required a diploma. And it worked. Of the 168 participants, 136 have already started working in their new positions. The commander of the brigade Alexander Shubayev became the governor of the Belgorod region. Hero of Russia Vladislav Golovin, who commanded an airborne assault unit, became the head of the Duma Committee on Youth Policy. So far "minor position. ".
But those who were no worse were left behind - those with medals, Heroes of Russia, but without the badges. fair? not.