MOSCOW. May 5 (Interfax-AVN) - Tough requirements, facing naval officers, result in the necessity to revise expert training in naval colleges, Navy Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Kuroyedov has said.
"It is high time the democratic principles were revised in naval colleges, which should promote the spirit of military regulations and military service. It is a must to improve internal discipline and service procedure," Kuroyedov told Interfax-Military News Agency.
"It seems necessary that in the future naval colleges should embrace a system for refining certain tasks. The well established system of course tasks, relevant for each college, may be used as a basis for such system," he said.
According to him, it will enable the daily routine, the day- to-day operation, and the uniform code to be enforced, besides, it will allow future officers to learn methods for refining these crucial routine ship operation tasks.
"At the present time, when the Navy is shifting toward the all-volunteer principle, the procedure of selecting and training young officers is of paramount importance. The future Navy will depend on how successfully we will cope with this extremely important task," Kuroyedov emphasized.
He noted the importance of working with future officers as early as the stage of selecting them for training in naval colleges.
"In the course of entrance exams a candidate is traditionally checked with respect to his health, academic records, psychology, and professional aptitude. However, it is very difficult to understand whether a young man really wants to devote his life to the Navy, or whether he simply wants to receive free education and evade conscription. Unfortunately, the percentage of such cadets is quite considerable, since existing laws do provide them with such a chance," he said.