Meeting with members of Dnipropetrovs`k mass-media

                         Meeting with members of Dnipropetrovs`k mass-media.

The aim of press tour in Dnipropetrovs`k is popularization of military service through mass communication media, and also acquaintance of  mass-media members with organization training reserve officers for Ukrainian Armed Forces. 

Event associated with start of student selection for training by the program of reserve officers. On meeting attend journalists of TV channels of Dnipropetrovs`k, newspaper “Our city”, site “Gorod.dp.ua” and media centre of Ukrainian Department of Defense.   

During the event journalists met with Head of Military Department, Colonel Nikolai Kondratyuk and officers-instructors who acquaintance guests with condition of study future Ukrainian reserve officers and material resources of educational institution. 

As noted by Colonel Nikolai Kondratyuk on military department future officers overtake a necessary military knowledge of the fundamentals of the theory and practice of modern combined arms units in combat. Moreover students study military engineering, communication, protection against weapons of mass destruction, topography and other branch of learning.

He explained that the training program of reserved officers designed for 2 years. Graduating students according to of qualification characteristics can appointed replacement for primary positions:

– Tank platoon commander;

– Mechanized platoon commander;

– Platoon commander repair artillery weapons;

Staying at educational institution journalists visit theoretical and practical lessons in tactical, military-technical and military-specific training in different lecture rooms, acquaintance with modern educational material base of Military Department, training military vehicles and weapons, lab equipment, etc.

Moreover in electronically-laser shooting gallery members of mass-media attempt their own skills in performance norms for shooting from the Makarov gun and Kalashnikov submachine gun. Perfect results show the deputy chief editor of newspaper “Our city” reserved colonel Anatoliy Budyashevskiy.

It should be added what recently a stuff of military department of National mining university celebrated its 85 anniversary.