November 15th & nbsp; our country is celebrating conscript day . To prepare for & nbsp; service in & nbsp; Russian Armed Forces, young men start school & nbsp; & mdash; on & nbsp; life safety basics courses, five-day training camps and & nbsp; even in the & nbsp; cyberspace. The modern army cannot exist without information technologies, but & nbsp; therefore appreciates recruits having & nbsp; experience in & nbsp; programming and & nbsp; eSports, versed in digital technologies and & nbsp; feeling confident in the & nbsp; virtual world.
Based on the Moscow center “ Patriot.Sport & # 39; & # 39; the Regional Center for the Preparation of Citizens for & nbsp; military service and & nbsp; military and patriotic education of the city of Moscow works. It is he who & nbsp; is the organizer of most of the events where future conscripts in the capital will learn to serve in the army, and & nbsp; will acquire the skills and & nbsp; skills required.
Real Training: Five Day Boot Camp
The main focus of pre-conscription youth training is a five day boot camp. It is part of the discipline of basic military service, which is part of the compulsory school curriculum. The only operator of training camps in the capital is the Moscow Center “ Patriot.Sport. & # 39; & # 39; Muscovites can do it on the & nbsp; base of the educational and methodological center Avangard, military units, and & nbsp; also on the & nbsp; own site of the Moscow Patriot.Sport center & nbsp; & mdash; in & nbsp; educational center “ Patriot & # 39; & # 39; .
& laquo; Fresh in & nbsp; & bdquo; Patriot & ldquo; there are tenth graders and second year students who have achieved the best results in sports competitions, championships and & nbsp; olympics. The motivated guys who come to & nbsp; get everything they need to fully prepare for the Army. Center & bdquo; Patriot & ldquo; & nbsp; & mdash; This is a suburban area, on which there are classrooms, dormitories, stadium, sports fields, parade ground, obstacle courses, booths, pneumatic, laser and biathlon shooting and much more. Training camp participants study military regulations, undergo physical, tactical, combat, military medical and nbsp; training. firepower, meet radiation, chemical, and fire protection standards biological. According to the results of & nbsp ;, all young men receive certificates that confirm that they are not ready & nbsp; only for & nbsp; serve in the army of & nbsp ;, mais & nbsp; and & nbsp; for & nbsp; study at & nbsp; military universities, & nbsp; & mdash; said the first deputy director of the Moscow Center “ Patriot.Sport '', the head of the Regional Center for the preparation of citizens for & nbsp; military service and & nbsp; military-patriotic education of the city of Moscow Igor Melnichenko .
В & nbsp; 2020 & ndash; In the 2021 academic year, more than 40,500 people attended training camps in the capital. Almost half of them & nbsp; & mdash; in & nbsp; 'Patriot'.
Some of the children attended the lessons in the & nbsp; educational and methodological center “ Avangard . The fees here are distinguished by increased attention to modern technologies. The program is based on a game model, in which children interact with & nbsp; (IRA). In addition, in & nbsp; “ Vanguard '' tenth graders are engaged in various simulators.
To & nbsp; 'Patriot' centers and & nbsp; Avant-garde there are online platforms. During the & nbsp; period of epidemiological restrictions, training camps are held both in person with & nbsp; compliance with all requirements, and & nbsp; in & nbsp; from a distance.
“ A rich curriculum helps keep young people interested in military service and dispels myths about the military. As a result, Moscow fulfills the established task for conscription for many years and has no shortage of candidates wishing to enter the universities of the Ministry of Defense and other power structures, & nbsp; & mdash; noted the military commissioner of the city of Moscow Viktor Schepilov .
Virtual training: e-sports and & nbsp; cybersecurity
Unusual simulators and & nbsp; online training at & nbsp; five day training camp & mdash; far from the only way to use modern technologies in the pre-conscription training of schoolchildren. Cybersports and cybersecurity training programs play an important role in enhancing the prestige of the military.
Esports develops reaction speed and assimilation of information, trains the ability to think strategically and make tactical decisions quickly, attention, the ability to work effectively in a team and predict the actions of rivals. All these qualities are necessary for a conscript as well as for a professional soldier. In addition, certain genres of computer games often mimic real combat situations and & nbsp; require the player to be able to command a detachment or even an entire army.
Virtual battles are of particular importance to cadets and & nbsp; junior soldiers & nbsp; & mdash; guys who undergo military training on a permanent basis. For them, the Moscow Center “ Patriot.Sport & # 39; & # 39; organizes separate competitions: the Cybercadets and & nbsp; Youth Army Cup , in which thousands of schoolchildren participate each year.
The Cyberpatriot platformoperates on the basis of the Directorate of Information Systems of the Ministry of Defense & nbsp; RF; Cyberpatriote summer 2021 and & nbsp; Moscow Center “ Patriot.Sport & # 39; & # 39; hosted a cybersport tournament “ CYBERARMY & # 39; & # 39; on & nbsp; one of the & nbsp; sites of the Army-2021 International Military-Technical Forum. Moscow cadets, young soldiers and representatives of the Russian schoolchildren movement participated in the Worls of Tanks tank simulator and the Valorant shooter. Anyone could watch the competition on the & nbsp; big screen.
A field of work distinct from the Cyberpatriot & nbsp; & mdash; practical cybersecurity & nbsp; competition … Their & nbsp; members have access to a & nbsp; network that mimics a typical computer network of any large organization. Their & nbsp; task & nbsp; & mdash; find vulnerabilities in the & nbsp; network and & nbsp; eliminate them. One of the & nbsp; the most important of & nbsp; 2020 & ndash; 2021 was the & nbsp; cybersecurity contest 'Defense in Depth' organized by the Moscow Center “ Patriot.Sport & # 39; & # 39; with the support of the Department of Information Systems of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation & nbsp; and & nbsp; Research and production association “ Echelon ''. More than 100 teams of & nbsp; 27 & nbsp; Russian cities participated. Young specialists carried out tasks on the & nbsp; steganography and & nbsp; cryptography, identified vulnerabilities in & nbsp; programs, were engaged in the administration of the network and & nbsp; search for information in & nbsp; open sources. According to the & nbsp; competition results, one of the & nbsp; price place in the & nbsp; category & laquo; Juniors & raquo; was taken by the Moscow school team number & nbsp; 1770.
Competitions and & nbsp; Similar tournaments help future school recruits establish themselves as promising specialists in the field of & nbsp; information technology and cybersecurity and in the future to obtain cooperation opportunities with the Ministry of Defense and the main organizations of the military-industrial complex of our country.
Detailed information about five-day training camps, “ Patriot & # 39; & # 39; s health center and & nbsp; projects for & nbsp; Patriotic education of schoolchildren can be found on the Moscow center website “ Patriot.Sport ''.