the training for new recruits began at the end of july, in the training center in smargoni, the guysed knowledge of fire, engineering and ideological training, studied the general military and tactics of the border service, after which they successfully passed their first exams. for me, the choice of my profession was formed from childhood, because i come from a family of border guards, my great-grandfather is a hero of the soviet union, alexey vasilyevich lopatin, grandfather, honorary border guard of the republic of belarus, for me there was no difficulty in choosing a profession, at the course of a young fighter we were given the basics - military affairs, there were many memorable moments when we were engaged in marching throws, with weapons, when you run in a platoon , everyone supports each other who are lagging behind. for those who are ahead, i will remember this for the rest of my life. since childhood, i really dreamed of wearing shoulder straps, none of my parents are military, cadets came to us at school, officers, i was very interested in this, so i decided to choose thi