These words are written on the banner of the well-known security corporation "Condor"in the Ural region. These are the basic principles by which employees of the company, established in November 1991 for the purpose of social protection and rehabilitation of military personnel of the Armed Forces, security agencies and troops and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, discharged from the reserve, veterans of the Afghan war and other armed conflicts, live and work. Today, every third employee of the corporation is a former officer or ensign of the Armed Forces. It is headed by Reserve Colonel Sergey Aksenenko, whom our correspondent met.
- Sergey Alekseevich, how did your career as an officer develop?
- In 1972, I graduated from the Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School. I got to serve in the Carpathian military district as a commander of a motorized rifle platoon, which I commanded for only two months. It was the same as now, the period of rejuvenation of the army. I got a company. Eight months later, he left to serve in the Group of Soviet Troops in Germany, where for three years he also commanded a company. Then again, he served in the Prequel-as the chief of staff of the battalion, the battalion commander. In 1982-1984, he fought in Afghanistan and commanded a mountain infantry battalion. Replaced by the Ural Military District. First he was the commander of a training battalion, then the chief of staff and commander of a motorized rifle regiment.
- In the book "Password-revolution" there is an essay "Third Battalion", which tells about you and your service in Afghanistan. The author mentions that you are from a military dynasty...
"It really is. My father Alexey Yefimovich, political instructor of the Great Patriotic War, retired lieutenant Colonel. My two younger brothers and I became officers. All graduated from the same school.
- Sergey Alekseevich, you are a combat officer, a knight of the Order of the Red Star, a person about whom the song "My Lieutenant", pop ...
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