Lieutenant Commander Sergey Vasiliev, permanent correspondent of the Northern Fleet magazine" Orientir" When the rocket men succeed in shooting, the "startmen" consider it a well-deserved matter of universal attention and appropriate honors. In case of failure, there is always someone to refer to: "techies", they say, have screwed up something. The situation is different for the commander of the technical division of the Northern Fleet coastal forces formation, Major Alexander Berezovsky. There was no one behind him. He is like a goal keeper in football: his mistakes - real or only apparent-can not be corrected by anyone. Maybe that's why he doesn't reserve the right to make a mistake. A year and a half ago, the Northern Fleet missile Division of Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Romanenko participated in competitive shooting for the prize of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. They shot back brilliantly. The rocket in flight gave out such a clear "picture" on the indicators of the control devices that even the well-worn specialists threw up their hands: "Wizard Berezovsky, and that's all." As a result, the North Sea team left their opponents far behind. But Berezovsky's true moment of glory came when the Northern Fleet was joined by the Caspian Sea people to learn military science in the northern latitudes and watch the missile strike masters. So they followed the Northerners and sent their rocket straight to the target. The Black Sea soldiers who participated in the shooting, may they forgive such a statement, opened their mouths in surprise and looked at the happy envoys of the Caspian flotilla, then at Major Berezovsky, who prepared that rocket for them... "The best is not the enemy of the good" The times of reduction of the Armed Forces have come. But there is also some positivity in this. According to the head of the Department of the Northern Fleet Coastal Forces Department, Colonel Nikolai Medvedev, there is a good opportunity to equip the remaining combat ... Read more