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Article: The Ground Forces: past and present.(Company overview)
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- Military Thought
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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The Ground Forces (GF) have played a major role at all stages of the development of our state, oftentimes a decisive role in attainting victory over the enemy and in defending national interests. But until this year, there has been no GF Day, unlike the professional holidays (or memorial dates) of other, younger branches and arms of service. One reason for this has apparently been the difficulty of setting such a date, because GF history goes back many centuries, while there were so many glorious victories over Russia's enemies that even after prolonged debate, military experts were unable to choose one.
Finally, last year, justice triumphed and under Decree #549 ...