It is quite obvious that the maxim "did not serve - not a man" is not only not popular these days, but also quite controversial. Nevertheless, there are still young people in their native spaces who are not at all opposed to serving in the army. The unpleasant news for them will be that not all formations now take conscripts. There are, as you might guess, serious reasons for this.
Strictly speaking, there are many places in the Russian armed forces where conscripts will never go. However, we are only interested in the place where, until recently, the recruitment of conscripts was quite conducted. Strictly speaking, this is not about the army, but about the navy. More specifically, about service on ships and submarines of the Northern Fleet. Recently, only contract soldiers have served here. There are several very important reasons for this.
First, as sad as it is to admit, the motivation of citizens during military service in the postmodern era is noticeably lower than it was back in the middle of the 20th century. This feature creates a lot of absolutely unnecessary problems with secrecy, discipline and organization of service in the Navy. The average level of motivation and quality of service of a contract soldier is noticeably higher than that of a conscript soldier.
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Secondly, the fleet is becoming more high-tech. Even if the sailors had served in the navy for 5 years, this would have been (most likely) not enough to teach all the subtleties. The equipment is becoming more complex, which means that the amount of knowledge that should be passed on to the next generation is increasing. All this is superimposed on the already mentioned "lack of motivation", including in matters of study with conscripts.
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Third, these are organizational problems. In fact, it has always been difficult for all countries to organize the service of conscripts in the navy. Including for this reason, the service life in the fleets was noticeably higher than in the ground units. The essence of the problem lies in the fact that the timing of the passage of sea raids and patrols does not always fit into the terms of service. In other words, demobilizing a sailor from the center of the ocean is quite problematic.
That is why the command decided that it was time to start transferring the fleet to contract service.
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Source: https://novate.ru/blogs/060120/52986/