About the book: 2018 / The book tells that the chosen path of serving the Fatherland is honorable and at the same time hard everyday work. All the hardships of army life do not disappear with the advent of reforms. Let this life path of becoming a young cadet soldier to lieutenant general be difficult and thorny. It is these defenders who survived the reform and formation of the Ukrainian army. The author of the book still has a lot of strength, and he has the right to teach, suggest, and have his own opinion on the events taking place in him and the life of the country.