Those who served military service in the army, in the navy, in the air force, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, regardless of age, often with warm irony recall the demobilization forms in which they returned home.
The phenomenon of non-statutory modifications of military clothing is indeed common in the Armed Forces. This custom of soldiers and sergeants, which is not written down in the charters, - to carefully prepare for discharge into the reserve (I mean the form embellished to the best of personal imagination and the album with photographs) - has been observed for many decades.
About the tradition of returning home in demobilization form
Why is this tradition established? It originates from Soviet times. The reason is clear: the soldiers are waiting for the day of transfer to the reserve, dreaming of it as a holiday … It marks a change in their rhythm of life from a regulated service to a personal one. People who have matured in the Armed Forces are dreaming about the future arrangement of their lives: work, welfare, finding the second half. But first … a demobilization should take place.
Obviously, such an event is a milestone in the life of young men preparing demobilization forms for dismissal. Such clothes are not intended for army everyday life or for military holidays. It corresponds only to the mental state of one person - its owner. Her mission is quite fleeting in time: to decorate the return home, to demonstrate to relatives, friends and acquaintances that the soldier, having honestly and manly served the Motherland, finally with them.
Sometimes its creation is a kind of kitsch, an attempt to stylize an ordinary soldier's uniform to give it features of extravagance, loudness. The stripes, aiguilettes, badges, chevrons are used.
What should be observed in the clothes of the demobilization
We also note that demobilization forms are not a complete impromptu. After all, she, after all, is made by the "grandfather" (a soldier of military service, who served a year and a half). Oddly enough, but when creating them, several rules must be followed:
- insignia are placed in accordance with the canons approved by the charters;
- the creator of an exclusive form must observe the measure and taste when decorating it.
Curiously, maintaining the aforementioned tradition was not always respected by the military.
The phenomenon of demobilization form - a plus for the army
Say, in the 1990s, demobilized by the tendency of a negative attitude towards the army, demobility went home in civilian clothes.
There is a paradoxical psychological tendency: if demobilization for demobilization uses demobilization forms, then this is a side testament to the prestige of military service.
In other words, a soldier observing such a tradition, in fact, demonstrates his loyalty to the army, expressing pride in the kitsch form accessible to him by the very fact of his service.
In addition to the form, he also takes home a demobilization album, which is both a chronology of the service and a memory of colleagues.
Problem: preservation of the demobilization form
Anyone who has served military service knows: it is not so difficult to prepare such military clothes as to preserve them. What is the problem? It exists in the case of formal relations between company officers and soldiers.
The charter gives the right to superiors to monitor compliance with subordinates uniforms. Commanders can and should periodically check the personal belongings of soldiers and sergeants, seizing items not provided for in the charters. Theoretically, a demobilized form of clothing also falls into the risk group. Usually, they are stored in the company’s pantry (capter) in their registered offices.
And although everyone knows that a soldier will not wear such clothes during combat service, and that such a disruption of form by demobilization should not be expected, but often commanders seize and destroy such clothes.
Is it smart in a purely human sense: to exert such pressure on subordinates? Not at all. Reasonable construction of a boss / subordinate relationship implies respect for the human person. In fact, why injure a person who has expressed pride in his service by creating a personal form? A sensible boss will try not to notice this trifle, look at her through his fingers, warmly thank the soldier for his service, tell the demobilized by happiness, how to get home without problems.
On the other hand, the removal of the demobilization form by the head is justified if it involves an obvious banter over the charters, a mockery of the army structure.
Strict form
Of course, this article will be incomplete without a brief description of how to make a demobilization form. However, there is a nuance. After all, by and large, there are two types of such clothes:
- strict demobilization form;
- demobilization form exclusive.
Which one is preferable? There is no single answer here. Of course, this is a matter of taste demobilization. However, if a dismissed person has a sense of style, then we would recommend him the first option. He is more restrained, it provides for individual reconditioned in practice of many generations of demobilization refinement of the standard soldier's uniform.
Such, for example, is the classic demobilized air defense form. We list the improvements of the strict form of the demobilization:
- tunics and trousers fitted to the figure in the studio (if necessary);
- an additional chevron of the army;
- inserts for epaulettes of the tunic (the latter from this keep a flat shape and decorate the contour of the shoulder);
- home-made shoulder straps on the shirt (they are not provided for by the form, but the craftsmen make them to their taste);
- altered shape of the cap - “airfield” (achieved by building up the tape spring embedded in the rim);
- standard military badges of the kind of troops, class, sports categories, etc., located in the prescribed manner.
By the way, according to experts, the marine demobilization form looks especially spectacular. Below we will talk about it in more detail.
Unique options
The exclusive form of Dembel gives greater scope for author's imagination. It is much easier to overdo it, expressing a bad taste instead of originality. What can be said about her? This form of clothing is reasonably hidden from the authorities. The commander is guaranteed not to understand such a flight of creative imagination.
What is she like? Firstly, it automatically includes improvements to the demobilization form of strict. Secondly, it includes a number of other improvements:
- velvet-clad shoulder straps, flap pockets, sleeves;
- replaced buttons;
- atypical chevrons for the military branch;
- the edges of the form are trimmed with a white edging;
- epaulettes converted to epaulettes;
- voluminous linings for shoulder straps;
- an abundance of icons;
- accelerators.
Briefly about the winter version
The winter demobilization form additionally includes a greatcoat modified with a wire comb to the condition of a fur coat, judging by the length and density of the pile. It is also advisable to add an officer hat, a scarf and leather gloves to it. Such clothes are described in the story by Yu. Polyakov, “One Hundred Days Before Demobilization”.
Note that such an exclusive should not be taken without proper taste and modesty. Everything is good in moderation. It’s bad if they begin to make fun of a soldier who has served the Motherland with dignity. After all, as you know, they are met by clothes …
Dembellian form of sailors
Modern commodity-money relations, coupled with smartphones, provide soldiers with urgent service a service - the opportunity not to bother with the handicraft production of such clothes, but simply order yourself the right size by choosing it on the website. There are no boundaries for perfection! Do you need a demobilization form of the Navy?
Please: the front flank of the Navy, already equipped with a tunic, badges, and an accelerator. It is made to order, plus (optional) your wishes.
The service is astounding: even interest-free installments and (which is important for military men of urgent service) are provided for free storage of finished products in a warehouse. Standard delivery time is 2 weeks, expedited time is 1 week.
However, buying is not a trick! The thoughtful reader, of course, is interested in how the demobilization form of the Navy is made. We are quite ready to answer this question:
- floors of pea jackets, tunics, overcoats are shortened;
- an additional chevron of the “Navy” type is sewn, etc.
- the plaque of the marine belt is being finalized (corners are rolled off, a bend is attached, the anchor is polished);
- the belt itself is wrinkled in a special way "under the skin" and painted in brown;
- epaulets with two capital letters of the fleet name are made;
- the peak is tilted, a wire rim is inserted into it for lateral curvature;
- trousers flare down to the width of the shoe and taper at the hips (the latter is the immemorial tradition of the fleet).
By the way, the demobilization form of the marine corps is similar to it. It additionally includes the replacement of stripes of flannel with similarly shaped fragments, carved from red organic glass. The tunic is additionally equipped with accelerators. The vertical surface of the shoe sole was grinded until it was tilted.
Airborne soldier uniform
The Dembelsky form of the Air Force is made on the basis of the field uniform of clothes. It can be purchased on the Internet by sending your measurements to the manufacturer: height, chest, waist, sleeve length, headgear. The purchase is carried out by one hundred percent payment, prepayment of 50% and interest-free installments.
The kit of the purchased form includes a tunic “modified” with shoulder straps from blue velvet or chevrons attached using semi-rigid embossed linings, as well as a blue improved beret.
However, the demobilization form of the Air Force can be made independently. To do this, a soldier must purchase a set of field uniforms made of fabric of the “digital” type and modify it. It will be necessary to control the purchase of additional chevrons and an accelerant in Voentorg. You should get specific flight badges and insignia. Blue velvet is bought in a civilian retail network.
There is one auxiliary detail to give the perfect shape to shoulder straps, chevrons, stripes. It is made manually from cellophane and white fabric. It is a semi-rigid lining. To make it, you need a minimum of materials: cellophane and a piece of an old bleached sheet. Of the tools you will need a hot iron and scissors.
The technology is simple: two layers of fabric are glued together with cellophane using a hot iron. Then another layer of cellophane, fabric, etc. follows. The product is simple, but epaulets and chevrons sewn with it are not visually lost, accented and look bumpy.
Infantry and its demobilization form
The Dembel form of infantry is an obsolete name. Now this kind of troops is called differently - motorized rifle. What is such clothes? Judging by the specimens we saw, it is similar to the Air Force form described above.
The differences are predictable: instead of blue velvet, black is involved, specific insignia by the type of troops: chevrons, buttonholes, badges of military affiliation, class, etc. Instead of blue beret, black is used. On the whole, the cut of the field uniform of clothes, a vest, auxiliaries, and sewn-in trousers are identical.
Ministry of Internal Affairs and internal troops
The Dembel form of the Ministry of Internal Affairs VV differs from the military one, perhaps only in the color of camouflage - “numbers”. Grayish colors predominate (still belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs). Another traditional color inherent in the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is maroon. A special pride of representatives of special forces units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the maroon beret. The military receive it only after successfully coping with quite complex qualification tests, including tough and uncompromising hand-to-hand combat.
For the demobilizing internal troops, everything is much simpler, it is enough to purchase the aforementioned beret. After all, they have long been fond of both maroon velvet shoulder straps and maroon velvet lining on pockets.
The explosive form of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is similar to the BB form (the agency is the same). But the berets here are not speckled, but intense black.
Concluding the presentation of the material in this article, let us dwell on a small detail of demobilization clothing - the gateway, which the soldiers also succinctly call "hemming." It is sewn for hygiene on the inside of the collar. The unwritten regulation establishes the differences between the spiritual doorway - the “herring” - from the demobilization: multilayer, with a hem sewn inward to maintain a smooth volume contour of the outer part of the hem. Some creative demobilties equip the doorway with informative embroidery “DMB”.
