Identity card of the Russian Armed Forces

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Identity card of the Russian Armed Forces (Russian: Военный билет Вооружённых сил России) is a document issued to soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and other "power" agencies, where military service is provided, as well as to those who are exempt from military service or upon admission to the reserve. For citizens on the conscription military service, this is a document replacing the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation. In modern Russian military, the ID cards of two different types are issued: ID for a soldier/sailor/sergeant/warrant officer, and ID for a military officer.

In addition to the modern version of the document, military cards issued in the Soviet Union are also in use, as well as several options for older military cards issued in the Russian Federation.

Details

In addition to the general identity information, such as last name, given name(s), date and place of birth, education, and the presence of a civilian specialty sports category, military ID can contain a number of specific information items, such as:

decision of the draft board

mark for military (civilian alternative) service, post and MAS

military rank, specialty class

government (departmental) awards and decorations

wounds, injuries and contusions

list of weapons and technical equipment assigned to the person

reserve status

military training

anthropometric measurements (height, head circumference, size of the gas mask, clothing size, shoe size)

marks for the admission and withdrawal of the military registration

evaluation of the decision of the military oath or bringing obligation; a note is made of the military chief of staff, as follows: "It is a military oath (liability brought)", and it also indicates the day, month and year of taking of the oath

References

Identity card of the Russian Armed Forces Wikipedia

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