The folk wisdom “houses and walls help” is especially relevant for conscripts. Of course, it is more convenient to serve in units that are closer to home. But the principle of the extraterritoriality of the Russian Army does not always leave young men in their native lands. Although there are some exceptions to the rule.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare a package of documents for submission to the military commander's office. According to the current legislation, the commissariat can decide on the conscription of a soldier to the nearest military units in exceptional cases. For example, if a conscript is married and has a young child, he may be left to serve in his hometown. In this case, you must independently present the original and a copy of the marriage certificate and the birth of a child to the commandant's office or documents replacing them (certificates from the registry office). To date, it is this argument for the commandant's staff that is most convincing in the issue of sending recruits to local military units.
Step 2
Inform the draft board that you are dependent on elderly parents, retirees or other family members. In this case, you will need to document that you are the main breadwinner in the family, and that your parents regularly need your care for health reasons and do not work. Take a certificate from the place of work, a certificate of receipt of a subsidy (in the event that the family enjoys state benefits), copies of the parents' pension certificates. In some cases, you will also be asked to verbally prove or explain what the care is and how you provided it prior to the call.
Step 3
Contact your employer for an application to the military commissariat if at the time of the call you are employed in local government bodies: municipality, regional administration, local parliaments, etc. At the request of local authorities, the commissariat may make concessions, but the army leadership will have the last word.
Step 4
State your preferences to the members of the commission during its passage. Ask to record that you would like to serve in a specific unit or in specific troops. As a rule, the members of the commission take into account the wishes of the recruit, and if, for health reasons and other criteria, the young man is fit for service in this unit, then the commission has nothing against meeting the recruit halfway.
