PROMOTION AND PAY POLICY OF SOVIET ARMED FORCES

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• Publication Date: October 2, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELZIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Promotion and Pay Policy of Soviet firmed Forces
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la An individual is given the rank of Private after he is inducted into active
military service and sent to a unit by the Raion Military Commissariat.
20 Upon arrival, all new inductees are placed in quarantine for a period of three
weeks during which they wear their own clothing, live in separate quarters, and
are fed separately from the other personnel of the unite During this periodg
they perform only household tasks and study military regulations and manuals
which will govern their lives and conduct. After quarantine, they are issued
military uniforms and continue to study military subjects. Then, after three
to six months;, these individuals are sworn-in and are granted the right to
receive passes in the same manner as the older service personnel, the enlisted
men and NCO's. In accordance with a directive issued by the Minister of Armed
Forces of the USSR "Pertaining to the assignment of military ranks to the EK
and NCO personnel of the armed forces," the second military rank of "Corporal"
is awarded to well disciplined enlisted men in their second year of service
who have-obtained grades of excellent or good in their political and combat
training. The next military rank, Jr Sergeant, is awarded to Corporals who
have excelled in combat and political training and whose duty category (or
designation) is that of a Junior Sergeant; if the duty category is only that of
a private, it.is necessary to transfer the individual to a Junior Sergeantes
duty category first, and then promote him to this military tank. This order
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is in effect in assigning all military ranks to enlisted and NCO personnels The
military ranks from Corporal to Master Sergeant inclusive are awarded after a
six month period of "time-in-grade."
3, The military ranks of Sergeant, Senior Sergeant, and Master Sergeant are awarded by
order of the Divisional Commander, In addition, the regimental and divisional
commanders may award consecutive military ranks before the "timemin-grade" require-
ments have been met for special excellence in political and combat training. It
must be remembered that in addition to the above commanders, higher level commanders
may award the same military ranks,
Usually, all military ranks are awarded to Sergeants during holidays such as May lst,
November 7th, Aviation Day, and Soviet Army day,
Before such holidays, the regimental commander summons the regimental command.
personnelto a conference dealing with the preparation for, and conduct of the
holiday, At this conference, he instructs the squadron commanders to present him
with lists of the best EM's and NCO's to be used for awarding consecutive. military
ranks,
6. After this, the air squadron commanders require the flight commanders to present
them with lists which include a brief service evaluation of the best EM'S and dCO.'s
for the purpose of awarding consecutive military ranks,
7. Flight commanders are governed by the following factors when drawing up these lists.
(a) The evaluations given the particular individual in political training
(b) His degree of discipline
(c) Efficiency rating
(d) Party or Komsomol membership
(e) Sociability
The flight commanders present these lists to the air squadron commander who checks
them and sends a composite list for the entire squadron to the Enlisted and Officer
Personnel Section of the Air Regiment if he agrees with the selections on the list.
8. Then,_the Chief of the Enlisted and Officer Personnel Section checks the list
for proper duty categories and presents it to the Regimental Commander for examina-
tion. After this, he compiles a list of these individuals for the entire, regiment,
has the Air Regiment Commander and Chef of Staff sign it, and directs it to the Air
Division. This list will contain only the names of those individuals who are to be
awarded military'ranks by the Divisional Commander. After this, the names of
some of the individuals on the list sent to the divisions will be sent to the Corps
so that the A:Lr Corps Commander may r, rsonally order their promotions. In all of
these cases, the individuals' military occupation is considered, For example,, an
assistant mechanic may have a rank of from Private to Sergeant inclusive; such an
individual. will not be promoted to the next consecutive rank (Sr Sergeant) since his
duty category limits him to a Sergeant; in order to be promoted, his duty category
must be raised to an aircraft mechanic; if it is not, he will remain a Sergeant as
long as he is on active military duty.
9. The duty categories oa' assistant iechanics for armaments,'radio, instruments., and
electrical equipment are the same as the duty category for assistant (aircraft)
mechanics and they are promoted in the same manner.
10. Aircraft mechanics are divided into two. duty categories; the first is the senior
aircraft mechanics (of which, there is one in a flight) and the second is aircraft
mechanics,. The first group may hold military ranks-of-from
Private to Master
Sergeant inclusive, and the second group,) from Private to Senior Sergeant inclusive;
a Senior Sergeant is the maximum grade for an aircraft mechanic and he will be in
this grade until demobilization.
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ll. If an assistant mechanic or other specialist extends his period of service, he is
immediately promoted to the next consecutive rank regardless of his duty category
or the tithe-inmgrade he has acquired since his last promotion; however, after this
promotion, he will not be promoted to the next consecutive rank until he has at least
six months in grade.
12. It is necessary to remember that in the VVS of the USSR, military ranks are not given
to EM's or NCO's for having served for a specific period of time but rather as a
stimulus to the best EM's and NCO'sa For this reason, many individuals are not
promoted to the next consecutive military rank for periods of a year and more even
though their duty categories permit such promotions.
13, On an average, each holiday order promotes 5 to 8% of the Air Regiment's total
Enlisted and NCO personnel to the next consecutive rank. However, on an average more
than 50% of the. Enlisted and NCO personnel receive promotions to the next consecutive
military rank within a year, 30% in a period of six months, 5% in less than six monthsg
and 15% in more than one year. The given figures are only approximate and are based
on the Enlisted and NCO personnel of "a Fighter Air Regiment.
14. In addition, quite often cases occur in which several sergeants are demoted a grade
or two; in such cases the demoted sergeants must wait at least three to four months
(assuming that during this period they will improve themselves and will obtain
better results in their-subjects and their political and combat training) to get
back their former grade. Demotions of military rank occur for various types of
disciplinary violations and for an unconscientious attitude towards service obliga-
tions.
15, Usually the longest promotionless period occurs in the case of mechanics in the
various types of air specialties since these individuals usually graduate from
mechanics' school in the grade of Sergeant or Senior Sergeant. These individuals
are not promoted within units until their duty category is raisad to that of a
senior aircraft mechanic at which time they receive the next consecutive military
rank of Master Sergeant with which they complete their active military service.
16. All of the above data refers only to combat air units and joint t'Fib.
17. In the rear units (such as a Separate Air Technical battalion, a Communications
Company, or the Headquarters of a Fighter Air Division) the system of promoting
Em's and NCO's will be different from that of combat units.
l8. According to the'T/O & E of a Communications Company, the only sergeants in this
company are: commanders of squads, assistant platoon commanders, assistant squad
commanders, and the company master sergeant. Each Communications Company consists
of three platoons, each platoon of three squads, and each squad of ten to eleven
men.
19. Thus, according to the T/O & E, each squad has two sergeants; in actual practice, there
is one sergeant and one corporal. The T/0 & E requiresassistant platoon commanders
and the company's master sergeant to have the grades of master sergeant.
20. Thus, the number of sergeants in a Communications Company comprises 20% of the
company's total personnel (not including officers). On an average, this 20%
is not promoted to the next consecutive rank until at least one year has elapsed since
their last promotion; the remaining 80% will be privates and corporals for the
remainder of their service period.
21. The Enlisted and NCO personnel of a Separate Air Technical Battalion. fall into exactly
the same categories according to their T/O & E as the Communications Company and
receive promotions under the same time-in-grade specifications.
22. In Military Air Institutes (which graduate officers) and Schools (which train
sergeant-mechanics of various specialties), the students are assigned military ranks
of corporal to master sergeant inclusive during the period of their training by
order of the Chief of the Institute or School based on excellent grades in their
educational combat training; however, the time-in-grade must be not less than six
months after the last promotion received regardless of duty designation during the
training period at the school.
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23. After graduation from the school, the student-mechanics are in the rank of sergeant
or senior sergeant assigned to them by order of the Chief of the Air Mechanics'
School.
21. Upon graduation from a Military Air Institute the students are commissioned in the
rank of Lieutenant or Junior Lieutenant depending upon the category in which they
graduated (in respect to grades). If they are in the. first or second category
upon graduation, they are-commissioned in the rank of Lieutenant; those who graduate
in the third category are commissioned Junior Lieutenant.
25. In a Military Air Institute, the various sergeant ranks are not considered when
commissions are being awarded to students graduating from the institute. The graduate
of a Military Air Institute receives his commission by order of the Commander in
Chief of the VVS of the SA (Soviet Army) of the USSR.
26. Upon receiving the first officer's rank, Jr Lieutenant, the officer must serve for
two years in this rank before he is awarded the next consecutive officer's rank,
Lieutenant. In order for an officer to receive the next consecutive officer's ranks
the direct commander (or chief) of this officer compiles an attestation report in
quadruplicate and sends it up through his chain of commando This attestation must
be signed by the regimental commander, after which it is signed by the Air Division,
Air Corps, and.Air Army Commanders; finally the VVS Commander-in-Chief signs the order
to award the next officer's rank. The new rank becomes effective on the day the
order is signed by the Commander-in-Chief of the VVS, SA, USSR.
27. As a rule, promotions to the rank of Lieutenant are not held up if the officer to
be promoted is assigned to a unit at least six months in advance of the moment when
his time-in-grade is.up and is not transferred from tl-:e unit before his time-in-
grade is up; in such cases, the officer will receive his promotion when the time-in-
grade requirement is met. If. on the other hand, the individual is transferred to
a new unit when his time-in-grade requirement is almost up and an attestation is
compiled for the individual in the old unit, the new unit will normally compile an
attestation on the individual only after six months have elapsed since his arrival;
however, the attestation can bedrarmup earlier if the direct commander of this
individual feels that he is worthy of being promoted.
28. In the case of the first two officer grades, the duty category is unimportant since
according to the T/O & E a line pilot should be in the grade of Junior Lieutenant or
Lieutenant.
29. The time-in-grade between a Lieutenant and a Senior Lieutenant should be two years
from a'Senior Lieutenant to-a Captain, three years; Captain to Major, four years;
Major'to Lieutenant Colonel, four years; Lt Colonel to Colonel, five years; Colonel
to Major General of Aviation and above does not re:-,uire any specific time-in-grade
or nurnber'of years in service; instead, these individuals are promoted to the next
consecutive military rank only for exceptional services, in other words, for master-
ful leadership of troops, etc.
30, All VVS officer grades from Junior Lieutenant to Lieutanant Colonel inclusive are
awarded by the Commander-in-Chief of the VVS. The grade of Colonel is awarded by
order of the Minister of var.
31. Grades above Colonel are awarded by directives from the Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet of the USSR.
32. In all cases, the time-in-grade requirement of the various'' military ranks are
strictly enforced in accordance with the statute "Pertaining to the assignment of
military ranks'to officer personnel." Therefore, promotions outside of time-in-
grade requirements are awarded only to outstanding officers who have excelled in
combat training by introducing new-methods of troop instruction, innovations which
increase the effective utilization of armaments, or, who have exhibited heroism in
executing various types of state missions, etc.
33. There are also a series of obstacles which hold back the promotion of VVS Officers
to the next. consecutive military grade. Such obstacles include the following factors:
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34. An o'fiver who leaves his unit for training purposes (say, to the Lipetsk Senior
Officers' Flight-Tactical School) two months before his time-in-grade requirement
for promotion is met, is assigned the next consecutive military rank only after
he has completed his training in the given school and arrives at his newly assigned
unit. Here, he will serve for a period of six months before the unit will compile
an attestation on him'and send it through their chain of command to Moscow--a
procedure which requires another three or four months on the average and sometimes
more. Thus., this officer would be promoted only after a delay of one year and
eight months. Promotions are not given to officers studying in the various officers'
schools or academies during the period of their study.
35. In like manner, the promotions of officers who have been tried by an officers'
court and whose sentence was that their promotions should be delayed for a specific
period of time, are held-up. Promotions are delayed for periods from one to two
years for them and for those officers whose military discipline is poor, who have a
negligent attitude towards their service obligations, or, whose duties or T/O?& E
Category is equal only to their actual military rank or below it.
36. It s necessary to remember that in late 19L.9, a.special directive was issued which
supplemented the statute "Pertaining to the assignment of military ranks to officer
personnel" and stated that an officer who occupied a duty category which was
equivalent to his military rank would be promoted one grade above his duty category
after this'time-in-grade requirement was met if his military conduct, etc, was
satisfactory.
37. If, on the other hand, an officer has a military grade which is higher than his
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duty'status, he will not be promoted until he is given a duty status which is either
equivalent or higher than bis military rank 50X1
a second directive, in
addition to'the above directive was issued which permitted the promotion of auditors
at a Military Academy. However, this directive and
will not guarantee the accuracy of this information. 50X1
39. If, for any reason, an officer is not promoted to the next consecutive rank, he has
the right to send a report (T N request) through channels asking to be removed from
active service and to be T)-aced in the reserves if he has attained the designated age
for his military rank and no future service advancement is foreseeable.
0. An officer has the right to be transferred to the reserves when he has attained
the following age and military rank:
Jr Lieutenant
m
30 yrs
old
Lieutenant -
30 yrs
old
Senior Lieutenant 35 yrs
old
Captain
m
40 yrs
old
Mai or
?
45 yrs
old
I.t Colonel
- 50 yrs
old
Colonel
- 55 yrs
old
General officers are not limited by time-in-grade requirements. In special
cases, Generals are transferred to the. reserves by order of the Presidium of.the
Supreme Soviet of the'USSR; otherwise, they are authorized to retire for reasons
of health or after having served in the armed forces for 215 years.
41o In accordance with a statute of the Minister of'14ar, officers in the grade of Major
or above may retire after they have served twenty-five years in the armed forces.
In order-for officers to retire, the Minister of War must issue an order which
indicates whether or not a given officer has the right to wear his military-uniform
in retirement and the percentage of his last pay which he is to receive each month
for the rest of his life. Tile percentage is determined in the following manner:
an officer who has 30 service yews during which his duties were those of an officer
receives 100% of his last pay and one who has 25 years received 85%. In going into
retirement, an officer's years at the front are counted twice; furthermore, each
officer receives a lump payment or allotment with which he can buy a house, apartment,
or, other necessary articles in the amount of approximately 32,000 rubles.
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All other officers who have not served for at least twenty years go into the reserve
only. Officers who have transferred to the reserves receive no pay with the
exception of*tlose officers who were crippled while on active military service and
are invalids. Reserve officers do not have registration certificates (voennyi bilet)
or'passports but use identification papers filled out in a form especially designated
for officers of the armed forces. -
)i3. All officer personnel receive monthly pay based on their military ranks as follows
(this pay does not include pay received for duty designation):
Junior Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Senior Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lt Colonel
Colonel
Maj General of Aviation
Lt General of Aviation
Col General of Aviation
Marshal of Aviation (Egilal
400.00 Rubles
500000 Rubles
6oo000 Rubles
70000 Rubles
900.00 Rubles
1100.00 Rubles
1300.00 Rubles
1600.00 Rubles
1900.00 Rubles
2200.00 Rubles
to a General of the Army) 2500.00 Rubles
In addition to. pay for military grade, officers are paid on the basis of their duty
status which is independent of their military grade. This pay scale runs as
follows:
Pilot
Senior Pilot
Flight Commander
Fighter Air Squadron
Deputy Commander
Fighter Air Squadron
Commander
Fighter Air Rgt
Fighter Air Rgt
'Gunnery
Navigator
Asst Commander for
Fighte?? Air Rgt Deputy Commander
Fighter Air Rgt Commander
Fighter Air Rgt Chief of Staff
Fighter Air Rgt Dept
Commander for the Political
Aircraft Technician
Flight Technician
Regimental Chief of the PARM
(Mobile Air Repair Shop)
Regimental Chief of Physical
Training
Fighter Air Sqdrn Lngineer
1350.00 Rubles
1500000 Rubles
1?00.00 Rubles
Rubles plus 30Od00(for
200.00 Rubles
2100.00 Rubles
Aerial Combat Tactics
2200.00 Rubles
2300.00 Rubles
2400.00 Rubles
2300.00 Rubles
an orderly)
plus 300. ? 2600.00
plus 300. m 2700.00
plus 300. m 2600.00
Section 2300.00 Rubles plus 300. 2600.00
800.00 Rubles
1000.00 Rubles
Fighter Air Sqdrn Senior Technician
for Armaments
Fighter Air Sqdrn Senior
900.00 Rubles
1100.00 Rubles
950.00 Rubles
for Special Equipment 950.00
Air Rgt Senior Engineer 1700 plus 300
Air Rgt Engineer for Armaments 1300.00
Air Rgt Engineer for Special
Equipment
Comi{and Flight Technician
Liaison Pilot
Deputy Chief of Staff for the
- Operations.Intelligence Section
Asst Chief of Staff for Special
Communications
Air Rgt Chief of Chemical
Air Rgt Senior Physician
Rubles
2000.00 Rubles
Rubles
1300.00 Rubles
1000.00 Rubles
950.00 Rubles
750.00 Rubles
Service 1000.00 Rubles
Air Rgt Chief of Communications
Chief of E M & Officer Personnel
Section
1100.00 Rubles
100.00 Rubles
950.00 Rubles
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Chief of Secret Section
750,00 Rub
les
Air Rgt Senior Technician for Radio
950,00 Rubles
Fighter Air Sqdn Adjutant
1100.00 Rubles
fighter Air Div Commander
2800.00 Rubles
plus 300.
3100.00 Rubles
Fighter Air Div Dep Commander
2600.00 Rubles
plus 300.
2900000 Rubles
Fighter Air Div Commander for Political
2600.00 Rubles
Section
Plus 300.
2900.00 Rubles
Pilot Proficiency Inspector
2400000 Rubles
Plus 300.
2700.00 Rubles
Fighter Air Div Senior Navigator
2400.00 Rubles
2700.00 Rubles
Fighter Air Div Chief of Staff
2600.00 Rubles
Plus 300.
2900.00 Rubles
Fighter Air Div Deputy Chief
of Staff
2400.00 Rubles
Fighter Air Div Deputy Commander
for the Rear
1700.00 Rubles
Operations Section Chief
2200,00 Rubles
2500.00 Rubles
Operations Section
Officer . .
1900.00 Rubles
Fighter Air Div Chief
vPoint
2000,00 Rubles
Fighter'Air Div Chief of Communications
1600.00 Rubles
Air Div Commander's Adjutant
800.00 Rubles
Air Div Chief of Physical Training
1100.00 Rubles
Section
Fighter Air Div Senior Physician
Chief of the Aero-Medical Dispensary
Chief of the Secret Section
Deputy Chief of the Political Section
Asst-Chief of the Political Section for
Komsomol
Chief of the Divisional Party School
Fighter Air Div Chief of Intelligence
Chief of the 6th Section (Cyphers)
Asst Chief of the 6th Section
Chief of the E M Personnel Section
Fighter Air Div Chief of OfficerPersonnel
Fighter Air Div Asst Chief of Communications1300.00
KULTMASSOVOI RABOTE)
Chief of the Military Sales
Chief of the-Target Range
Air Div Senior Engineer
for Party
Work (ZAMESTITEL NACHALNIKA KLUBA PO
Political Section Agitator
Political Section Instructor
Records
Chief of the Officers Club
Chief of the Library
Deputy Chief of the Club for
Air Div Sr Engineer for
Rubles
2000.00 Rubles
1000.00 Rubles
800.00 Rubles
1100.00 Rubles
1300.00 Rubles
1400.00 Rubles
1200.00 Rubles
750.00 Rubles
1200.00 Rubles
800.00 Rubles
1000,00 Rubles
1100.00 Rubles
850.00 Rubles
800.00 Rubles
675.00 Rubles
675.00 Rubles
1000.00 Rubles
850.00 Rubles
2200.00 Rubles
2500.00 Rubles
1700.00 Rubles
1500.00 Rubles
1700.00 Rubles
1000.00 Rubles
1300.00 Rubles
950.00 Rubles
800.00 Rubles
2000.00 Rubles
2300.00 Rubles
1300.00 Rubles
Section 1000,G0
Communications Company Commander 1000.00
Sr Investigator who is the Dep Chief of
.the MGB Counter Intl Section
Investigator of the MGB Counter Intel
plus 300
Air Div Sr Engineer for Armaments
Air Div Command Flight Technician
Liaison Flight Commander
Liaison Pilot
Command Flight Aircraft Technician
Chief of the MGB Counter Intelligence
Section plus 300
Deputy Senior Lngineer
? Assistant Senior Engineer
Plus 300 1300.00
Special Equipment 1700.00
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Communications Platoon Commanders
750.00 Rubles
Communications Duty Officers at the
Control Point
1300.00 Rubles
Navigators at the Control Point
1700.00 Rubles
Aircraft Director (NAVODCHIK) at the
Control Point
1600000 Rubles
Air Di' Chief of the Aerial Gunnery
Service
2200.00 Rubles
Asst Chief of the Officer Personnel
Section
950.00 Rubles
Chief of Physical 'training
1100.00 Rubles
150
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In addition to pay for military grade and duty status, officers are paid for their
time-in--service during which they performed the duties of officers. The percentage
paid for time-in-service is derived from the total of military grade and duty status
pay as follows:
Those having performed officer duties for 2 ? 5 yrs m 5%
Those having performed oaf icer duties for 5 m 10 yrs m 10%
Those having performed officer duties for 10- 15 yrs ? 15%
Those having performed officer duties for 15m 20 yrs m 20%
Those having performed officer duties for 20 yrs and more 25%
In the case of officers on flight status (pilots, navigators, and flight technicians)1
Flight service is counted double. For example, upon finishing a school, a pilot
arrives at a'unit where he remains for three years on flying status; in such a case,
the pilot would be credited with six years of time-in-service at 10% regardless of
whether or not he flew during this period (for reasons of ill health etc.)
Furthermore, pilots and navigators receive additional pay according to their "class";
lst Class Pilot 200.00 Rubles
2nd Class Pilot 150.00 Rubles
3rd Class Pilot 100,00 Rubles
1st Class Navigator 180:00 Rubles
2nd Class Navigator 120.00 Rubles
3rd Class Navigator 80.00 Rubles
Furthermore9-they receive separate pay for each hour flown through cloud masses,
under difficult meteorological conditions, and at nighttime which exceed the annual
norm as established by a directive of the VVS Commander in Chief pertaining to
combat training. All flight lists pertaining to pay must be signed by the Regimental
Commander and stamped with the State emblem including the units?- actual designations
I7. Regimental and higher-level commanders have the authority to rive flying personnel
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of various "classes" or to transfer them from a higher to a lower class for any
flying offenses which violate the norms established'f or the given class; a change
in class is accompanied by a change in pay based on class.
The Asst Regimental Uhief of Staff for Special Communications, the Chief of the Air
Division's 6th Section, his assistant, the officers in the Air Corps, 6th Section,
and the Air Army's 8th Section (all of whom are in the Cryptographic Service) receive
.in addition'to their military grade, duty status, and time-in'service pay, an extra
30% of their duty status pay due to the classified nature of their work,
19. MGB Counter Intelligence officers receive norms of pay f or'their tire-in-service
which differ from the norms received by the other VVS officers.
An officer serving in the MGB for,a period of:
from one day
from 2 years
from 5 years
from 10 years
from 15 years
from 20 years
to 2 years receives
5%
to 5 years receives
10%
to 10 years receives
15%
to 15 years receives
20%
to 20 years receives
25%
or more receives
30%
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50. During a war, officers are assigned military ranks for other reasons such as:
(a) Flight and Airborne personnel are given their next consecutive military
grade three months after their last promotion if they actively participate
in combat engagements. Other officer personnel working on the ground
(technical and Headquarters people) are promoted only after eight months.
(b) In the case of units which are based in the country's interior, the time-in-
graderequrements are the same as in peace time. T'!is, of course, does
not apply to units which are temporarily located in the rear for the purpose
of regrouping.
(c) During World War II, officers received no pay for their military rank;
instead they :rere paid for their duty status, and time-in-service (like
manner to the present system) and, due to a special order, they received
20-25% of their basic pay for being located at the front--this special pay
was designated as "frontal" pay.
(d) Officers in'Guards Units received 150% of their duty status pay and normal
time-in-service and frontal pay. Sergeants in Guards Units received double
duty status pay. At the present time, pay in Guards Units is the same
as in non-Guards Units.
(e) Furthermore, during World vuar II, officers' military grades could be
awarded to Sergeants who were especially outstanding in combat and who
manifested command aptitudes and whose education consisted of at least
seven secondary-school classes.
(f) Officers were promoted to military grades of Jr Lt through Lt Col inclusive,
by order of the Troon Commander of the Front; from Colonel and above,, by
decree-of the Supreme' Command of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Furthermore,,
it should be noted that any officer who temporarily executed the duties of
a higher level chief for a .:eriod of 30 days or more received pay based on
the new duty designation. For example, if a Regimental Chief of Staff
takes 35 days of leave and his duties are temporarily carried out by the
Regimental'Chief of the Chemical Service, during this period the latter
will receive t'-e duty status pay of "a Regimental Chief of Staff (although
he will not be paid for an orderly).
51. During peace time, Sergeants are oaid for their duty status only. However, during
World War II, they-received frontal pay in company with officers which amounted to
approximately 50% of their basic duty status pay. Furthermore, although it is
fairly difficult to receive promotions during peace time, during World War II, grades
up to and including Senior Sergeant ;were awarded by order of the Air Regimental
Commander for active participation in combat operations at the front. The military
grade of Master Sergeant is awarded by order of the Air Division Commander during
wartime. Time-in-grade requirements are not considered in all of the above cases.
At the present time the pay scale for Sergeants is as follows:
Aircraft Mechanic
350.00 Rubles
Aircraft Senior Air Mechanic
37500 Rubles
Senior Armaments Mechanic
375.00 Rubles
Senior Radio Mechanic
375.00 Rubles
Senior Electrical Equipment Mechanic
375.00 Rubles
Senior Instrument Mechanic
375..00 Rubles
Radio Mechanic
325.00 Rubles
Instrument Mechanic
325.00 Rubles
Armaments Mechanic
325.00 Rubles
Electrical Equipment Mechanic
325.00 Rubles
Assistant Aircraft Mechanic (motorist)
125.00 Rubles
Assistant Armaments Mechanic
100.00 Rubles
Assistant Instrument Mechanic
100.00 Rubles
Assistant Radio Mechanic
100.00 Rubles
Assistant Electrical IE.;ouipment Mechanic
100.00 Rubles
Air Stuadron Adjutant's Clerk
125.00 Rubles
Phototechnician (FOTCMEKHANIK)
300.00 Rubles
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Furthermore, any Sergeant who remains in the service over his induction period
is promoted to the next nonconsecutive examinations to become an Aircraft Mechanic
(if'he is an assistant aircraft mechanic); if he is already a mechanic, his duty
designation is raised to that of a Senior Mechanic. If this duty slot is filled in
his regiment, he will ae tr.nsferred as a Senior Mechanic, to another regiment or he
will remain in his own regime=.nt as an aircraft technician (an officers' duty slot).,
In the latter evei,t, the Regimental Commander will attempt to obtain authentication
of this remenlistee's officers' duty status from the Air Army Commander. As soon as
the Air Army Commander signs the order, the re-enlistee will begin to draw the
duty status pay of an aircraft technician.
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52. If, on the other hand, the re-enlistee remains in the regiment as an aircraft mechanic
his duty pay will be doubled and he will receive a large additional percentage of
his pay for time-'in-service. such
a re-enlistee would' receive a o a . pay w c is approximately equal to that of a
Flight Technician even though his duty designation `.s only that of an aircraf',
mechanic.
Furthermore, each Sergeant who re-enlists, receives a 50-day leave (for the first time
in his military career) which does not include time spent in travelling to the
location where he wants to sjend his leave. Fifteen days are given for purposes of
travelling to and from the unit; thus, the re?enlistee's first leave amounts to 65
days and he will continue receiving tj-?e same annual leave as officers, 30 days not
including travel time.
53. Officers, N C O.and E M's may travel on all forms of transportation free of charge
while going on leave or while performing service activities.
51i. Any private who is inducted into the VVS and who does not have any permanent duty
status or who is being trained in a unit or school in any particular specialty
(say that of an assistant-aircraft mechanic) receives 25 rubles a month pav based on
his first year in the service; if he is a corporal, this amounts to 50 rubles a
month.
55. All students in an Air Institute which graduates officers receive 120 rubles a
month during the first half of their training and 1.50 rubles during the latter half
regardless of whether their rank is Private or Master Sergeant.
5(. Auditors in all of the higher military educational institutions (Academies9 Higher
Officer's Schools, etc) receive pay on the basis of their last duty status prior
to their arrival at the institution. However, if a given auditor's pay was less
than 850 rubles a month, he will be paid 850 rubles in addition to being paid for his
military grade and time-in-service, .while at tl,e institution.
57. N C "C's and E M's who are radio-operators, aerial gunners are paid only for their
duty status-.'thus, the pay of a radio operator-aerial gunner is 150-200 rubles
a month regardless of his military grade; he does, hojever, receive flight clothing
and.a flight ration norm'(Norm No 53o
58. During kdorld udar II, young -)ilots graduated from schools in the military grade of
Sergeant. 'Nevertheless, their duty pay was the same as that of pilot-officers and
they received extra pay for each enemy aircraft shot down by them in an aerial
engagement as well as frontal pay. They did.not receive any pay for their time-in-
service. However,'they were commissioned after six months and the period during
which they were Sergeant Pilots was credited to their time-in-service in the same
manner as all other officer-personnel. It must be pointed,out that during World
War II, officers were not paid for their military grade.
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