Methods of disciplinary practice distortion elimination in the process of military education in everyday activities

The paper deals with problematic issues of conducting disciplinary practice by company commanders. The analysis of scientific publications and documents in the studied units showed that the existing system of maintaining and strengthening military discipline in the units is built on the basis of statutory requirements, but some military personnel allow violations of military discipline of various types. A priori research conducted by the authors has revealed that one of the main reasons for this contradiction is a phenomenon known as disciplinary practice distortion. The authors reviewed identified types of disciplinary practice distortion and analyzed possible causes of violations of this kind. As a suggestion for solving the problematic aspects of conducting disciplinary practice, a method was developed to eliminate disciplinary practice distortions in the process of military education in everyday activities. The presented method was tested in the work of the commander of the unit under study on the use of incentives and disciplinary penalties. As a result of the use of this technique, disciplinary practice distortions of all categories of company commanders were leveled, which in general had a positive impact not only on the use of disciplinary power by commanders, but also on the general state of military discipline of the unit.