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Significant reforms of the Russian Armed Forces were announced in October 2008 under Defence Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov, and major structural reorganisation began in 2009. The stated aims of the reform are to reorganize the structure and the chain of command in the Russian army, and to reduce it in size.〔(Military reform to change army structure. What about its substance? )〕 Key elements of the reforms announced in October 2008 included: * reducing the armed forces to a strength of one million by 2012; * reducing the number of officers; * centralising officer training from 65 military schools into 10 'systemic' military training centres; * creating a professional NCO corps; * reducing the size of the central command; * introducing more civilian logistics and auxiliary staff; * elimination of cadre-strength formations; * reorganising the reserves; reorganising the army into a brigade system; * reorganising air forces into an air base system instead of regiments. There had previously been several reform attempts such as the 1997 plan under defence minister Igor Sergeyev and the 2003 programme of President Putin (‘Urgent Tasks for the Development of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation’), the latter of which was very similar to the 2008 programme, as it emphasized already the need for reductions in personnel strength, a gradual decrease in the use of conscripts in favour of professional soldiers, the creation of a professional NCO corps and drastic changes to officer training and education. The 2003 program however moved at a very slow pace, mainly due to the unwillingness of the military to reform.〔(Reforming The Russian Military: Problems And Prospects )〕 ==Personnel strength== An essential part of the military reform is its down-sizing. By the beginning of the reform, there were about 1.13 million active personnel in the Russian Armed Forces. The planned reduction to 1 million servicemen will be advanced from 2016 to 2012.〔Moscow Defense Brief #4, 2008 p. 21-24〕 Largely, the reductions falls within the officers. They used to account for about one third of the total strength of the Armed Forces: this will be reduced to 15%.〔Moscow Defense Brief #2, 2009 p. 18-20〕 The enlisted men are to be reduced according to the table:〔(Reform of the Russian Armed Forces )〕 On April 4, 2011 General-Colonel Vasily Smirnov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, said that the reformed forces would consist of 220,000 officers, 425,000 contract servicemen and 300,000 conscript soldiers.〔(Russia To Continue Military Conscription For Next 10-15 Years | ASIAN DEFENCE NEWS )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2008 Russian military reform」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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