A new story by N. Naumov Colonel Gorin talks about the people of the modern army. An acute, intense struggle for the improvement of a person, the upbringing of subordinates and the upbringing of the educators themselves - this is what forms the basis of the sharp plot, in which the images created by the author are revealed in relief. Everything that is told in the story captivates with its truthfulness, deep knowledge of army life, the courage of the problems posed, to the solution of which the author seeks to attract readers. The author's luck is the images he created of the division commander Gorin, his deputy for political affairs, Colonel Znobin, and a number of other officers and soldiers.