The article deals with the problems of formation of professionally important qualities of officers of the Russian Navy in the course of military-political work. The research data on the priority professionally important qualities of naval officers and methods of their formation are presented.

The article is devoted to the problem of the development of pedagogical culture of an officer of the Russian Army. It shows the role of culture and pedagogical culture in the formation of the spiritual and moral image of the individual in the past and in the current conditions. The essence, content, structure of the officer’s pedagogical culture and the directions of its improvement are considered.

The analysis of A. S. Makarenko’s views on the essence and nature of pedagogical logic in the organization of the educational process is carried out in the article. Pedagogical logic is considered as the implementation of the dialectical logic requirements in intellectual and organizational activities. The characteristic features of A. S. Makarenko’s pedagogical logic are revealed: dialectic, systematic approach, practicability, activity of the foster-child in the pedagogical process. The possibility of applying the pedagogical logic of A. S. Makarenko in the modern practice of education in the Russian National Guard Troops is shown. It is noted that it is unacceptable to simplify the ideas of A. S. Makarenko in problems of pedagogical logic.

The article reveals the essence and content of the leading pedagogical ideas of the outstanding Russian classic of Soviet pedagogy A. S. Makarenko and identifies the main directions of their use in the process of professional training of future officers. The fundamental differences between teaching and upbringing, the specifics of “team pedagogy”, the critical position of A. S. Makarenko to the opponents of official pedagogy are revealed. The accentuation of methodological provisions based on the fundamental foundations of the pedagogical concept of A. S. is reflected. Makarenko and his practice-oriented achievements are presented, which are really and potentially aimed at solving the state task of educating a new person in the system of collective formation, as a means of building the future of the country and humanity.

The article describes the work program developed by teachers of the Department of Foreign Languages of the Moscow Higher Educational Institution for the training of tacticallevel military officer-interpreters called up for military service during partial mobilization. The restoration of previously formed and acquisition of new foreign language communicative skills in practical classes was carried out through the implementation of a model of individualization of foreign language teaching.