War is a multifaceted phenomenon, including not only battles and military operations. First of all, these are the people who are involved in what is happening. And not always on the battlefield. The heroes of Alexander Karelin’s work are not only soldiers and officers of the rifle battalion, but also military doctors. We present to your attention a collection of seven stories and three novellas, united by common characters from among the employees of the Separate Medical Company of Kandahar. This is a story about service, about life in all its manifestations, about human nature in war.