This book is for those who have gone through the harsh school of army life, for whom military service has become not only a duty, but also an honorable duty. And, of course, for those who are about to put on a soldier’s uniform. In his book, reserve captain from Gremyachin Vladimir Aleksandrovich Savinov talks about his service in 1969-1971 in the border troops of the KGB of the USSR, in the Osh border detachment. Place of duty - Eastern Pamir, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan, border post "Shatput". The author’s narrative is supplemented by the memoirs of the city’s border guards, published in different years on the pages of the Shakhtar newspaper. The publication was prepared for printing with the assistance of the Central City Library and the public organization of war veterans in Afghanistan and Chechnya “Alarm” in Gremyachinsk.