Motivation as a driving force of behavior plays an important role in the process of forming the personality of a serviceman, the formation of his interests in the military profession, awareness of its social significance, and professional activity. Motivation gives the military professional activity of a serviceman direction, meaningfulness, dynamism, and efficiency. Therefore, the study of the motivational resources of the individual is of great importance for improving the effectiveness of this activity.

The relevance of this issue is due to the decisive influence of motivation on the success of the military professional activity, the mental and functional state of the serviceman, the desire for professional self-actualization in the military sphere, etc. Therefore, the problem of developing motivation for professional activity is one of the main ones in military psychology.

The interest of servicemen in service and combat activities, the need to successfully perform professional tasks, the desire and desire to succeed in the professional sphere of the military, the desire for self-development, self-improvement, and self-realization, the desire to demonstrate themselves from the best side, the presence of a sense of duty and responsibility to the Motherland - all this has a systemic impact on the internal and external factors of psychological readiness of servicemen for military activities through the implementation of stimulating, re Thus, the activation of the motivational component can improve the state of psychological readiness of servicemen to perform their duties.

That is why the psychologists of the Center for PD and PPV conduct regular group work with the assigned contingent, aimed at forming a positive motivation to perform military duties.