Keyword: «the dynamics of the goal-setting process»

Starting from February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation is conducting a special military operation in Ukraine. The army aviation takes an active part in it. Today, the factor of possible participation in hostilities is a fundamental determinant of the impact on the process of goal-setting of cadets of a military helicopter university. Goal–setting significantly affects the formation and behavior of the personality of the future helicopter officer, and, accordingly, his functioning as a defender of the Motherland. In this paper, a comparative analysis of changes in the life goals of a cadet's personality during the period of study at a military flight university is carried out. The data obtained in the first year of study is compared with the data in the fifth year of the same set of respondents without saving the sample.