Аннотация:The article examines approaches to the study of individual psychological qualities, the personality of a serviceman. The issues of the person's orientation, socialization, formation of the soldier's identity are discussed. The factors of development of personal characteristics of the soldier in the process of service in the Armed Forces are noted, the determinants of discipline as integrative quality. The emphasis is on internal conviction in the performance of professional activity, the ability to control one's behavior, adaptability, rigidity to the military-professional situation.