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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">cndcgs</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Challenges to national defence in contemporary geopolitical situation</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2669-2023</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2669-2023</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LKA</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23_BALSYS</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47459/cndcgs.2020.23</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Values and identity of contemporary military officer in the context of national security</article-title>
      </title-group>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>BALSYS</surname>
            <given-names>Paulius</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:paulius.balsys@mil.lt">paulius.balsys@mil.lt</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_000"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_000">Lithuanian social research center, Lithuania</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>2020</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>182</fpage>
      <lpage>188</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>16</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2020</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>16</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2020</year>
      </pub-date>
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      <abstract>
        <p>Military is an institution which is one of the most significant national security guarantees. Lithuanian armed forces military psychologists findings of soldiers who leave the service before time show that the main reason is that organization is not able to ensure individual needs of personnel. The problem of this report is - how the military organization is able to implement function of national security combining individual officers and collective organizational values in the context of contemporary society? For this research was applied qualitative research method, using semi-structured interview technique.</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>Military sociology</kwd>
        <kwd>identity</kwd>
        <kwd>ambivalence</kwd>
        <kwd>individualism</kwd>
        <kwd>collectivism</kwd>
        <kwd>values</kwd>
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