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Yes, it is a long way. It works reliably and is accessible to everyone.
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How to become a general: to enter the military school, to become a lieutenant, to serve to a general. It is simple!

“My mother was still belly to me, as I was already enrolled in the Semenovsky regiment as a sergeant, by the grace of the mayor of the guard, Prince B., a close relative of our family. If the mother had given birth to a daughter without any hope, the father would have announced the death of the unappeared sergeant, and the matter would have ended.
The time has passed, Puppy.