The Artillery School gets a new addition. Sergent Baba checks the freshmen with his experienced eye. Student Anatoliy Beskov is in worries. In army he wanted to replace his father, who was a high-class pilot. But the commission founds Anatoly unfeasible to serve in aviation. Feeling no interest in guns, the young man makes mistakes one after another. Irritable Lieutenant Serov asks political officer Lepko to remove Beskov from his subdivision. But the political officer believes that it is necessary to educate the young soldier. Olga also supports Anatoliy. The girl knows that he trains hard, preparing for a new medical examination. Conversation with the political officer opened to Beskov the simple truth that every military school is a school of courage and patriotism. Since then Anatoly tries to win the respect of comrades and become an exemplary cadet. He passes the Commission and receives referral to the aviation.