Barotherapy in the military medicine. The authors present current data on place and role of hyperbaric oxygenation for military and extreme medicine. Main mechanisms of oxygen saturation and its <<delivery>> to cells and tissues of the organisms is described in the given article. The authors proved advantages of the hyperbaric oxygenation over the normobaric and showed its high efficiency for the trauma and suppurative- septic lesion treatment, and for the combat therapeutic pathology. Main clinical and physiological effects of the hyperbaric oxygenation are showed. Modern indications and contra-indications for the use of the hyperbaric oxygenation as a therapeutic mean are proved.