The article is devoted to the definition of criteria, indicators of the professional experience formation of future border guards in the process of military and border guard practical training. Criteria for the professional experience formation of future border guards in the process of military and border guard practical training have been defined as follows: value and personal (indicators: the formation of personal qualities; expression of value orientations of the individual; awareness of the importance of professional activity), motivational and functional (indicators: motivational activity; attitude to professional activity; responsibility for own actions), activity and reflexive (indicators: ability to apply the acquired professional experience; ability to reflect in the assessment of own actions; self-assessment of own behavior and own decisions). According to the criteria and indicators, three levels of professional experience of future border guards in the process of military and border guard training have been identified: high, average, low.