Can a soldier suffer hardships 10?

Almost every young man who wants to be a soldier, the recruiting department and his relatives and friends who have been a soldier will advise him: "Being a soldier is bitter, so be prepared to suffer." Being a soldier has to endure hardships. Most of these feelings come from the feelings of people who have been soldiers, and of course there are some outsiders who have never been soldiers.

Is it really difficult to be a soldier? Where does it hurt? The practical experience of being a soldier for more than 20 years shows that being a soldier is definitely hard, which is not only determined by the nature of this special occupation, but also the "entry fee" that an ordinary local youth must pay to enter the green military camp and become a qualified soldier. With the progress and development of society, the concept of running the army tends to be people-oriented, and the working and living conditions in military camps have been greatly improved, especially the accommodation and food conditions, which are almost close to the average level of society and cities, but the hardships that soldiers need to experience have not decreased with the improvement of living conditions. Summarizing the actual feelings of some former soldiers, I feel that the "bitterness" of being a soldier is generally manifested in ten aspects:

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Endure the maladjustment of the environment. Joining the army means "leaving home" for most local youths. From being born in a familiar environment to a strange place, start a new life. I went to a completely strange environment, without the care of my parents, relatives and friends, without the company of my classmates and friends, and I was a stranger. I have to rely on myself and start from scratch. I live in the class dormitory. At night, people may snore, grind their teeth and talk in their sleep in the dormitory. Unlike before, when I lived in my own home, I was free to do whatever I wanted. I live a collective life. I listen to whistles and passwords from morning till night. Most activities are collective actions of classes or companies. I don't have much time to myself, so I can't be as free and easy at home as before. Anyone who goes to a new working and living environment needs an adaptation period, not to mention a new soldier who has never left his parents' shelter and has never experienced real life training since childhood. Therefore, for every new soldier, getting familiar with the new environment, knowing new leaders and knowing new comrades-in-arms, we must start from scratch and have an adaptation process.

Suffer from not being used to eating. Practically speaking, in the past ten years, the conditions and level of food in the army have been greatly improved. For example, certain food standards, state subsidies for military grain and oil prices, carefully prepared meat, four dishes and one soup with fruit, well-equipped and clean canteens, and most grass-roots units have also implemented a buffet system. It should be said that the dietary standards of most grass-roots units are not lower than the living standards of ordinary families in cities. What really doesn't adapt to the recruits' diet is that most of the troops take the battalion company as the basic food guarantee unit, and the food is a unified pot of rice. The food eaten by dozens or hundreds of people in a big pot is definitely not as delicious as the food in a small pot. No matter how good the technology is, the chef can't do it. At the same time, there is a saying: it is difficult to adjust. Some people like to eat sour, some people like to eat sweet, some people like to eat Chili, and some people can't eat a little spicy; Northerners like to eat steamed bread, jiaozi and other pasta, while southerners are often used to eating rice. This also answers the old saying, "A clever woman can't cook without rice, and a chef can't cook for a hundred people." Therefore, this highly intensive food security model is difficult to satisfy everyone. In terms of life adjustment, there are also supermarkets or food stores in the military camp. In their spare time, they can order a side dish, eat a bowl of wonton and buy some snacks such as instant noodles, sausages and bread. However, due to strict management, recruits can't go, buy and eat at will. In this case, although the food in the army is basically guaranteed, for some recruits who are picky about their diet and have poor adaptability to life, hunger and satiety still occur from time to time. More commonly, some recruits tell their families by phone that they can't swallow, eat enough and eat badly.

Suffer from the restrictions of freedom. For the new soldiers who were free at home before joining the army, freedom is like air, and they usually don't feel its importance at all. Once you enter the army, an important challenge is the restriction of freedom. The management implemented by the army is a grid management of all fields, all time and all staff, which is systematic, meticulous and strict. In particular, in order to cultivate their strict concept of organizational discipline, the management of new soldiers who have just joined the army is more strict and meticulous. On the one hand, the schedule is tight, from getting up in the morning, doing morning exercises, washing, eating, attending classes, watching the news, and calling the roll late, to turning off the lights and sleeping around 9: 00, 10 in the evening. At the end of the day, the life of the recruits is very tight, leaving less time for the new soldiers to control freely. Of course, the free space will be improved after the recruit company ends and is assigned to the veteran company. On the other hand, the management system is strict and meticulous. For example, leaving a job requires leave of absence for approval, and a company with strict management will have a time limit. For another example, leaving the camp is restricted. First of all, during the period of XinBingLian, new soldiers can't leave the barracks at will. For new soldiers, especially during the period of XinBingLian, it is an unattainable luxury to visit the resident tourist attractions, the streets in the city and the supermarkets. Recruits are assigned to established companies after training. In principle, you can go out on holidays, but there are also proportional restrictions. Soldiers of all classes also take turns to arrange to go out, and they can't go out at any time if they want to. Some people can only go out once a month or so. For new soldiers who are used to freedom at ordinary times, it is generally difficult to adapt, and some with poor adaptability will feel "imprisoned".

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The pain is that communication is affected. Modern society is an information society. For most young people in society, it is the most convenient, basic and normal way of information exchange to raise your hand when chatting or playing games online, send emails through QQ or WeChat with one click, and contact relatives and friends with one click. In the army, restricted by safety requirements and standardized management regulations, these normality will become abnormal, basically special, and easy communication with family and society will also be restricted and affected. The first is that the use of mobile phones is restricted. As soon as recruits join the army, mobile phones are often turned over in a unified way and managed centrally. In principle, it is not allowed to use mobile phones casually during the period of recruits' company, which is a common practice for most troops to standardize management. After the end of the recruits' company and the veterans' company, the mobile phone can only be used during breaks and weekends. This is the most difficult hurdle for the new "mobile phone control" soldiers who guard their mobile phones all day. Secondly, you can't fight if you want. Most of the dormitories in the army have installed IC card telephone booths, but in order not to affect the normal working order, the army stipulates that telephone calls are not allowed during normal class hours. Third, the Internet is inconvenient. Due to the rigid requirements of safety management, some grass-roots units have built Internet cafes at present, but some grass-roots units have not yet built them. The army expressly stipulates that officers and men are not allowed to surf the Internet privately or in local Internet cafes. After many new soldiers arrived in the army, they felt that they could not surf the Internet casually in the camp and were not allowed to surf the Internet outside, just like entering an isolated information "island". This is also very difficult to adapt and accept for the new recruits who are used to enjoying the information society in the local area. Especially for those new soldiers who had internet addiction and telephone addiction before joining the army, it is a comprehensive exercise of psychological will and the most realistic test of whether they can adapt to military life.

The bitter thing is to take care of yourself in life. Being at home for a hundred days and going out for thousands of days is probably the same experience of many new soldiers. A local youth who has just left his parents and relatives will embark on a road of self-management and self-management from the day he leaves home. For new soldiers, life must pass at least three levels. The first is "housekeeping", which means making your own bed, bedding and daily necessities. Making a bed in the army is the first level for new soldiers to live in the army. Just folding quilts makes many recruits miserable. Every morning, a soft quilt should be folded into a square tofu block, and a soft pavement should be ironed as flat as a conference table. Most new soldiers often come down for half an hour at first, and the quilts can't be folded. Many new soldiers practice the "technical work" of folding quilts, and it is difficult to meet the standards required by cadres in a week or two. The second is "service clearance". The standardized management of the barracks requires that everything in the barracks, doors and windows, indoor and outdoor sanitation should be kept clean and orderly. Most recruits go directly from home to school, from school to camp. From their first day in the army, they often have to undertake the obligations of cleaning windows, mopping the floor, mowing grass and sweeping leaves, which are almost daily tasks. Many new soldiers are used to student life and family care at home. These jobs are equivalent to local property managers and sanitation workers, which are difficult to understand and accept both physically and psychologically, and have to go through a process of gradual understanding and passive acceptance. In addition, as ordinary soldiers, we have to take turns to arrange duty officers on duty. During the duty, they have to wash the bowls, chopsticks, pots and pans of the whole class and clean the public health area of the class. This normal service work is also a task that every soldier has to complete. The third is "laundry clearance". For many new soldiers, in the past, their parents took care of them when they were at home. Their clothes were not washed, their sanitation was not swept, their meals were not cooked, and everything was taken care of by their families. When you get to the army, you can only rely on yourself. I wash and fold my own clothes. Especially those new soldiers who are used to the life of the little emperor and little prince at home, washing clothes every day is also a very painful thing.

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The painful thing is that discipline is very strict. The army is a fighting collective that maintains normal operation order through refined management and strict discipline. Strict discipline is an important guarantee for maintaining high concentration and good combat readiness. Although all levels emphasize people-oriented and leading troops with emotion, the army mainly adopts the working mode of combining administrative orders with political education. The discipline regulations are very detailed, from standing in line to dressing, from housekeeping to placing things, from the mental state of training to the operation essentials of weapons and equipment. There are many rules and regulations. For new soldiers, when they first arrive in the army, they may suddenly feel that they can't do anything, stand in the wrong place and sit in the wrong place. What to do, how to do it, and to what extent, everything must be learned from scratch, and mistakes will be made at any time, corrected by the monitor at any time, and criticized by the leaders at any time. If a content fails to meet the requirements of the superior, it will be criticized by the superior; Once you seriously violate the system and regulations of your superiors, you will be severely punished by the corresponding discipline. For example, if the assembly action is slow, it will be accused by the leader and the monitor; Military dresses do not meet the requirements and will be pointed out and corrected at any time; If you forget to ask for leave or ask for a few minutes when you go shopping in the supermarket, you can hold a class meeting to conduct special inspections and carry out criticism and self-criticism; If the work task is not completed well, we should organize the class meeting every night and the military meeting every week to comment, and may accept further criticism. Many new soldiers, accustomed to the care of their parents and relatives, rarely hear criticism and reprimand, and have not yet developed the consciousness of obeying orders and commands. They are very uncomfortable with the relatively strict management style of the squad leader when they first arrived in the army, and most of them need to go through a process of ideological transformation.

The pain is that the training task is heavy. The army is a special task force with the goal of preparing for war, military training as the center and combat readiness as the normal state. On the one hand, the training conditions are difficult. In the new era, although the military weapons and equipment have been greatly updated, the training environment is mostly simple outdoor training, and it is common to practice for 39 days in winter and 3 days in summer. Whether it's a cold snowy field or a steaming place, organizing training and duty under these relatively harsh conditions is also a "routine"; For most soldiers, sometimes they have to train all day during the day and stand guard at night or even at midnight; In addition to normal training tasks, the troops may also perform sudden and urgent tasks such as flood fighting and emergency rescue at any time. This is also a test that needs a certain adaptation period for many new soldiers who have not experienced the hard life of sun and rain, frost and dew, and overtime at night, especially the test of life and death. On the other hand, the training intensity is relatively high. As an ordinary army, although the training intensity is not necessarily as dangerous as the special forces reflected in film and television works, it is still relatively strong for most young people in ordinary society. For military personnel, intensive training such as 5-kilometer March, climbing obstacles, and organizing and operating armed equipment according to the actual combat background is not only an intensive exercise for physical fitness and endurance, but also an extreme challenge to psychology and will. Every year, during the training of recruits, there are also some young people who are uncomfortable and weak-willed, and leave the military camp because they can't stand the intensity of military training. Another aspect is that there is pressure in training. The army is a group that attaches great importance to honor. Daily work, especially military training, is often dragged down and promoted by various assessments, competitions, rankings, inspections, appraisals, rewards and punishments. Military training and other major tasks are often ranked at every level from division to brigade to battalion, which may be conducted monthly, individually or sometimes weekly. This is also a tradition of the army. The backbone of cadres in grass-roots units has a strong sense of honor, and the atmosphere of "striving for the first and not striving for the second" is very strong, and all units have set higher training goals. In fact, there is only one first place, and there must always be units in the middle and bottom. If the training and work achievements are not outstanding, or the ranking of units and individuals is relatively low, it will be regarded as a shame and organized for review and reflection. As far as individual soldiers are concerned, personal work is not outstanding and training is not advanced. Seeing that soldiers with outstanding achievements have made achievements, they have been praised, not criticized or criticized, and they will be psychologically depressed and guilty. Therefore, every time when training for ranking, officers and men of all units are in a state of intense combat like a wound-up motor, which objectively brings great pressure to every officer and man.

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The painful thing is that the goal is difficult to achieve. When new soldiers join the army, their parents and relatives will guide and cultivate their enterprising spirit out of the desire to become successful children, and will put forward specific goals and requirements for their growth and progress in joining the party, making meritorious deeds, entering military schools, learning technology, and selecting and changing non-commissioned officers. It is not an exaggeration for families and individuals to set some goals for new soldiers to join the army. However, for a new soldier, the quality of training and the speed of military growth can not only be reflected and measured by specific goals such as joining the party, making meritorious deeds and receiving awards. The most important thing is to cultivate correct values that conform to the mainstream of society, sharpen the spirit of positive and enterprising, and exercise the will to struggle hard. It is also easy to mislead, confuse and deviate from the military's view of growth and progress by blindly guiding and measuring with concrete and utilitarian goals. For example, when a soldier enters a military school, the main channel for the growth of officers at present is the national defense students who graduated from local universities or the high school graduates directly recruited by military schools. As ordinary soldiers who apply for military schools, because of the large number of participants, those who can be admitted are often soldiers with relatively high educational level and outstanding achievements in the military school enrollment assessment, but many soldiers find it difficult to do so. For another example, joining the party, making meritorious service, learning technology, and transferring to non-commissioned officers are all limited by indicators, standards, and proportions. In proportion, only a few people in the army can achieve their goals. Especially for two-year conscripts, it is difficult for ordinary people to join the party and make meritorious deeds. It should be said that using these specific goals to guide and motivate new soldiers to study and work hard in the army has certain positive significance, but overemphasizing the realization of those utilitarian goals and thinking that failure to achieve them will be futile, which will increase their psychological pressure during their service and become a heavy ideological burden, affecting their all-round healthy growth and training. As far as the growth and development of a person's life is concerned, the values, enterprising spirit, perseverance and hard work style cultivated by young soldiers in the special environment of the army are more significant and effective than these utilitarian and specific goals.

It's hard to see relatives and friends. According to the internal regulations of the army, conscripts have no family leave during their two-year service, and can only take short leave unless there is a major change in their families or immediate family members. For most new soldiers, most of them have never left their parents since childhood. Once they put on military uniforms, they will leave their hometown, and they will not be able to go home for more than a year or two, making it difficult to see their family and friends. Many new soldiers have to go through the first painful "psychological weaning period" in their lives, from a strong family environment deeply cared for by their families to a completely unfamiliar and strictly managed working environment. Judging from the actual situation, the most unbearable thing for most new soldiers is to cut off contact with their girlfriends. Most young people fall in love. "If you don't meet for a day, it's just like Sanqiu." I can't meet them for months or even a year or two now, which is a severe test and challenge to their feelings. For those new soldiers who had girlfriends before joining the army, after joining the army, they can only make phone calls during rest or holidays to talk about the suffering of lovesickness. It is also a very painful thing. After two years, they can no longer live an intimate life with their girlfriends like their local peers. Some even have to face the emotional setbacks and blows caused by the separation between the two places, such as emotional estrangement and lovers breaking up.

Bitterness in reality contrast. This contrast is mainly the contrast between ideal and reality. Military camp is a part of society, but due to the professional characteristics of the army and the special requirements of safety management, the local people, especially the young people in society, have little contact with the army and know little about the life in the military camp. Many soldiers' parents, especially the new soldiers themselves, learn about life in the barracks mainly through related movies, TV and military novels. Nowadays, most novels and film and television programs describe life in military camps in a single and one-sided way. In particular, most film and television programs pay more attention to visual effects and artistic forms, making some unrealistic renderings and exaggerations, which are out of touch with the actual life of military camps, especially the life of grass-roots companies. For example, officers and men in film and television programs often seem to be on the street. In fact, the daily work and life of army officers and men have been relatively isolated from society, and there are few opportunities to participate in local activities. The troops in the film and television programs seem to be either training or fighting every day. In fact, a large number of major tasks of grass-roots units in peacetime are relatively dull, monotonous and boring education and training, and large-scale exercise tasks are not available every year; It seems that all officers and men can fall in love in film and television programs. In fact, the army has very strict management over officers and men, especially soldiers. Soldiers who have not reached a certain service life cannot fall in love and get married at the station. Many new soldiers often imagine the troops to be too ideal, too simple and too beautiful before joining the army. When I arrived at the recruit company and came into contact with the real life of the military camp, I suddenly felt very different, far from the imaginary troops, and I was greatly bruised ideologically and emotionally, and I felt cheated in my heart.

The above has said so much about the "bitterness" of life in the military camp and the "tiredness" of being a soldier. What's the point of being a soldier? Why do many parents still want to send their children to the army? For the country and society, it is of course the need of national defense construction and the sacred right and obligation of every citizen. For the growth and development of a young individual, a few years of military camp life is an important starting point to help them lay a solid quality foundation for their life development. In particular, the strict and regular life in the military camp has made many young people completely quit bad habits such as staying up late, being unpunctual and lacking sense of responsibility; The relatively isolated living environment between military camps and social families has cultivated and exercised the ability of young people to adapt to the environment and live independently; The systematic physical exercise that the military camp insists on every day can cultivate young people to have excellent physical fitness; Young people can develop a vigorous and rigorous style by participating in major tasks and daily training of the army; Hard training and work pressure can cultivate young people's perseverance and psychological endurance; The tedious work and life of grass-roots companies can make many young people start from the bottom consciously and steadily after returning to society; Strict and standardized militarized management has enabled many young people to cultivate strong discipline, self-control and psychological endurance. The cultivation of these abilities and qualities is difficult for other units and environments in society to provide and realize. In these senses, the military camp is a "stove" for the vast number of social youth to practice excellent quality skills, a "springboard" for continuous growth and talent, and a "school" from birth to maturity. In fact, this is also an important original intention for many of our parents, relatives and friends to agree and insist on sending their children to the army for exercise.

Therefore, for an ordinary social youth, as long as he survives the months of the new recruits' company, as long as he endures all kinds of pressures during the period of being a soldier and can better adapt to the working and living environment in the military camp, his comprehensive quality will be fully exercised and improved, and he will be able to reserve a valuable spiritual wealth for returning to society, quickly adapting to the environment, cultivating skills, becoming a healthy talent, becoming successful and creating brilliance in the future. In addition, a few years of military camp life is not only a nationally recognized work experience and grassroots resume, but also the ability to know and make friends with many comrades around the world; Individual families can not only enjoy some political and economic preferential treatment of the state and local governments, but also enjoy preferential policies in employment placement, recruitment priority, tax relief and entrepreneurship after demobilization. Life in the military camp is indeed "bitter", but bitterness and wealth are often twin brothers. "How can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain?" In this respect, the bitterness of life in the military camp is bitter, rewarding and enjoyable.

For a social youth who is about to put on a military uniform, step into a military camp and start a tense and fiery military career, if he wants to learn knowledge and grow up in this big school of the army, he must not only have lofty ideals and lofty responsibilities, but also have practical actions and strong perseverance, especially for the difficulties he is about to face and the setbacks he may experience. I sincerely wish the vast number of new soldiers can fly their dreams and realize their wishes in colorful military camps, write a wonderful first stroke for enriching their youth life and creating a brilliant life, and reap fruitful "first bucket of gold"!