Special attention to national defense students - the new generation of military officers, a year of revolution

One Year of Revolution—Record of Chongqing Communications Institute’s Training of “4+1” Students

In just one year (10 months in school), it is necessary for local university graduates to complete The learning tasks of the main military courses in junior command academies are to realize the transformation from local college students to military academy cadets, and from cadets to officers. This is a difficult problem facing relevant military academies.

Ideological education - fall in love with what you choose

On September 1, 2003, 105 trainees wearing white, green and blue military uniforms came to Chongqing from all branches of the army. Registered at the School of Communication, this is the first batch of "4+1" students in the school. Faced with a simple roster sent from each major unit, the team leader and political commissar spent a week talking to each student and conducting a questionnaire survey to basically clarify the students' motivation for joining the army, family situation, personal resume, etc. They found that some trainees lacked understanding of the army, and some even claimed to be "migrant workers" in the army, with temporary and employment-based ideas.

The leaders of the college gave lessons in person and organized them to walk for more than 20 kilometers, visit Bai Gongguan and Zhazi Cave, and receive the baptism of the Red Rock spirit. Chen Enku, who has served as political commissar since the establishment of the "4+1" training team, still remembers the situation after the students returned to school after the winter vacation in 2004: many people had unstable minds and did not pay attention to class. It turns out that during the winter vacation, when they communicated with college classmates who worked locally, they felt that their spare time life was not as free and unrestrained as others, and some of them had the idea of ??dawdling around.

Never let a holiday *take a semester. While increasing management efforts, the cadet team also started to carry out the education of "military outlook on life and values". A series of "combination punches" such as holding symposiums, watching educational films, listening to reports from veteran cadres, experience exchanges, and speech contests, finally stopped the flood of negative emotions.

The director of the political department of the college told reporters that the students are about 22 years old and have active and independent minds. If we want to achieve good educational results, we should not act too hastily. We should highlight the cultivation of military spirit awareness, military awareness, and dedication awareness to help them achieve transformation.

Strict management - integrating into military life

When arriving at a military academy with strict unified management, the "4+1" trainees will inevitably feel acclimated. Exercises, housekeeping, roll calls, rules and regulations, etc. have become the "main theme" of life, and there are rules and disciplines everywhere. This is undoubtedly a "revolution" in lifestyle for the "4+1" students. "Their growth requires both strict requirements and a tolerant vision." Captain Xie Huixiang regards them as "recruits" with higher quality. He told the author that students should be allowed to make mistakes and given a period of transformation and adaptation. After all, it is better to expose shortcomings and mistakes and solve them in school than in the army.

Cadre development students have four years to develop their style, while "4+1" students take one year to complete. In order to get rid of the "burrs" on their bodies, the student team, while focusing on the implementation of daily systems and standardizing various orders, sorted out 7 key links such as registration for the start of school, seasonal changes, field training, review exams, and holidays, and comprehensively Grasp every step to develop and cultivate a solid and excellent style.

The director of the training department said that management work should not only manage the "4+1" trainees well, but also allow the trainees to learn the principles, procedures and methods of troop management. Considering that the "4+1" trainees knew little about the army's organizational structure and operating mechanism, the trainees set up a simulation company and a simulation regiment. The trainees took turns to simulate serving as staff officers, officers and company commanders of the regiment, and experienced the division of labor during study, training and work.

Scientific training - laying a solid foundation for military professionalism

"4+1" trainees have a wide range of knowledge, good cultural foundation, and strong receptivity, but their military literacy appears to be weak. . Not long after school started, a physical fitness test was organized, and the results were frowning—only a few passed the 5,000-meter test, and other events were also terrible. The team cadres shouted the slogan of "train hard", and 50 push-ups, 50 sit-ups, and 50 pull-ups became the "required actions" every day.

Yin Hailiang, a "post-80s" graduate from Tsinghua University majoring in electronic information, wears black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and can't even do a single push-up. Yin Hailiang was not idle when he returned to the dormitory after practicing every day. He sat on a small square stool, read a book in one hand, and practiced with a dumbbell in the other. When he was tired, he changed his hand.

Practice hard and practice skillfully, and the results will be outstanding. In the graduation assessment, 45 push-ups were successfully achieved. In addition, with a score of 90 or above in all subjects, Yin Hailiang has become a veritable "both civil and military".

In order to ensure the quality of talent training, the college insists on organizing teaching training that is difficult, strict, and based on practical needs, and combines teaching knowledge and skills with teaching style and training. Psychological and behavioral training has been added, including flying over broken bridges, climbing over power grids, falling on their backs in the air, etc. to sharpen their courage and determination. Wei Mengjie, a "beautiful girl", comes from a single-parent family and brought half a box of cosmetics and beauty magazines when she came to the college to register. Unexpectedly, in a tactics class half a year later, this "beauty-loving" Wei Mengjie volunteered to be the first to lie down in the muddy tactical pit to give a demonstration. When she successfully crawled out from under the barbed wire covered in mud and water, her classmates gave her the warmest applause. Wei Mengjie, who is now a lieutenant officer in a communication equipment technology brigade, told the author: One year in military school allowed me to understand what is the beauty of a soldier.

The dean of the college told the author that in order to train the "4+1" students into complex communications talents that are useful and popular in the army, the college has established the talents of "commander + coach + technician" Training model, establish a teaching model that meets the requirements of on-the-job training.

The gap between ideals and reality once confused them, and their lack of job abilities made them catch up. The officers and soldiers worked hard together to realize the deep love of comrades, and their rapid growth impressed everyone - Officer Rookies begin to appear

The idea of ??"getting it right in one step" is too pretentious

Recalling the scene when he reported to the Armed Police Inner Mongolia Corps a few years ago, Wang Yunfeng, a national defense student graduated from Fudan University, felt that he was Too immature: "When I checked in, I took it for granted that since I graduated from college and majored in the popular journalism major, I was a 'scarce' talent in the entire team, so the leadership should make special arrangements for me."

After serving as platoon leader and deputy instructor for more than a year, Wang Yunfeng now works in the selection and deployment agency. Wang Yunfeng has many feelings: "Fortunately, I started working step by step from the grassroots level, which is very practical. The original kind of 'one step to get the job done'" 'The idea is too pretentious, and I think that I am too great."

Li Qian, who also graduated from a key university, also fell into the same misunderstanding and was unable to extricate himself. After a brief fresh experience on the boat, his worries about his future grew day by day, so he became anxious: "I am not allowed to do the work I can do, but I have to do the work I can't do. What should I do? Where is the future?"< /p>

"You finally got into college, don't you regret it when you go to the grassroots army?" Such questions have been circulating in Li Qian's mind, although his verbal answer is "No matter what kind of reality gap we face, we will never abandon the military camp." Ideal", but I have been struggling internally.

The director of the school's selection and training office sent him a text message saying: "The grassroots level is the foundation. Pick yourself up and start over. I believe nothing can trouble you. The path you choose must be firmly convinced that you are not going wrong."

Li Qian was thoughtful and slowly began to accept and get used to the grassroots troops, trying to integrate into the lives of the soldiers. "Getting off the ship and wiping the machines with the soldiers, running five kilometers with a few soldiers around the mountains and islands, and dragging the veterans to talk nonsense in front of the sea. Those are the things I often do when I am lonely."

He has become darker and stronger, and now Li Qian doesn't want to leave.

"Excellent people" also start from scratch

As an "excellent person" among national defense students, Qin Wenqiang once confessed his embarrassing experience to the media: At first, his military quality was poor and he could not pass the 400-meter obstacle. He was afraid of heights and couldn't come down from the rope climbing net, so everyone just left him on the net to eat; when he was just a platoon leader, he didn't care about it, and some veterans deliberately caused problems and felt depressed; when he worked as a staff officer in an agency, he was involved in business operations and coordination. If your relationship skills are not up to par, you have to make up for it as you go, which is a lot of pressure.

"I graduated from Tsinghua University. The officers and soldiers have very high expectations for me in all aspects. In fact, I have to start everything from scratch in the military camp university." Tan Wenqiang made no secret of it .

"An outstanding person" also started from scratch, starting from a recruit, training and growing up in positions such as platoon leader, deputy company commander, agency staff officer, etc. Qin Wenqiang finally "emerged from the cocoon and became a butterfly". In March 2007, 23-year-old Qin Wenqiang was exceptionally promoted to the youngest company commander in the entire group army.

Together with the outstanding college officers and soldiers emerging from the department, he conquered the initial distrust and prejudice with strength.

At the beginning of this year, Qin Wenqiang’s unit went to Jiangxi to fight ice and provide disaster relief. Not only did the company he led once again perform outstandingly and receive awards for meritorious service, Qin Wenqiang also received second-class personal merit. This is his second military medal since joining the army.

When it comes to the next step in the military, Tan Wenqiang has already given up on the idea that when he first joined the army, he had to "study four years of college for the wrong major." "I can feel the expectations of the officers and soldiers for me and our national defense students, so I must take every step in a down-to-earth manner. I hope that my personal qualities will be stronger in the military, so that my company can dominate the battlefield."

The training of national defense students is getting better

According to He Han, the political commissar of a grassroots unit in Guangdong, in addition to political quality, new military talents first look at culture, then management, and military Quality is based on cultural quality. National defense students precisely possess the essential requirement of high cultural quality and have the potential and stamina to be forged into high-quality steel.

According to statistics, in the past three years, national defense students have accounted for more than one-third of the grassroots officers assigned to the ministry. After a period of exploration and running-in, they quickly emerged in their respective positions. .

Zhou Pinghua, a national defense student who graduated from the Physics Department of Hunan University of Science and Technology, has been trained in various positions such as platoon leader, deputy instructor, organizational officer, publicity officer, etc. He gave full play to his learning potential and actively participated in the army He is innovative in military and political work. Last year, the three-dimensional animation "Holy Mission" on military political work created by him won the first prize in the Army Animation Production Competition.

After the running-in and adaptation period of the army was successfully passed, the national defense students quickly entered the fast lane of growth and progress. In particular, the scientific and cultural knowledge they learned in school is completely useful in the modern army whose equipment is constantly being updated.

In this regard, Zhang Suiyun, director of the Selection and Training Office of the Guangzhou Military Region, believes: "The so-called quality of a job is only relative. Real talents are in demand wherever they go. The so-called professional counterparts can only go to the special practical work of the army. Check. The military positions cannot be the same as the majors in local universities. Even if the majors and positions are consistent, they need to be re-learned and improved based on the actual situation of our army. In fact, the development trajectory of the military and local universities is consistent with the majors studied. "

"In fact, the training work of our military's national defense students has gradually improved. Today, the training quality and selection system of our military's national defense students are becoming more and more perfect and improved." Zhang Suiyun on the training system of national defense students Full of confidence, "Although there is still a running-in period for the two-way adaptation of national defense students and military units, as a new thing, they are the pride of this era. The modernization of our army will undoubtedly be more exciting because of the participation of national defense students."< /p>