Towards the barracks, towards the dream, set off
——Perspective on the phenomenon of young people of school age actively joining the army in the first half of 2022
■People's Liberation Army Daily reporter Ou Shijin Pan Di
The spring breeze is blowing, new buds sprout, and hundreds of flowers bloom.
"Join the army while you are young!" "Go to the place where the motherland needs it the most!" Packing bags, saying goodbye to relatives and friends, starting from hometown, starting from school, carrying the burning dream of youth to the military camp, and gathering under the banner of the Hunting Army.
The eagle chooses the blue sky, and the horse chooses the grassland.
They come from all over the world, of similar ages and with different accents, but they are all in step and have the same choices.
Ideal, responsibility, change, breakthrough... The reporter opened the growth diary of the recruits of the Guizhou Southwest Detachment of the Armed Police Guizhou Corps and saw that this is a high-frequency word written by them.
Many conscription workers lamented that it has become a new normal for young people of appropriate age to join the army actively, and the "dream camp" has become the value pursuit of more and more aspiring young people.
Perspective one:
Conscription propaganda is getting more elaborate
Absorbing "fans" and "Paping" to condense the power of youth
Euro Jun, deputy director of the recruitment office in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, did not expect that one day he would sit in front of the camera in a uniform and become the current fashion "anchor" on the Internet.
At the beginning of this year, the conscription work in the first half of the year started.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the offline recruitment publicity activities of various communities and universities in Xianyang City could not be carried out, and the Euro Army and colleagues were in trouble.
"This is a test and an opportunity." The Xianyang Military Division adjusted its thinking on recruitment and publicity work in a timely manner, and leveraged new media to achieve "going to the cloud" for recruitment publicity.
"Can I be a soldier with a thumb valgus?" What the Euro Army didn't expect was that he was very busy with the first live broadcast of the recruitment propaganda. In less than an hour, dozens of college students completed the online registration.
"Innovative recruiting publicity methods have brought us closer to the young recruits." The Euro Army sighed with emotion.
"The change of the propaganda position is also the change of the concept of recruitment propaganda." The leaders of the Shanghai garrison also have a deep understanding of this.
A few years ago, a number of colleges and universities in Shanghai carried out a survey on the national defense and military situation of college students.
The results show that contemporary college students generally pay attention to national defense, but are more willing to accept diversified and customized information.
Where the focus of the younger generation is, the focus of conscription propaganda will be followed up.
Innovative, solid and effective recruitment propaganda is the key to stimulating the strong motivation of "I want to be a soldier".
Time changes and things are different, and the pace of innovative recruitment propaganda in various places is constant.
Jinzhai County, Anhui Province invited Zhu Jiahong, a "special anti-terrorism soldier", to serve as a recruiting ambassador.
When he went home to visit relatives, he reported on the deeds of local students, and sent out invitations to young people of the right age: "Youth needs to be 'walking', I am waiting for you in the youthful and enthusiastic military camp!" Hundreds of aspiring young people follow the "hometown idols" Footprints, sign up for the application.
The Canton Tower in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province has been lit up with recruitment propaganda slogans for many years; the Shaanxi Provincial Recruitment Office has launched a recruitment propaganda film with Sanqin characteristics "Shaanxi Baby, Be a Soldier!"
", attracting countless "fans"; the "Red Changsha Strong Army" national defense education subway train in Changsha City, Hunan Province has become a mobile recruitment advertisement; the national style new rap recruitment promotional video "Joining the Army" was released in Chongqing City. The major online platforms are "overlording the screen"; Danyang City, Jiangsu Province has moved the conscription propaganda booth to the site of the double-selection meeting for the employment of college graduates... The rich and diverse forms of conscription propaganda beat the rhythm of the times and condense the strength of youth.
The army, navy, air force, rocket army, armed police force, and the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Military Commission, etc., planned and launched recruitment propaganda films in a timely manner. The wonderful pictures and moving copywriting have infected many enthusiastic young people.
In the information age, the "iron foot board"-style traditional conscription propaganda method is not out of date.
In the vast land of the motherland, the conscription work in some remote mountain villages still needs to be launched precisely on a one-to-one basis in villages and households.
At the beginning of the year, I heard that two young college students who had passed the physical examination were hesitating to apply for the application. Lan Jiang, Minister of Human and Armed Forces of Heishan County, Liaoning Province, drove someone to their home.
"Speak more from the heart, preach one-on-one, communicate with heart and heart, and gain a lot, and you can find some problems in advance." Lan Jiang said that the communication with young people of the right age has straightened the question mark in their hearts and firmed them up. their military aspirations.
In addition, through visiting villages and households, in recent years, a number of young people of school age with hidden diseases have been identified to ensure that every "brick" for the Great Wall of Steel is selected.
In the process of two recruitments and two retirements a year, in order to solve the problem of weak grass-roots front-line work force, Hengshui City, Hebei Province set up a national defense education and recruitment propagandist in each village (community), and arranged two counties and townships. The armed departments at the highest level regularly carry out relevant trainings, commend and reward them based on their work performance, and mobilize the enthusiasm of the propagandist team.
"I am very fortunate that I chose to join the army with your encouragement, and I live a very fulfilling life every day..." In early April, Yuan Mingyu, a recruit from Yuanying Village, Anping County, Hengshui City, called Yuan Hanyang, a national defense education and recruitment propagandist in the village, to report on the training in the military camp life situations and express gratitude.
Perspective two:
Preferential policies are becoming more and more intimate
Glory has face and lining
"Joining the military is an honorable choice, and there are more and more preferential policies and incentives." Whether it is the long-running recruiting team, various policies and measures issued by the military, or the heartfelt blessings of relatives and friends, all young people are encouraged to I deeply realize that serving the country from the army is a kind of honor that "has both face and sanity".
Perhaps many years later, He Kuanli, a soldier who enlisted for the second time in Liuyang City, Hunan Province, will still be excited when he recalls the scene of wearing a military uniform and red flowers on his chest again.
In early March, Liuyang City, Hunan Province held a special fireworks show to welcome new recruits who were about to enlist in the army.
The dazzling fireworks made the recruits feel the care and love of the people in their hometowns.
"Our hometown sent us off with such a high courtesy. We must live up to the heavy trust and hand in a satisfactory answer sheet on the journey of strengthening the army and rejuvenating the army." He Kuanli said excitedly at the party scene.
Serving the country in the military is glorious, not only He Kuanli's experience, but also the personal experience of countless young candidates——
For Zhou Heng, a recruit from Hongwei District, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, glory is the "House of Glory" plaque hung on the door of his house as soon as he joined the army;
For Ge Kang, a recruit from Huaibei City, Anhui Province, the honor is to receive a clay sculpture "trolley" souvenir representing the red history of his hometown;
For Huang Hong, a recruit from Xinliao Village, Yuhu Town, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, the honor is an encouragement from Academician Huang Xuhua, the recipient of the "Medal of the Republic" who is born in the same village;
For a retired college student soldier from Fenggang County, Guizhou Province, it is honorable that he chose his favorite position after returning from "enlisting into the army" with the overall ranking first...
It has become the consensus of the whole society to let devotees win honors and make those who serve the country benefit.
In recent years, an exploration of attracting high-quality youth to join the army has been launched across the country.
Hunan Province promulgated a policy stipulating that college graduates who are employed or employed by agencies, groups, enterprises and institutions before enlisting in the army should retain personnel or labor relations during their service, and can choose to resume work after retiring; Special preferential treatment policy for soldiers; Yunnan Province has made it clear that retired university graduates can apply for “zero threshold” for household registration transfer and settlement.
Zunyi City, Guizhou Province has introduced a policy of “enlistment with enlistment” with no time limit; Jinan City, Shandong Province has researched and formulated a preferential treatment policy oriented to “longer service years, greater personal contribution, and better benefits”, which is promoting college students to actively enlist in the army. At the same time, college graduates are encouraged to serve long-term.
Policies and systems are becoming more and more refined, and service guarantees are becoming more and more heartwarming.
From January 1 this year, the "Interim Provisions on the Protection of Medical Benefits for Military Personnel and Military-Related Personnel" came into effect, providing free medical treatment for military personnel, their spouses and minor children of military personnel, and preferential medical treatment for the parents of officers and non-commissioned officers and their spouses and parents.
As soon as the news was released, the screen was swiped inside and outside the barracks.
On April 10th, it was the 100th day of the implementation of the regulations.
Many military family members posted messages, "We enjoy real discounts, full of honor, gain, and happiness!"
"One soldier, the whole family is honored".
The glory of the military family is not only written on paper, but also hung in the heart and delivered to the door.
The "House of Glory" plaque hanging in front of the door, the "military family wall" in the cultural park, the visits and condolences on New Year's and festivals, etc., made many officers and soldiers feel that "the whole family is glorious" is real and practical.
The policy is considerate, and high-quality young people continue to flow into the torrent of the strong army, bringing new vitality to the army.
In the first half of 2022, more than 70% of the recruits from various places are college students, the number of college graduates has increased significantly, and the scale and structure of college student recruitment has continued to be optimized.
Perspective three:
Inspiration by example is getting more and more heartfelt
Join the "Heroes' Squad"
Advocating heroes will lead to heroes, and striving to be heroes will lead to heroes.
More than ten years ago, the screen image of "Xu Sanduo" was popular across the country.
At that time, Martyr Xiao Siyuan, the first-class hero, was still a 10-year-old primary school student.
He likes to watch "Soldier Assault", and the small military uniform that his mother bought for him has to be worn even after washing.
Years passed quickly, and the children who carried schoolbags reached the age of backpacking. Xiao Siyuan chose the military road that the idol "Xu Sanduo" set foot on, and became a real hero in the army.
From the TV series "Soldier Assault" in those years, to "Wolf Warrior II", "Operation Red Sea", "Changjin Lake", "Meritorious Achievement: Nengwen Nengwu Li Yannian" and other military-themed film and television works that have been popular in recent years, it has shaped a group of state-owned The image of a family, flesh-and-blood, courageous and resourceful soldier has achieved good results and has inspired young people with aspirations to join the army.
"Learn from a hero and become a hero" and "I would like to defend the prosperous China with the youth of my generation". Many young people made vows and shared their feelings after watching military-themed film and television works.
Hearing the vows of youth, a veteran who resisted U.S. aggression and aided Korea sighed: "Strengthen the country and strengthen the army, we have successors!"
Today, Xiao Siyuan, who worships the role model "Xu Sanduo", has also become an example to influence the new generation of young people to join the army.
Inspired by the deeds of the heroic officers and soldiers defending the country's borders, thousands of passionate sons and daughters from Xiao Siyuan's hometown of Xinxiang City, Henan Province wrote a "request letter" to "protect every inch of the motherland", walked into the registration point, stepped into the physical examination station, and accepted Homeland selection.
"'Walking in the Karakoram, we are the boundary monument of the motherland, and every inch of the land under our feet is the territory of the motherland, and we are extremely proud!' Martyr Xiao Siyuan wrote this sentence in the field diary, which touched me deeply. I want to Learn from him, consciously accept the choice of the motherland, and go to the place where the motherland needs it most." Zhang Qiubo, a prospective recruit from Weihui City, Xinxiang City, who graduated from Henan Normal University, said firmly.
From "Xu Sanduo" to Xiao Siyuan, from the image on the screen to the heroes around him, the power of role models has brought together the upsurge of young people of the right age to serve the country from the army.
In the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the military medical workers in uniforms and white clothes and armor, the "most beautiful back" on the flood relief embankment, the camouflage force fighting on the battlefield of poverty alleviation... The people's children and soldiers wrote "Don't say anything, the motherland knows The no-regret melody of "I" makes the younger generation feel the sacrifice and dedication behind the role models around them, and the bloody responsibility behind the fearless charge.
"We are retired soldiers, and you are active duty soldiers. Now, we are comrades-in-arms." In the spring, at Chongqing North Railway Station, two "post-90s" veterans to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea came to bid farewell to the post-00 recruits and put on big red flowers for the recruits.
"Without the sacrifices and sacrifices of our revolutionary predecessors, we would not have the happy life we have today. They are our role models." After listening to the old-timers tell the story of the battle, the new recruits who are about to set off express their deep affection: they will be like the old-timers, loyal and loyal. Serve the country, practice hard skills, and scatter youth on the journey of a strong army.
"They" were once also "us", and "we" can also be "them".
Join the "Heroes' Team" and become a regretless choice for young people in the new era.
In Henan Satellite TV's special flood prevention and disaster relief program "Carrying Together", Niu Yiyu, a student of Zhengzhou No. 4 Middle School, saw that his uncle of the People's Liberation Army successfully blocked the breach of the Weihe dyke in Junxian County, Hebi City, and saw the "best military vehicle" moving forward firmly in the flood.
He said, "When I grow up, I want to be a heroic 'you' too!"
If you have a dream in your heart, it will bloom in spring.