In both peacetime and wartime, the armed forces of Hai Duong province always wholeheartedly serve the Fatherland and the people, preserving the bright and beautiful qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers.
Early last October, a large-scale forest fire broke out in An Phu mountain range, An Sinh ward, Kinh Mon town.
Immediately after receiving the news, the Kinh Mon Town Military Command quickly mobilized officers, soldiers, vehicles and functional forces to the scene of the fire to promptly put out the fire.
Fighting the fire all night long, officers and soldiers of the town's armed forces, along with other participating forces, controlled the fire after 18 hours.
Identifying the task of preventing, responding to, overcoming the consequences of natural disasters and search and rescue as one of the peacetime combat tasks of the army, the armed forces in the province have focused on leading and directing the good training of officers and soldiers.
Officers and soldiers of Hai Duong province do not mind the difficulties and hardships, always showing up early and promptly supporting the government and helping local people overcome the consequences of storm No. 3.
There were times when we didn't get enough sleep, when we had to eat hastily, and when we received orders, we quickly set off on our missions.
With the motto of "saving people first, property later", determined not to let people be homeless, hungry or cold, officers and soldiers of the unit helped repair more than 100 houses, schools and public works with blown-off roofs, collapsed walls, and rescued hundreds of hectares of crops from flooding.
Images of soldiers carrying old people and children to evacuation sites or soaking in the rain to build dikes to prevent floods and overcome the consequences of the recent storm No. 3 left a beautiful image of Uncle Ho's soldiers.
Ms. Tran Thi Phuong, Zone 2, Nhi Chau Ward (Hai Duong City) emotionally said: "The river water rose high, the roads were flooded, making people living outside the dike very worried. The soldiers arrived in time, supported, and ensured the safety of people's lives and property, so everyone was grateful and touched."
Activities to help people, support families of policy beneficiaries, and people with meritorious services have been widely and effectively deployed by military units over many years with a series of movements.
These are the models: "The army joins hands to build new countryside", "When drinking water, remember its source", "Repaying gratitude", "The army joins hands for the poor, leaving no one behind"...
Colonel Nguyen Trong Hung, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Hai Duong Provincial Military Command, said: “The meaningful and practical works and tasks of the officers and soldiers of the provincial armed forces have left a good impression on the people, creating closeness and connection between the army and the people. Thereby, it has contributed to building a position of people's hearts, consolidating national defense and security, making the relationship between Uncle Ho's soldiers and the people more solid.”
In the cold winter weather, on the training ground of the Mechanized Reconnaissance Company, General Staff Department, Provincial Military Command, soldiers are still practicing diligently.
With the spirit of "overcoming the sun, overcoming the rain, and training enthusiastically", each comrade strives to train well and strives to achieve the highest results in the peak emulation period to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day (December 22, 1989 - December 22, 2024).
Considered the “iron fist” of the provincial military force, the Mechanized Reconnaissance Company always improves the quality of training and combat readiness. With difficult training content, the unit is divided into small training groups, then combined to gain experience right on the training ground.
Even at night, officers and soldiers in the unit organize training and marches to get used to all weather conditions, ready to carry out missions at any time.
In wartime, reconnaissance soldiers are always the leading force, entering the battlefield to collect information, images, and redraw maps... In peacetime, officers and soldiers in reconnaissance units are assigned many very important tasks, including the task of protecting important targets of the province when ordered.
Training, drills and combat readiness are important contents, deciding the overall quality and combat strength of the provincial armed forces.
The Provincial Military Party Committee and the Provincial Military Command have implemented many solutions to improve the quality of training and exercises, contributing to building an increasingly solid provincial defense area.
In combat training, units actively innovate in content, organization and methods, closely following requirements, tasks and areas of operation.
Every year, units pay attention to investing funds to build and renovate training grounds and training grounds, and to renew many teaching tools. The initiative writing movement is widely deployed, with many models applied in agencies and units, serving training work.
Colonel Vu Hong Anh, member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and Commander of the Provincial Military Command, said: "Training, combat readiness, building discipline, and training discipline are considered central and regular political tasks of the army in peacetime. This is an important content, creating the foundation for building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and modern People's Army, meeting the requirements of protecting the Fatherland in all situations."
With the viewpoint of training goes hand in hand with competition, in recent times, the Military Command of Hai Duong province has always paid attention to improving the quality of competitions and sports events.
Party committees, commanders, and functional agencies at all levels pay attention to leading, directing, guiding, developing plans, and determining the content of comprehensive, focused, and key competitions and sports events; combining theory with practice, being close to reality, and associated with the professional tasks of each agency, unit, and the responsibilities of each officer and soldier.
The Hai Duong Provincial Military Command has promoted the role of Party committees and commanders at all levels in organizing and selecting participating forces, assigning specific tasks to each trainer; investing time, funds, facilities, developing plans and organizing serious training.
From 2021 to present, all levels of the provincial armed forces have organized more than 20 competitions and sports events (at both provincial and district levels) in most fields, achieving the set targets.
Lieutenant Colonel Doan Van Huan, Deputy Political Commissar of Thanh Mien District Military Command, is an active participant and has achieved many high achievements in competitions and sports. Huan shared: "The competitions are an opportunity for me to self-evaluate and recognize my personal capacity, thereby making adjustments, consolidating my knowledge, and applying it in my work at the unit."
In 2024, the Provincial Military Command won the gold prize at the All-Army Television Film Festival; first prize at the "Skilled Civil Affairs" Contest of the Armed Forces of Military Region 3; won the gold medal in unarmed combat, 57-60 kg category at the 2024 National Defense Sports Festival organized by the Ministry of National Defense...
Since 1975, the armed forces of Hai Duong province have been honored to receive many awards from the Party, State, Government, Ministry of National Defense, Military Region Command, Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and Provincial People's Committee for their performance of local defense and military tasks and emulation movements to win.
On December 19, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Provincial Fatherland Front Committee solemnly held a meeting to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th anniversary of National Defense Day.
Delivering a speech at the meeting, reviewing the important historical milestones of building, fighting and growing up over the past 77 years of the armed forces of Hai Duong province, comrade Tran Duc Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, assessed: The glorious feats and outstanding achievements of the armed forces of the province have written heroic pages of history, contributing to beautifying the glorious tradition of the Vietnam People's Army, the revolutionary tradition of the homeland of Hai Duong, worthy of the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces that the Party and State have awarded..
Content:NGUYEN THAO
Present:TUAN ANH