Military Region 4 Command inspected combat readiness work and wished a Happy New Year to officers and soldiers of Mat Island

• January 29, 2013 20:07

(Baonghean.vn) -This morning, January 29, the working delegation of Military Region 4 Command inspected the combat readiness work and wished the officers and soldiers of Mat Island a Happy New Year on the occasion of the Year of the Snake. Attending the delegation were leaders of departments and offices under the Military Region and the Provincial Military Command. Major General Nguyen Chi Huong, Deputy Commander of Military Region 4, led the working delegation.

During the working trip, the inspection delegation of Military Region 4 Command and Nghe An Provincial Navy Command came to offer incense to commemorate the heroic martyrs who fought and sacrificed in the resistance war against the US to save the country, maintaining peace for the sacred skies and islands of the fatherland. Next, Major General Nguyen Chi Huong and the delegation inspected the combat readiness work at the 12.7mm anti-aircraft artillery unit and the 85mm artillery unit.

Officers of Mat Island mixed battalion welcome the working delegation

Major General Nguyen Chi Huong, Deputy Commander of Military Region 4, and the delegation offered incense at the Mat Island Martyrs Memorial.

At the working session with the delegation, Major Dinh Xuan Lam, Chief of Mat Island, reported on some basic situations of the island in the past year. In 2012, the island continued to strictly maintain the regime of command duty, duty, combat duty, air defense duty, information duty, and cryptography duty. Well organized patrol and guard teams, reconnaissance and surveillance; completed the system of plans and combat documents according to regulations. Closely coordinated with Cua Lo-Ben Thuy Border Guard Station, Squadron 2/Provincial Border Guard Command, Coast Guard Region 1, Sub-Department of Aquatic Resources Protection/Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to grasp and strictly control the situation of the sea and islands in the assigned area. Also in the year, the battalion Party Committee and Party cell committees promptly issued specialized resolutions to lead the implementation of combat training tasks in 2012. Deployed the development of scientific training plans, fully prepared all kinds of lesson plans and materials to ensure training. There have been 08 models and teaching aids with good application value in the training process. The island leaders also pay attention to the logistics tasks and ensuring the soldiers' lives. Each unit regularly maintains 5-7 pigs, 20 chickens, a herd of 40-50 goats, and a herd of 10-15 cows. The result of increased production in the year is 14,800 kg; various types of meat 8,250 kg; and 2,560 kg of salted vegetables and melons.

Major General Nguyen Chi Huong, Deputy Commander of Military Region 4, inspected combat readiness work at the 12.7mm machine gun platoon on Mat Island and the 85mm artillery platoon.

Working with the Mat Island Mixed Battalion, Major General Nguyen Chi Huong acknowledged and commended the efforts of the island's officers and soldiers in the past time. The Deputy Commander of the Military Region requested the island's commanding committee to continue to thoroughly grasp and strictly implement Directive No. 2149 of the Military Region Command on combat readiness and organizing the 2013 Lunar New Year. In particular, regularly and strictly maintain the regime of command, on-duty, combat duty, air defense duty, information and cryptography. Well organize patrol and guard teams, reconnaissance and warning; regularly alert and practice combat plans; closely coordinate with the Cua Lo-Ben Thuy Border Guard Station, Squadron 2/Provincial Border Guard Command, Coast Guard Region 1, Sub-Department of Aquatic Resources Protection... On behalf of the delegation, Major General Nguyen Chi Huong wished the officers and soldiers of the Mat Island Mixed Battalion to firmly hold their guns, ensuring peace for the sacred islands of the fatherland./.