Beautiful people, beautiful barracks, beautiful military-civilian relationship

(Baonghean) - Responding to the Campaign "Building a good, healthy and rich cultural environment in the army", the 414th Engineer Brigade - Military Region 4 has had many practical and effective ways of doing things, especially focusing on building the image of engineer soldiers in Uncle Ho's homeland with the standard of "three beauties" (beautiful people, beautiful barracks, beautiful military-civilian relations).

Introducing the billboards with the prominent lines: "The actions of cadres are wordless orders for soldiers", "Forge the staff before forging soldiers, forge yourself before forging soldiers", Colonel Nguyen Dinh Oanh - Political Commissar of the Brigade said: "The Party Committee and the Brigade's commanders are always deeply aware that the image of exemplary cadres has a direct impact on building and perfecting the personality of soldiers and building a healthy cultural environment. To do so, it is necessary to build a team of cadres who are always exemplary in implementing regulations on etiquette, military style, cultural behavior, discipline and have good awareness, attitude and responsibility in training soldiers to follow".

Soldiers of the 414th Engineer Brigade take care of the barracks.

To demonstrate, Colonel Nguyen Dinh Oanh took me to the 27th Crossing River Battalion. The unit was practicing the content of the in-service inspection of the formation regulations. Directly serving as the inspection teacher, Senior Lieutenant Ho Huu Ngoc - Company Commander of Company 6 shared: "Implementing the revised formation regulations has some difficult movements, so many comrades in the unit did not perform them correctly or beautifully.

Through the training process, we persistently corrected our comrades, and gradually everyone's level of command and discipline was significantly improved. This result was achieved thanks to the training staff constantly promoting self-study, self-training, and self-correction so that soldiers could follow. In particular, we always focused on training officers and soldiers to speak and act according to command, maintain military etiquette, and greet each other anytime, anywhere...".

Impressed by the “beautiful people” in the unit, I was also “fascinated” by the green, clean, and beautiful landscape here. The unit campus has a very lively rockery arranged and created by the skillful and talented hands of the engineer soldiers.

It is known that, thanks to the efforts and intelligence of soldiers in implementing the emulation movement "Building and managing green, clean, and beautiful regular barracks", just in terms of environmental landscape improvement, the Brigade has invested more than 2.3 billion VND, mobilized tens of thousands of working days of soldiers to build 10 campus areas, 50 miniature rockery landscapes, more than 2,000 flower pots, planted more than 60,000m2 of green grass...

Major Nguyen Dinh Vy - repairman of Company 8, Battalion 27, one of the "architects" of the unit confided: "After each leave, taking advantage of the trips to distant construction sites, I often collect ornamental plants, ways to mold local ornamental models to contribute to beautifying the unit's landscape. After hours of hard training, taking care of flower beds and pruning ornamental plants is not only my interest, but also the joy of all officers and soldiers".

Soldiers of Hai Van Engineering Corps on their way to the training ground.

With the tradition of a heroic unit; green, clean, beautiful landscape and environment; united and hospitable officers and soldiers, over the years, the 414th Engineer Brigade has become a "red address" in traditional education, contributing to enhancing the affection between the army and the people.

In addition to training and combat readiness, Brigade 414 is also a core, trusted force helping people prevent and combat natural disasters and forest fires.

Thousands of officers and soldiers, hundreds of vehicles were mobilized to all areas, to the most dangerous places to help people overcome the consequences of storms and floods, and to search and rescue victims.

The images of officers and soldiers of the 414th Engineer Brigade rushing into the midst of the "fire" to save the protective forests in Nam Dan and Thanh Chuong districts or driving boats and canoes through the fierce floods to evacuate people and property for the people... further illuminate the noble qualities of the engineer soldiers in the beloved homeland of Uncle Ho.

Article and photos:Manh Hung

(PO Box 5NK – 4119, Vinh, Nghe An)