(1) The history of our army is the history of sacrifice and dedication.
Since its birth, our army has devoted itself to the bloody struggle of national independence and people's liberation. Under the leadership and command of the * * * Production Party in China, the officers and men of our army, with tenacious revolutionary belief and fighting spirit, finally won the great victory of the new democratic revolution after 22 years of hard struggle, ushered in the establishment of the new China, and freed the people of China from the fate of oppression and slavery and embarked on the socialist road. During the period of socialist revolution and construction, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, our army, on the one hand, continued to carry out counter-attacks in border self-defense, on the other hand, actively participated in socialist economic construction, and made great contributions to defending the territorial and sovereign integrity of the motherland, safeguarding national dignity, and defending and promoting socialist economic construction. At the same time, it has also smashed the provocation of hegemonism and regional hegemonism, exerted the prestige of the country and the army, and safeguarded world peace. The fruits of these victories are hard-won, which embodies the hard work of our officers and men. For the sake of national independence, national liberation and people's happiness, officers and men of our army fought bravely, and countless revolutionary soldiers gave their youth, lifelong efforts and even precious lives for this, in exchange for the birth of the people, the security and stability of the country and the happiness and tranquility of the people. Therefore, Mao Zedong said with deep affection: "Without the people's army, there would be nothing for the people" (Selected Works of Mao Zedong, Vol.2, p.65438+0ding4). Similarly, without the selfless dedication of revolutionary soldiers, there would be nothing for the people. For more than 70 years, our army, under the leadership of the China Producer Party, has been brave and good at fighting, and has made outstanding contributions to national independence, national prosperity and people's happiness. The dedication of revolutionary soldiers to the nation, country and people is deeply engraved on the historical monument and firmly left in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people.
Today, under the new situation of reform, opening up and developing socialist market economy, some people have a vague understanding of the role of the army and the significance of military work, and even think that soldiers in peacetime have depreciated and there is no need to exist. These are all extremely wrong views. Undeniably, China's current work focuses on economic construction, but the establishment and development of socialist modernization and market economy is an arduous and complex systematic project, and all aspects are indispensable. Nowadays, the competition among countries in the world is the competition of comprehensive national strength with science and technology as the core, and economic strength is the foundation, but it does not mean that national defense strength cannot be strengthened. Facts have proved that the development of any country is inseparable from security and stability, and army building is the need of national security interests and the sustained, rapid and healthy development of the national economy. No one can deny the important role of revolutionary soldiers in hard struggle. The territorial integrity of the motherland and the security of the territorial sea and airspace; The development of national defense construction and the enhancement of military strength; National unity and national prosperity; Social stability and unity, people live and work in peace and contentment; The sustained development of the economy and the improvement of people's lives are inseparable from the selfless dedication and sacrifice of soldiers. Therefore, the great social benefits of soldiers' selfless dedication in peacetime can be completely comparable to the brilliant achievements in the war years.
(2) The occupation of a soldier means sacrifice and dedication.
Military practice is a special social practice, belonging to social class struggle and political struggle, which is different from general class struggle and political struggle. Military practice is always associated with war, or directly participate in the war, or prepare or contain the war, which determines that the life of revolutionary soldiers has the following characteristics:
1. Strong spirit of self-sacrifice. Regardless of wartime or peacetime, the military profession requires every revolutionary soldier to make more sacrifices than ordinary people. Especially in the new situation of China's deepening reform and opening up and the in-depth development of the socialist market economy, it is even more necessary for the army and soldiers to make great sacrifices and contributions. Why? Because we want to achieve the grand goal of national economic construction and development in the new century, we must have a relatively peaceful international and domestic environment. Although peace and development are the themes of today's world, the danger of war has not really been eliminated, hegemonism and regional hegemonism still threaten China's security, the world is not peaceful, armed conflicts and local wars continue to break out, and hostile forces at home and abroad are still active and plotting to subvert socialist countries. All this requires the army to be vigilant and truly shoulder the sacred mission and responsibility of defending socialist modernization, the safety of people's lives and property, and national sovereignty and territorial integrity. In order to improve the military and political quality and ensure national security, revolutionary soldiers must sacrifice the peace and joy that their peers can enjoy, keep company with suffering and dedicate their youth to the country and the people.
2. A high degree of unity and collectivity. Military struggle requires the army to maintain a high degree of centralization and unity, and requires soldiers to go their own way and obey orders. The ban itself contains a respectable dedication. Army construction needs a lot of talents, but the establishment of military posts has its objective laws and requirements. These jobs are not only very different, but also their objective environment is varied. In the division of labor, the individual soldier must obey the needs of the organization, give up certain personal interests and specialties, give up the opportunity to become a scientist, artist or other skilled craftsman, and be willing to be an ordinary soldier. Compared with other social occupations, the army has a stricter group nature and more emphasis on unity and cooperation. Therefore, the dedication of soldiers has always been integrated into the collective struggle. Because of this, when we are excited to see the mushroom cloud rising in Gobi, the Long March rocket piercing the silent space, and the Galaxy computer filling the gap in the field of science and technology in China, many officers and men who have made great contributions to this cannot accept people's cheers and flowers like sports and literary stars, and people don't even know their names. This obscure contribution, regardless of fame and fortune, is the sincere dedication of revolutionary soldiers.
3. Unconditional obligations. It is the glorious duty of every citizen to perform military service according to law. As a revolutionary soldier, since he has chosen a military career, he must take defending the country as his lifelong responsibility and obligation. The dedication of revolutionary soldiers is to consciously fulfill the responsibilities and obligations entrusted by the state and the people, love the army and practice martial arts, develop a perfect skill, constantly improve the military and political quality, and always guard the great motherland. Moreover, the special position of soldiers in national life requires soldiers to always take the interests of the country, the interests of the people and the needs of the people into account. "I am too humble to forget to worry about my country", "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", "Worry about the world first, and enjoy it later". People with lofty ideals have always encouraged themselves by this, not to mention revolutionary soldiers. Therefore, soldiers should do their duty, do not take it as the premise, must obey the overall situation of national economic construction, put people's interests first in everything, never forget their mission and tasks, and always be prepared to die for their country. A soldier should be ordered to forget his family and unconditionally obey the needs of the motherland with personal interests. With such a spiritual realm, it can be said that he has the internal quality of a soldier and a broad mind commensurate with the title of a soldier. With this kind of mind, soldiers can make selfless contributions unconditionally and become the real "most lovely people" in people's minds.
(3) The essence of realizing the value of military life is dedication.
Serving the people wholeheartedly determines that the realization of revolutionary soldiers' life value is bound to be a process of sacrifice and dedication. Only when everything is focused on the needs of the country and the interests of the people, down-to-earth, conscientious and unremitting efforts are made to realize the country's prosperity, social development and safeguard the interests of the people, can the life value of soldiers be successfully realized.
First of all, our army is a new type of people's army, and serving the people wholeheartedly is our only purpose. This determines that the scientific and correct outlook on life and values of revolutionary soldiers must be the outlook on life and values of serving the people wholeheartedly. Revolutionary soldiers must realize their own value in the process of serving the people wholeheartedly, and serving the people inevitably requires soldiers to set life value goals that conform to the will of the country, the needs of society and the interests of the people, and strive for them and make achievements. Soldiers, as defenders of the motherland, people and socialism, need to have the noble quality of self-sacrifice. They do not hesitate to sacrifice their personal interests for the overall interests. They would rather sacrifice themselves and defend the interests of the motherland and the people. If not, serving the people will become empty talk, and the life value of revolutionary soldiers will be difficult to realize. When the reporter interviewed Hengyang Rescue Heroes, 12 young military academy students said the most "because we are soldiers!" What they are most satisfied with is that they are "conscious devotees who realize the value of life". It is not difficult to see that conscious dedication is the spiritual pillar of this heroic collective. The Decision on Several Issues of Army Ideological and Political Construction under the Conditions of Reform, Opening-up and Development of Socialist Market Economy clearly points out: "The spiritual pillars of contemporary revolutionary soldiers are mainly firm revolutionary beliefs and conscious dedication and sacrifice." These heroes are the practitioners who realize the value of life in the conscious dedication of revolutionary soldiers.
Secondly, the future high-tech local war determines that revolutionary soldiers must realize their own value in serious study and hard training. In order to better meet the needs of local wars under high-tech conditions in the future, every revolutionary soldier must work hard to improve his own quality in an all-round way, and strive to be politically qualified, militarily competent, disciplined, fine in style, noble in moral character and strong in physique. And all this requires hard work to achieve. In a sense, this is dedication and sacrifice, because while local youth enjoy the happiness of social material and cultural life, our young officers and men are still receiving strict and intense training. "The sword front comes from sharpening, and the plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold." The improvement of soldiers' quality and ability must depend on constantly and consciously obeying the needs of the country and the people and honing their dedication and character. Only in this way can soldiers proceed from difficulties, go to actual combat, complete various learning and training tasks with high standards, and thus realize their own value. Moreover, "training for thousands of days and using soldiers for thousands of days" is determined by the characteristics and laws of modern warfare, which shows that soldiers sacrifice not only on the battlefield, but also in peacetime. If the army is well trained, the enemy will not dare to act rashly and maintain peace. Defending the people's peaceful labor itself is to use soldiers. It is in this kind of activity. The value of military life can be well realized.
Thirdly, the special status of soldiers requires soldiers to make selfless contributions to the country, society and people. The army is an important part of the state machine and an armed group that performs special political tasks. As a member of the army, the primary task entrusted to him by the state and the people is to safeguard national security and stability and the people live and work in peace and contentment, which inevitably requires soldiers to make more sacrifices and contributions than ordinary people, not only to fight bravely for the motherland in wartime, but more importantly to contribute to the peace and tranquility of the motherland and the happiness and joy of the people in peacetime. As Zhu De said: "Our principle should be to be willing to sacrifice for the motherland, and to require military personnel to make necessary restraint and sacrifice when adjusting the interests between military personnel and society, and between military personnel and military personnel." . Moreover, revolutionary soldiers, regardless of their ability, position and occupation, must be willing to do their duty, do their best, do their best and make due contributions to the motherland and the people. Practice has proved that every revolutionary soldier's life is meaningful and valuable as long as he works wholeheartedly for the interests of the people and does his duty, regardless of fame and fortune, position and remuneration. Maybe he didn't make outstanding achievements, earth-shattering feats or even mistakes in his work, but as long as he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the construction of the people's army and fulfilled his obligations as a revolutionary soldier, he would be affirmed and respected by the motherland and the people. Mao Zedong wrote and wrote inscriptions for Bethune, Zhang Side and Lei Feng, among whom Zhang Side and Lei Feng were ordinary soldiers, while Bethune came to China from Canada as a doctor of the Eighth Route Army not far from Wan Li. Mao Zedong spoke highly of them. In his famous speech "Serving the People", he said: "Comrade Zhang Side died for the benefit of the people, and his death was heavier than Mount Tai" (Selected Works of Mao Zedong, vol. 3, p. 1004). He wrote in "In Memory of Bethune": "All of us should learn from his selfless spirit. From this perspective, you can be a person who is of great benefit to the people. A person's ability varies greatly, but as long as he has this spirit, he is a noble person, a pure person, a moral person, and a person who is free from vulgar tastes and beneficial to the people "(Selected Works of Mao Zedong, vol. 2, p. 600). From this perspective, the life value of revolutionary soldiers is precisely the dedication of this "selfless heart".