"A bowl of water from the training ground" warms the soldiers' hearts

Members of the Women's Union of Thanh Hoa Provincial Military Command give cups of cool water to soldiers of Battalion 40, Regiment 762 (Thanh Hoa Provincial Military Command) during a break after training.

In the blazing sun, despite the sweat soaking their backs, the soldiers still focused on training. When the break whistle sounded, the members of the Women's Union of the Provincial Military Command coordinated with the units to bring cool glasses of water, plates of fruit... to cool down the officers and soldiers.

At the training ground, cadres, women's union members and youth union members talked, encouraged, shared and gave gifts; directly brought cups of water to hand to cadres and soldiers. At the same time, organized cultural exchanges, creating a joyful and exciting atmosphere. The sound of music, singing and applause made fatigue seem to fade away, people's hearts softened, contributing to helping new soldiers have more motivation to strive to complete their tasks well and stick with the unit.

While carefully and thoughtfully mixing each glass of cool water, chatting with us, professional Captain Trinh Thi Thu Phuong shared: "The model "Bowl of water on the training ground" was enthusiastically responded to by the women's association members and enthusiastically welcomed by the officers and soldiers. When coming to the army, the sisters were very happy because they had contributed a small part of their efforts to the common task of the unit, especially ineducating , fostering the feelings, spirit of solidarity, and mutual assistance of the officers and soldiers. Through implementing the model, we sisters hope to promptly encourage and motivate the soldiers, dispel fatigue, and strive to participate in training with the determination to achieve the highest results."

Each member of the Women's Union of the Provincial Military Command has different professional duties, but they all try to arrange their work to bring the soldiers "Bowls of water from the training ground" during breaks, promptly encouraging and motivating them to have more energy to focus on studying, training, and working with better morale.

Holding a cake and a glass of lemonade, Private Nguyen Van Tuan shared: “The past few days have been erratic with rain and sunshine, and the high intensity of training has greatly affected the health of the soldiers. I am truly happy that the ladies have brought us cool drinks. Receiving the affection of the ladies here has given us the strength to overcome the sun, overcome the rain, and practice enthusiastically.”

The "Bowl of water on the training ground" program has been deployed and maintained by the grassroots women's associations of agencies and units in the provincial armed forces since the beginning of 2022. To implement the program, the grassroots women's associations, based on the unit's training plan, will schedule and assign members to buy ingredients to make cakes, sweet soup, boil drinking water... and then bring them to the training ground for the soldiers, while organizing cultural and artistic activities, talking and confiding with the soldiers.

This is an activity organized by the Provincial Military Command every year during each training period, with the desire to encourage, share and accompany young soldiers, adding motivation for soldiers to overcome all difficulties and challenges during the hard training days. From there, creating a close, united atmosphere, so that officers and soldiers can study, train, unite and be determined to excellently complete all assigned tasks.

Colonel Nguyen Xuan Toan, Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command, said: "The program "Bowl of water on the training ground" is very practical, timely to encourage and motivate officers and soldiers directly on the training ground and is enthusiastically received by soldiers."

Article and photos: Tuan Khoa

Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/bat-nuoc-thao-truong-nbsp-am-long-chien-si-250049.htm