Arriving at the 699th Armored Battalion (Staff Department, Da Nang City Military Command), we witnessed the enthusiastic training atmosphere of the unit's officers and soldiers. Talking to us after working with the Battalion commander to handle the situation before mobilizing to carry out the combat readiness mission, Lieutenant Colonel Dang Quang Hoa, Party Secretary and Political Commissar of Battalion 699, said that as one of the main units of the city's armed forces, the 699th Armored Battalion always completes its training mission well, is ready to fight, and is ready to mobilize to carry out the task of protecting important agencies of the Party, government and major political events taking place in the city.

The 699th Armored Battalion practices combat readiness.

To successfully complete the above assigned tasks, the Party Committee and the command of Battalion 699 have focused on leading and synchronously implementing solutions to raise awareness and responsibility for officers and soldiers about training and combat readiness tasks; fully preparing forces and means, practicing combat plans, ensuring security and safety before, during and after the National Day on September 2, the time of the 23rd Congress of the Da Nang City Party Committee, term 2025-2030. Along with that, the unit has done well in all preparations according to the "4 on-site" motto, ready to participate in preventing, combating and overcoming the consequences of storms and floods in the area when ordered.

Armored Battalion 699 is ready to mobilize to carry out flood and storm prevention tasks.

At the Defense Command of Area 2-Thanh My (Da Nang City Military Command), although it has only been established for more than a month, the unit has a bright, green, clean, beautiful, and standardized landscape. Lieutenant Colonel Tran Dinh Quang, Party Secretary, Political Commissar of the Defense Command of Area 2-Thanh My, informed that after settling down, the unit quickly began to carry out its political tasks. Accordingly, the unit signed a coordination regulation with border posts on the land border to exchange, grasp the situation and handle situations in the border area; trained and fostered cadres of the commune military command on working methods to advise local Party committees and authorities and professional skills to carry out local military and defense tasks; coordinated with localities to successfully complete the emulation movement "The whole country joins hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses" in 2025 (built new houses, repaired 31 houses)...

Officers of the Defense Command of Region 2 - Thanh My visited and encouraged households receiving support under the Program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in Phuoc Nang commune (Da Nang city).

Not only the 699th Armored Battalion, the Defense Command of Zone 2 - Thanh My, but also all agencies, units, officers and soldiers are stepping up the implementation of the peak emulation campaign with the theme "Promoting the tradition of Zone 5, Raising the August red flag - Emulating to win the 5 best" and the emulation movement "Da Nang City's Armed Forces compete in innovation, digital transformation" and "Digital education for the masses" to achieve achievements to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the City's Armed Forces Tradition Day; 80 years of the August Revolution, National Day September 2 and the 23rd Congress of the Da Nang City Party Committee, term 2025-2030.

Talking to us, Colonel Vo Van Tuan, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Military Party Committee, Political Commissar of the Da Nang City Military Command, said that in recent years, the City Party Committee and Military Command have proactively and actively advised local Party committees and authorities to lead and direct the excellent completion of local military and defense tasks and Party building work; build an increasingly solid all-people defense posture associated with an increasingly solid people's security posture; coordinate with forces to grasp and accurately forecast the situation, advise on effective handling of situations, avoid being passive or surprised, maintain political security, order and social safety in the area, contributing to creating a favorable environment for the city's socio-economic development.

Currently, the Party Committee and the Military Command of Da Nang City are focusing on leading and directing the efforts to successfully complete the local military and defense targets and tasks in 2025; coordinating with local departments, branches and organizations to do a good job of propagating to officers and soldiers of the city's armed forces and people about the significance of the City Party Congress, towards the 14th National Congress of the Party; closely coordinating with forces to maintain political security and social order and safety in the area during the congress...

Article and photos: NGUYEN VAN CHUNG

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