Together with the Warehouse Commander, we went down to Warehouse 44. It was early in the morning, but the working atmosphere here was very serious and urgent; each officer and technical staff was focusing on checking, preserving, and repairing all kinds of technical equipment, a job that seemed familiar but required absolute precision and care. In the narrow space, storing all kinds of technical equipment, we saw Captain Nguyen Van Toan diligently working with his colleagues to check each gun, each technical parameter with meticulousness and care down to the smallest detail. “Doing engineering requires officers and staff to not only be responsible but also have a heart. Each gun, each bullet we check is attached to the life of a soldier on the training ground, on the front line,” Captain Toan shared.

As the Weapons Assistant of Warehouse K76, Comrade Toan and the unit's officers and employees are the "gatekeepers" for the safety and combat readiness of thousands of guns and hundreds of tons of ammunition each year. The silent work of warehouse soldiers leaves no room for error. One incorrect detail or wrong parameter can lead to serious consequences. Therefore, each inspection operation, each stage of storage, synchronization, and maintenance is guided by Comrade Toan for technical staff to perform with meticulousness, science, and the highest sense of responsibility.

Captain Nguyen Van Toan (far left) guides officers and employees in researching and applying innovations and technical improvements in the process of performing tasks.

From 2023 to present, Captain Nguyen Van Toan has advised the Party Committee and unit commanders to receive, preserve and handle a large amount of technical equipment and weapons, with hundreds of tons of ammunition, thousands of artillery pieces, maintain and repair tens of thousands of guns, and safely handle a large amount of dangerous level 5 ammunition. All were carried out in accordance with the correct procedures, absolutely safe, without any technical incidents, contributing significantly to the completion of combat readiness, drills and training tasks of units in the Military Region's armed forces.

In particular, Comrade Toan is a key factor in advising and effectively implementing the Campaign "Managing and exploiting good, durable, safe, economical and traffic-safe weapons and technical equipment" in the unit. Not only being the implementer, Comrade Toan also directly develops plans, guides the implementation, monitors and urges the sub-depots to strictly follow the regulations on preservation, maintenance, repair and use of technical equipment according to regulations. Advises the Warehouse commander on many practical measures such as: Promoting the application of software in the management of guns, artillery and weapons; strengthening propaganda and education for officers and soldiers to raise awareness of preservation and use of technical equipment according to the correct procedures; organizing inspections and assessments of technical staff's professional skills; promptly detecting and overcoming limitations... Thanks to that, the implementation of Campaign 50 at Warehouse K76 has really gone into depth, creating a clear change in awareness and action throughout the unit.

Captain Nguyen Van Toan actively researched documents.

Not stopping at professional work, Captain Nguyen Van Toan is always active in research, exploration and creativity. He has proposed and successfully implemented 3 highly applicable technical initiatives, such as: "Technical inspection equipment for infantry gun barrels", "Equipment to overcome deformation of AK submachine gun magazines" and "Equipment to separate and grease gun barrels of all kinds". These initiatives not only help reduce manual labor, but also increase productivity, ensure work efficiency, and have been accepted by the Scientific Council of the Logistics - Technical Department, Warehouse K76 and widely applied. According to the assessment, the equipment improved by Comrade Toan has helped increase labor productivity by 25 to 30% - an impressive number, reflecting the spirit of "dare to think, dare to do" of the young officer.

When asked about the secret to achieving those achievements, Captain Toan shared: “I don’t have any big secret. It’s just that every day at work, I always remind myself to do better than yesterday. Only by doing it with all my heart and soul can I be worthy of the trust that the organization and my teammates have placed in me.”

With his continuous efforts, for 3 consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024), Captain Nguyen Van Toan was awarded the title of Emulation Fighter at the grassroots level; he is a party member who has excellently completed his tasks. In December 2024, comrade Toan was promoted to military rank ahead of schedule.

Article and photos: NGUYEN THANH

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