Join the army to change yourself

Dream of wearing army uniform

"I passed the military service exam, Mom," Tran Trong Dat (23 years old, Van Co ward, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho) cheered and announced to his family when he received the news from the ward. He was even more proud when he was 10 out of 15 young volunteers who applied to join the military service and passed the exam this year.

In 2019, as a freshman at Hung Vuong University, Dat had the intention of volunteering to join the military to continue the family tradition of his father being a veteran, his brother and sister-in-law both working in the military. However, due to poor health and physical strength, he failed that time and had to accept it.

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Many young people volunteered to apply for military service.

Returning home, Dat focused more on his physical fitness and sports training. At the end of 2023, after graduating from university, his family encouraged him to continue his dream of joining the army.

"I continued to write a volunteer application to join the military. After going through the selection process, I was officially accepted," the male student boasted. In the volunteer application to join the military, Dat clearly wrote "with the consent of my family and with the responsibility of a young man for the cause of protecting the Fatherland, I am clearly aware of my duty to protect the Fatherland. I myself see the military environment as a good environment to train me to become more mature and become a useful person for society."

Compared to the age of his fellow soldiers, Dat is older, but he is still confident that he has enough knowledge, maturity, and passion to serve in the military environment. "The military environment makes me very excited. I have really wanted to wear a military uniform for a long time," Dat said.

Trong Dat also did not hesitate to reveal his plan to try to successfully complete his 2-year military service, then continue to register to participate in the selection to become a professional soldier.

Join the army to change yourself

Not only Tran Trong Dat, the thinking of many young people today has changed, considering military service as a responsibility, a source of pride and a way to change themselves.

The recent Lunar New Year was probably the happiest occasion for Nguyen Hoang Van Thi (21 years old, My Dinh 1 ward, Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi), with many relatives and friends coming to his house to congratulate him on being recruited for military service in 2024. According to the plan, next Monday he will leave for military service, officially serving in the military environment.

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Thi's childhood was quite difficult, his parents divorced when he was young. Since then, Thi has lived under the care and nurturing of his grandparents. He graduated from high school with good academic performance, and could have applied to university, but because his family was too poor, Thi had to work for hire in all the shops around his house, sometimes serving at a beer bar, sometimes transporting and taking care of ornamental plants with a meager salary.

"My grandparents are old and their health is getting worse. I want to change my life, learn a trade, have a stable job, and have capital to do business, but I don't know where to start. I decided to join the military to find an opportunity to change my life," the male student confided.

Since September 2023, when the ward announced the preliminary military service examination for 2024, Thi asked for permission from his grandparents and aunts and uncles to volunteer to apply.

When Thi volunteered to join the army, his family was very happy and fully supported him. The student believes that the military environment will train young people to be more self-disciplined, disciplined, neat and caring.

"My goal is to continue serving in the military after 2 years of enlistment. If not, I will learn motorbike repair to open a shop at home, which will be convenient for taking care of my grandparents and also have more money," he said.

The rate of young people applying for military service is increasing.

According to Article 30 of the 2015 Law on Military Service, the age for military service is from 18 to 25 years old. In the case of male citizens with college or university degrees who are temporarily deferred from military service, the age for military service is until the age of 27.

According to statistics from Military Region 2, in 2023 and 2024, the number of young people with university and college degrees enlisting in military units in the Military Region increased by 10.9% compared to 2022 and 2021. Of which, the number of children of cadres joining the army increased by 0.8%; young people who are party members increased by 8.6%.

Colonel Le Van Son, Commander of the Dien Bien Provincial Military Command, said that in 2024, the locality will have nearly 5,500 young people eligible for military service. Military service councils at all levels will select 900 citizens with good health and political qualities to join military units.

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Military handover ceremony at Military Region 2.

Up to now, 129 communes, wards and towns in the province have completed the preliminary health screening for military service, the rate of young people volunteering to join the service has also increased compared to 2023 and 2022.

In previous years, military recruitment in many localities encountered difficulties due to illness and the fear and avoidance of some young people. Children from well-off families often did not want to do military service, instead they sent their children to work or go abroad. Avoidance techniques often used by many people were lowering blood pressure, tattooing their bodies, using stimulants or finding excuses to miss trains or buses.

"This situation has gradually improved in recent years, the number of young people participating in military service is increasing, many of them volunteer to write applications. This is a good sign," Mr. Son added.

According to statistics from the Capital Command, in 2023, Hanoi will have 4,240 new recruits joining the army. Of these, 3,500 citizens will join the army (with 6 party members, 1,393 citizens in the Party, 2 new recruits who are civil servants and public employees; 408 have university degrees, 329 have college degrees, and 90 have intermediate degrees) and 740 citizens will perform their duty to join the People's Public Security.

As one of the localities with a high rate of young people volunteering to join the army in Hanoi, the representative of the People's Committee of Hoang Liet Ward assessed that the movement of young people writing applications to volunteer to join the army has become a beautiful tradition of the ward's youth, which is very proud in recent years. The typical young people who voluntarily wrote applications to volunteer to join the military service in 2024 is an action that deserves to be commended.

Behind each volunteer application is a different situation, thought and goal. However, the young men all share the same wish to wear the green military uniform and fulfill their responsibilities and duties as youths in the task of building and protecting the Fatherland, the representative added.

Dream of wearing army uniform

Join the army to change yourself

The rate of young people applying for military service is increasing.

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