In the friendly and open atmosphere of the unit's leaders, commanders and comrades, many delegates boldly raised difficulties and obstacles in the process of performing their duties as well as their family and personal life circumstances.

Senior Lieutenant Pham Cong Trinh, Platoon Leader of Platoon 2 (Company 8, Battalion 2) frankly admitted that he and many other comrades are newly graduated SQTs, so their experience in training, managing, and commanding troops is not much, and there are still "gaps" in practical knowledge. To meet the requirements of the mission, the SQT team needs to constantly study, cultivate, and improve their moral qualities, only then can they meet the requirements of the assigned tasks. Like many other SQTs, Senior Lieutenant Pham Cong Trinh hopes that in the coming time, officers and commanders at all levels will continue to create conditions for SQTs to truly assert themselves through work, working ability, ideological orientation, and soft skills training.

Frankly pointing out the cause of the disciplinary violations that are more concentrated in the SQT team, Major Nguyen Hoang Anh, Party Secretary, Political Commissar of Battalion 2, said that the causes are both objective and subjective, in which the subjective cause is the main one. That is due to the impact of negative factors from the dark side of society, the competitive, selfish, opportunistic, and pragmatic lifestyle that is happening in a part of the SQT team today. In addition, the leadership and direction of some Party committees are still limited, not paying attention to the thoughts, feelings, and lives of the SQT team, leading to the situation of disciplinary violations and self-indulgence.

Agreeing with the above viewpoint, Lieutenant Colonel Do Van Kien, Deputy Political Commissar of the Regiment, further emphasized that currently, the Regiment's SQT team is affected by the 4.0 Industrial Revolution and the negative aspects of the market economy, so many comrades have the mindset of comparing advantages and disadvantages, gains and losses with their peers working in the outside environment. Therefore, leaders and commanders at all levels need to pay attention to harmoniously resolving the relationship between contribution and enjoyment, especially regularly paying attention to education, encouragement, and building the determination to strive for SQT.

Young officers of Regiment 141 train soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.

The Regimental Party Committee and Party Committees at all levels will study and propose to superiors to arrange and use cadres suitable to the abilities and strengths of the SQT and propose incentive policies to attract and motivate the SQT to work with peace of mind.

Also during the discussion, many SQTs enthusiastically discussed, exchanged and shared about the leadership and direction of Party committees and commanders at all levels towards the SQT team; the advantages and difficulties in performing tasks; the current ideological status of cadres, party members and SQTs and their thoughts, aspirations and motivations. Many opinions mentioned family happiness, experiences in "keeping the fire" of love, secrets to raising healthy children and teaching good children for military families.

As the most sincerely discussed issue, the delegates said that the happiness of a military family is a "special happiness" in which the "half" of the SQT must take on many responsibilities, such as: being a wife, a mother, a father so that the husband can work with peace of mind and be attached to the unit. Therefore, in order for the military family to be "warm inside, peaceful outside", the SQT team must be exemplary husbands and fathers, always knowing how to take care of the family, pay attention to the wife and children, share, encourage, love and nurture the family.

This is exactly as Captain Nguyen Trong Duy, Deputy Political Commissar of Battalion 3, confided: “A woman who decides to marry a soldier is a brave decision, and has to endure many disadvantages in life. My wife takes care of all the big and small jobs in the house. I tell myself to actively cultivate, practice, assert myself at work and know how to share and take care of the family to be worthy of my wife's silent sacrifices.”

Talking with Lieutenant Colonel Do Van Quan, Party Secretary and Political Commissar of Regiment 141, we learned that the Regiment's SQT team accounts for more than 80% of the officers, of which more than 55% are unmarried. The Party Committee and Regiment Commander always create conditions for SQT to work with peace of mind, contribute, progress and mature. In recent years, the SQT team has made many important contributions to the implementation of the Regiment's tasks, helping the unit to always maintain stability, and the material and spiritual life of officers and soldiers has been increasingly improved.

With an atmosphere of democratic and open exchange and listening to the unit's leaders and commanders to answer questions, orient their thoughts and motivations, the officers and SQT of the Regiment expressed their trust and peace of mind in their work, their commitment to building the unit, their fortitude to overcome difficulties, and their ability to always accept and complete all assigned tasks well.

Article and photos: DAO NGOC LAM