Overcome difficulties, prepare carefully

Talking to us about the preparation work, Colonel Tran Van Can, Brigade Commander of Brigade 575, said that immediately after receiving the directive from the Military Region, the Party Committee and Brigade commanders thoroughly grasped and concretized the leadership policies and measures and developed plans, focusing on building a complete and standardized system of leadership documents and exercise documents. The unit proactively carried out steps such as: Perfecting the force organization, assigning responsible officers; surveying the exercise area and proactively deploying preparation work in accordance with the instructions of the Military Region General Staff. Agencies and units fully completed documents, maps, sand tables, books, fortification systems, trenches, command post equipment, and logistics and technical works. Party and political work were carried out extensively, creating unity of awareness and high determination for officers and soldiers of the entire unit.

Colonel Phan Dai Nghia (middle), Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of Military Region 5, directed the exercise.

During the exercise, Brigade 575 had to face prolonged heavy rain and strong winds, many training grounds and training grounds were flooded, and accommodation and training areas were difficult. This significantly affected the logistics and technical work, especially the transportation of food, provisions, equipment and weapons to the deployment location. The system of fortifications, trenches and shelters in many places were eroded and flooded; communication work was at risk of interruption due to terrain and weather conditions. Promoting the tradition of the heroic unit of the People's Armed Forces, officers and soldiers of Brigade 575 promoted the spirit of solidarity, proactively overcame difficulties, ensured "timely, accurate, confidential and safe" communication in all situations, and successfully completed the exercise mission.

Close coordination, flexible situation handling

In practice, we found that the exercise was organized in 3 phases: Changing to combat readiness status; organizing preparations to deploy and ensure communication for the Campaign's operations; practicing ensuring communication.

Officers and soldiers of Brigade 575 mobilize forces into the evacuation area during the exercise.

In each phase, officers and soldiers of Brigade 575 have fully implemented the following segments: Changing the combat readiness status, mobilizing forces into evacuation areas, secret assembly areas, organizing military garrison to conduct combat preparation work; practicing handling situations on the sand table, coordinating in the information system. The situations given by the Steering Committee and director have been closely followed by the training framework, promoting collective intelligence, ensuring the communication system is always open. That clearly demonstrates that the command - staff capacity, coordination organization and communication assurance ability of the Brigade have been significantly improved.

Deploy communication systems in drills.

Directly directing and monitoring the exercise, Colonel Phan Dai Nghia, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Military Region, affirmed: “The success of the exercise is a testament to the unit's comprehensive maturity in making breakthroughs in improving the quality of training, combat readiness, and ensuring communication; at the same time, it is an important preparation step, affirming the ability to be ready to receive and successfully complete all tasks, especially in joint operations of military services, contributing to meeting the requirements of building a Brigade that is “sleek, compact, strong, and advancing towards modernity…”.

Practice radio on specialized vehicles.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Tran Van Duc, through the exercise, the Brigade has drawn profound lessons. These include being proactive in preparation, anticipating situations and proposing flexible solutions, paying attention to surveying the terrain, forecasting and assessing the situation, and developing response plans in conjunction with plans to ensure communications for operations. Along with promoting solidarity and building high determination, logistics and technical support work must be deployed synchronously and comprehensively.

The success of the exercise has contributed to training and improving the qualifications of commanders, staff, and agencies; contributing to improving the overall quality and combat strength of the unit. This is also an important basis for Brigade 575 to continue to improve its training level and combat readiness capability, meeting the requirements of the task of building the Army and protecting the Fatherland in the new situation.

Article and photos: VAN TRAN

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