The introduction of the new policy rekindled the hope of sergeant Li Wenxiang, who had reached the maximum service life—— With the extension of service, the veterans embarked on a new journey ■ PLA Daily special reporter Li Jiahao correspondent Fu Yu From Tibet to Chongqing, and then back to Tibet. On the eve of the Spring Festival, the luggage and parcel sent home by Li Wenxiang, a fourth sergeant and missile shooter of a brigade of the 77th group army, returned to him after a circle. "These luggage and parcels returned to the army intact. I didn't expect to continue to serve in the army." While sorting out the personal belongings in the package, Li Wenxiang sighed to the reporter, "I was prepared to retire and sent back some 'belongings' in advance." It is understood that Li Wenxiang's professional post does not have a senior non commissioned officer establishment, and he can only retire after reaching the maximum service life of the rank of chief sergeant of grade 4. Although Li Wenxiang is an independent technical backbone in his business Post and was awarded the third class merit twice for his excellent performance, he had to face "turning around" after his service expired at the end of last year. However, just as Li Wenxiang was ready to put an end to his 16 year military career, the landing of a new policy rekindled his hope. "According to the latest regulations, if some excellent sergeants cannot be promoted to a higher rank due to staffing reasons after the expiration of their service, they can still continue to serve in the army by extending their service." Talking about this policy to change the trajectory of his life, Li Wenxiang was full of joy. Like Li Wenxiang, after the relevant provisions on the extension of service were issued, many veterans of the brigade who were similar to him consulted and signed up. During the conversation with the veterans, the reporter learned that the extension of service policy makes the growth path of talents more scientific: if the sergeant performs well during the extension of service, he still has the opportunity to be promoted to a higher rank and has the hope of "advancement"; When a sergeant whose service is extended is interrupted, he can still be retired and resettled in accordance with the policy, with the guarantee of "retirement"; If I apply and the assessment is excellent, the Sergeant can choose to extend his service up to the age of 55, which provides "another possibility" for their career choice. "The implementation of the service extension policy has further stimulated the vitality of the talent team of the unit." Xiang leiming, head of the human resources section of the brigade, introduced that taking Li Wenxiang as an example, the talent training cycle of his professional post is long. If the backbone cannot continue to stay in the team after the expiration of their service due to staffing constraints, it is easy to cause brain drain. The introduction of the service extension policy has solved this problem. On the one hand, it is the practical needs of the construction of the talent team of the unit, and on the other hand, it is the strong desire of many sergeants to postpone their service. After research, the Party committee of the brigade decided to further standardize and refine the provisions on the extension of service of sergeants on the basis of strictly implementing the requirements of relevant documents of the higher authorities and in combination with the actual situation of the unit, so as to give full play to the effectiveness of this new policy. In view of the fact that there are a large number of non commissioned officers applying for extension of service, on the one hand, the brigade comprehensively considers the needs of military training and preparation, personnel training and combat effectiveness construction, and determines the professional posts and quota of extension of service; On the other hand, strictly follow the procedures of individual application, grass-roots recommendation, qualification examination, assessment and selection and the approval of the Party committee to strictly "pass" the extension of service. "Of course, being granted an extension of service is not once and for all." According to Xiang leiming, the brigade refined the standards for the work performance, annual assessment and comprehensive evaluation of sergeants during their extended service, and established an elimination mechanism for extended service, so as to ensure that the outstanding talents should not only stay, but also urge the remaining talents to remain outstanding. According to the actual needs of the post, Li Wenxiang, who has excellent daily performance and excellent professional quality, soon returned to his beloved job after submitting the application for extension of service. Now, as one of the first batch of non commissioned officers of the brigade to extend their service, he was appointed as a professional coach of his battalion at the beginning of the new year to be responsible for the intensive training of recruits. "This is not only the end of a journey, but also the beginning of another journey." During the conversation, Li Wenxiang carefully took out the two third-class merit medals from the package and put them in the interior cabinet. "The army has given me the opportunity to pursue my dreams. I will repay the army with excellent results." Short comment Earnestly make good policies benefit officers and soldiers ■ Zhang Jingwen The way to build a strong army is to win people. To achieve the party's goal of building a strong army in the new era, the key is to have a large number of excellent talents as support. In recent years, with the in-depth promotion of the reform of military policies and systems, new policies and regulations conducive to the construction of military talent team have been issued one after another, which provides an institutional guarantee for the realization of the strategy of strengthening the army with talents and injects vitality and impetus into strengthening the army. One point deployment, nine points implementation. The effectiveness of the policy depends on the implementation. After the introduction of the new policy, all levels should take the initiative to act. They must not only be a "mailroom" and "microphone" to avoid the phenomenon of "hot at both ends and cold in the middle". At the same time, all levels should also do a good job in establishing rules and regulations on the basis of thoroughly understanding the spirit of the policy, formulate specific and operable implementation measures in combination with the actual situation, and do a good job in supporting work. Only in this way can we fully release the policy dividends, make good policies benefit officers and soldiers, and gather great strength for the cause of building a strong army. (outlook new era)