After the start of the autumn semester, the staff of a naval base in the Eastern Theater Command have several plans on their desks: offering online ocean culture education courses for students in aid schools, organizing officers and soldiers to visit and distribute "sailing scholarships" to aid schools, and collecting feedback from teachers and students who participated in this year's "Walking into the White Waves, Towards the Future Together" summer camp... Some of these works are newly launched in recent years, while others have been ongoing for more than 20 years. In 2001, a naval base began to assist in the construction of Rouyuan Primary School in Huachi County, Qingyang City, Gansu Province. Later, aid agreements were signed with three mountainous township primary schools located in Zizhou, Shaanxi, Tongren, Guizhou, and Yichun, Jiangxi. The base donated funds to improve the teaching conditions of schools, organized paired assistance for disadvantaged students by officers and soldiers, and actively carried out national defense education practice activities. Now, three of these primary schools have been listed as "Bayi Aimin Schools". The sea breeze blows into the deep mountains, and the warm encounter of "white waves" and "red scarf". The officers and soldiers of a certain naval base crossed thousands of miles and opened a window facing the sea for students in mountainous areas. For over 20 years, the blue wings have supported many students in mountainous areas to complete their studies and realize their dreams, becoming a new force in defending the motherland and building their hometowns. The vastness of the sea opens up a broad view. "Wow, this is the naval gun!" "It turns out that the warship is so big, about the same height as our teaching building!" In August, a naval base invited more than 40 students from three aid schools to participate in the "Walking into the White Waves, Towards the Future Together" summer camp at the base. When the once distant sea and mighty warships appeared before their eyes, the students immediately became excited. Previously, children had only seen the sea and warships on screens, but when they actually walked into the military camp, arrived at the dock, touched the ship's cabin walls, and communicated face-to-face with officers and soldiers, the impact was much deeper The leading teacher of Rouyuan Primary School in Huachi County, Qingyang City, Gansu Province said. The spirit of the sea tiger is an unbreakable steel backbone and an unbreakable fighting spirit. Whenever there is an urgent, difficult, dangerous or heavy task, the officers and soldiers of the 'Sea Tiger Boat' will be at the forefront and take the lead, which is our glorious tradition In this year's summer camp activities, the officers and soldiers of the base specially introduced the two battle flags of "Sea Vanguard Boat" and "Sea Tiger Boat" to students who boarded the ships for visits. Liu Yiwei, a cadre of the Ziyang warship, led the students to climb the gangway, descend the cabin, and climb onto the deck, telling the story of the brave battles of the officers and soldiers of the "Sea Tiger Boat" in front of the bright red battle flag. Li Zhenjia, a fourth grade student at Rouyuan Elementary School, stood in the back row, desperately tiptoeing to see the appearance of the battle flag. This is the first time I have been so close to a hero's battle flag, "said Li Zhenjia. Principal Gao Feng of Rouyuan Primary School introduced that most of the students in the school are left behind children from nearby villages. Since the start of the base's aid construction, naval officers and soldiers have come to the school every year to share ocean science knowledge, tell stories of maritime missions, and invite students to participate in summer camps, broadening the horizons of students in mountainous areas. Many students have set their future goals as a result. The world beyond the mountains is not just yellow earth and holly. I want to study hard and go see the sea in the future to broaden my horizons After listening to naval officers and soldiers recount their experiences of carrying out missions in the open sea, Shang Tingting, a third grade student at Rouyuan Elementary School, wrote in her notes. The call of the sea ignites the ambition to serve the country. "Once, it was your arrival that brought me longing for the future. Now, like you, I have finally realized my dream through hard work." This summer, a naval base received a letter from a military camp. The writer is Zhang Mengxin, a soldier from a certain army unit, who graduated from Rouyuan Elementary School. In May of this year, Zhang Mengxin won his first award in a professional martial arts competition. He immediately wrote a letter to share this joy with the base officers and soldiers who led him to the military camp. For over 20 years, elements of military camps have appeared on the bulletin boards of the Rouyuan Elementary School campus and the honor roll of the class, and military dreams have also spread in the students' future. Coincidentally, on the eve of August 1st last year, Zhou Yizhe, who graduated from Rouyuan Elementary School and is currently serving at a naval base in the Eastern Theater Command, returned to his alma mater to share his experience of carrying out maritime missions with his students. In recent years, there have been more and more naval elements on campus, and the effectiveness of military aid has become increasingly prominent High incidence said. In 2016, the base signed a construction assistance agreement with the Central Primary School in Sanchuankou Town, Zizhou County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. The school integrates naval culture and military elements into its infrastructure construction, regularly inviting officers and soldiers to remotely teach national defense education courses, telling students stories of naval battles and heroic deeds. The base is also building a navy themed exhibition room on campus, where visitors can visit warship models and learn about navy history, becoming a distinctive national defense education activity at the Central Primary School in Sanchuankou Town. On the eve of July 1st this year, Tianping Town Central Primary School in Yuping Dong Autonomous County, Tongren City, Guizhou Province, held a special military experience project exhibition activity. In the military experience field, the flag language was neat and uniform, and the sound of military boxing was deafening. The students wore school uniforms infused with naval cultural elements, demonstrating multiple military skills and winning rounds of applause for their outstanding performance. The principal of Tianping Town Central Primary School told me that the base will start assisting in the construction of the school in 2022. Based on the actual situation of the school, the base has built cultural corridors, military experience fields and other facilities for the school. Opening a series of military experience projects is one of the distinctive measures taken by the base to carry out national defense education at the school. According to statistics, since the aid construction, the base has conducted more than 100 national defense education lectures in various schools and invited representatives of teachers and students to participate in more than 10 activities such as summer camps. Out of the graduates from the four schools, 43 joined the military. The sea's broad mindedness gathers the strength of support. "How have Li's recent grades been? He didn't seem to do well in his last exam." "Zhang said last time that his nearsightedness has worsened. Did he get new glasses?" Not long ago, the officers and soldiers of the Tongren ship who returned from their mission called the teachers at Tianping Town Central Primary School to inquire about their paired assistance to students. Upon hearing the teachers' replies, the officers and soldiers were relieved. During the mission at sea, Wu Jingyao, a cadre of the Tongren ship, and his comrades would take photos of the sea while resting at every waypoint they arrived at. This is our habit, "Wu Jingyao said." We will print out these photos and send them along with the letter to the school, so that students in the mountainous areas can see the same scenery as us. "The officers and soldiers of the Tongren ship are concerned about the Tongren students, and the Yichun ship is no exception. At the end of 2022, with the active promotion of Yichun Ship, the base signed a construction assistance agreement with Zhuting Town Central Primary School in Yuanzhou District, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, to renovate the school buildings, renovate the playground, and purchase books. That time, the leaders of Zhuting Town Central Primary School expressed the long-standing problem that had troubled them: the limited level of the teaching staff and the difficulty in retaining outstanding talents. The 'hardware' has been installed, but the 'software' is not yet compatible. What should we do Taking advantage of the abundant educational resources in the base, the base regularly invites outstanding teachers at or above the city level to exchange experiences with teachers at Zhuting Town Central Primary School, providing learning and training opportunities for teachers in mountainous areas. The base also collaborates with schools to organize evaluations such as "Excellent Teachers" and teaching quality awards, enhancing teachers' sense of professional honor. At the end of last year, at the symposium on assisting in the construction of Zhuting Town Central Primary School, the base proposed that they take the lead in coordinating with relevant departments to establish an educational resource sharing mechanism. After learning about it, the teachers happily said, "Now, teachers in our mountainous areas have more training opportunities and better development prospects, all of which cannot be separated from the support and assistance of naval officers and soldiers." In recent years, the base has also carried out a series of activities in the towns where four aid schools are located, such as the "Military Civilian Fish Water Deep Love, Hand in Hand Joint Construction" to help and solve difficulties, exploring the effective integration of educational assistance results with rural revitalization, and actively participating in local economic and social development and construction. The spring breeze nurtures peaches and plums, and the new shoots compete brilliantly. Nowadays, students from various aid schools continue to write about the love between mountains and seas in various forms. Thank you to the naval officers and soldiers for their care for the students in the mountainous areas. I will take root in my hometown and continue to pass on this warm spark, "said a student who once studied at Rouyuan Elementary School and chose to return home to start a business after graduating from university. (New Society)