Peninsula All-Media Reporter Liu Xiaoxiao Correspondent Zhang Miyu Qin Xuefeng Di Guangchao
It’s the retirement season again. Recently, a certain naval unit stationed in Qinghai held a grand retirement ceremony for officers and soldiers in 2022. Retired officers and soldiers wore ribbons and saluted the military flag. Witnessed by the August 1st military flag, they solemnly bid farewell to their many years of military career, leaving their familiar battlefields and rushing to a new battlefield in life.
The retirement ceremony kicked off with the solemn national anthem. In the high-pitched singing, their thoughts were flying. They stood silently on the battlefield and charged in the training field. "Welcome the military flag!" Accompanied by the solemn military song of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the flag guard held high the "August 1st" military flag and walked slowly with sonorous steps. The retired officers and soldiers wore the "honorably discharged" ribbons and looked at the bright red flag with deep affection for the military camp.
"Salute to the military flag, salute!" Accompanied by the sonorous and powerful command, the retired officers and soldiers, with solemn military appearance and high spirits, saluted the most standard military salute to the military flag for the last time, solemnly bid farewell to the military flag, and showed their loyalty to the party and The love for the military is integrated into the last military ceremony.
"Zhang Yifan, Ye Wenting, Ding Le..." Click "name" again and shout "arrive" again. Listening to the names of familiar comrades passing through their ears, the officers and soldiers solemnly read out the retirement order under the military flag. They will take off their beloved military uniforms, bid farewell to their close comrades, and leave this unforgettable land.
"Responsibility has a deadline, and dedication has no deadline. Only by never forgetting the original intention can you persevere..." Sui Jiarui, a representative of retired officers and soldiers, said that after taking off the military uniform, what changes is the identity and position, but what remains unchanged is the original intention and party spirit. The military uniform is gone, but the true character of a soldier will never change.
"Gathering is a fire, scattering into a sky full of stars..." The sonorous and powerful voice resounded in the auditorium. After this moment, they will take off their military uniforms and join the socialist construction wave. But what is taken off is the military uniform, but what cannot be taken off is the responsibility. What has changed is only the environment. What remains unchanged is the soldier's rock-solid belief in firmly safeguarding the core and striving to strengthen the army.
"Seize new opportunities, meet new challenges, and write a more magnificent chapter of life for the August 1st Army Flag in our hearts!..." At the ceremony, the brigade leader, on behalf of all the officers and soldiers, expressed his heartfelt thanks and lofty regards to the retired officers and soldiers with great affection. We pay tribute to them, offer them hope, and send our sincere blessings to them to achieve greater success in their new journey.
"Forward! Forward! Forward!..." Accompanied by the loud military song, the retirement ceremony came to an end. The retired officers and soldiers are also about to say goodbye to the military port of China and the "fertile soil for struggle" where they spent their youth. The long road through Xiongguan is really like iron, but now we are crossing it from the beginning.
