Keywords: the necessity of national defense education for college students
National defense is the direct embodiment of the country. In other words, there can be no country without national defense; On the contrary, without a country, there can be no national defense; Where there is a country, there is national defense. As Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: "Soldiers, the major events of the country, the way of life and the way of survival must be observed." However, in the consciousness of ordinary people, national defense is only a matter for the army. Actually, it is not. National defense is the responsibility and obligation that every citizen of a country must bear. Citizens living in this country have the obligation to know about national defense and receive national defense education, even if there is no direct connection with national defense and military affairs. As social elites, it is very necessary for contemporary college students to receive national defense education. This is mainly reflected in the following aspects:
First, from the position and role of national defense itself.
Both history and reality show that national defense plays a very important role in a country's political life. First of all, national defense is an important guarantee of national security, safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity. "The people are restless and the country is powerless to defend itself." Without strong national defense, there will be no national sovereignty and independence, and there will be no guarantee for people's happiness and national prosperity. In order to protect national security and promote national development, all countries in the world have made efforts to strengthen national defense construction from their own reality, and at the same time, they have extensively carried out national defense education to safeguard national security, so that citizens can establish patriotic concepts, safeguard the fundamental interests of the country, and create more favorable environmental conditions for national unity and development. Secondly, national defense provides security for the country's economic development and modernization, creates a stable international and domestic environment, and enables China's construction to develop healthily, orderly and steadily. Moreover, the consolidation and development of national defense is also conducive to consolidating the country's international status and promoting the peaceful development of the world. After all, a strong national defense will prevent and postpone possible wars militarily and politically.
Second, judging from the current international and domestic situation,
In the contemporary international society, peace and development have become the theme of the times. However, the frequent occurrence of various local conflicts, especially the Gulf War, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Iraq War and various endless terrorist attacks, reminds us that there are still many unstable factors in the international community today. Cultural conflicts and the growing theory of racial superiority and inferiority make peace and development face severe challenges. For our country, this kind of local conflict is not obvious, but this big international background will affect the stable development of our economy and society to a certain extent.
For China, relations across the Taiwan Strait have always been an important part of national defense. China has always advocated one country, two systems and peaceful reunification, and is committed to improving cross-strait relations. However, on the other hand, the current relations across the Taiwan Strait are not optimistic. Taiwan independence separatists, represented by Chen Shui-bian, have been committed to the independence activities of Taiwan Province Province from the massive arms purchase to the fierce referendum on Taiwan Province's accession to the United Nations. All these activities in Taiwan independence show that China still has a long way to go to achieve the peaceful reunification of the country. Moreover, although China has always said that it will recover Taiwan Province Province by peaceful reunification, we cannot rule out the possibility of using force. From this perspective, strengthening national defense is also an important guarantee for achieving peaceful reunification.
Third, the role characteristics of college students themselves.
Universities are places to cultivate social elites, and students in ivory towers shoulder the historical responsibility of national rejuvenation. This is determined by the characteristics of college students' own roles. College students are in adolescence, and their distinctive features are vitality, vigor, keen thinking and diligence. However, the long-term peaceful environment tends to make college students' national defense concept weak, and the superior living conditions also make them lack the spirit of hard work. Smooth sailing in life and too much care make them less tolerant of difficulties and setbacks. Through national defense education, especially military training, we can not only learn basic military knowledge and skills, but also learn the fine traditions of the people's army, such as hard struggle, hard struggle, patriotic dedication, courage to sacrifice, courage to struggle and perseverance. All these are very helpful for students to establish the belief of productism and correct world outlook, outlook on life and values, and to carry forward patriotism, collectivism and revolutionary heroism; It is conducive to cultivating students' noble sentiments of patriotism, selfless dedication, initiative and enterprising spirit; It is beneficial for students to learn high-tech knowledge, enhance their national defense concept, broaden their horizons, improve their knowledge structure and activate their way of thinking; It is conducive to honing students' will quality, cultivating the spirit of hard work and strengthening their confidence and courage to overcome difficulties; It is conducive to the improvement of students' organization, discipline and physical quality, thus laying a solid foundation for building and defending the motherland in the future. These personality and quality changes brought by national defense education can lay an important foundation for college students' future career and make them better contribute to society in the future.
To sum up, strengthening national defense education plays an important role in changing college students' thinking, broadening their horizons, enhancing national defense concepts and cultivating patriotism and national spirit. At the same time, it is also an inevitable requirement of the current international and domestic situation.