[Discussion] The thing about being a soldier

Because a war has been going on for more than a month, Taiwan has talked about the issue of extending the time of compulsory service. I have no opinion on whether to teach or not. I will go when the order comes, and I have no objection if the service period is extended or not. Anyway, I have been discharged from the army for many years. And the military career of nearly 11 months in a year is like a long-term dream. In fact, when I become a soldier this time, although I don’t talk about it in my friends’ table, the process is very magical. It is so amazing that many people have asked me. : "Have you ever been a soldier?"

My answer: between yes and no.

Why do you say this? Because everything in life is arranged. If you look at the trials in life with an open mind, you might think that what you thought was hard, instead, it was not hard, and it was even more wonderfully fun. When it comes to enlisting in the army, that's true.

Chiayi people, the boot camp is of course in the new training camp area in Zhongkeng. The new training is to follow the schedule. When I first joined the army, I was very nervous about everything, basic combat skills training, physical training, shooting training... The time went so fast, because my classmates happened to be in the same class, and there were acquaintances with them, so it was easy to face many things. Not so nervous. There is a set of words in the army to encourage recruits to transfer to volunteer service, but my classmate made up his mind to transfer to volunteer service. He has a goal and wants to save the first pot of gold from here.

I was quite a loner during school, but I got along well during the new training. The final highlight is of course the draw for the location of the troops, and the zip code of the troops is drawn. Everyone sat in line, I happened to be the head of a certain column, and many people applauded after I went up to draw, but I simply felt that I was sure there was a place to go, so I laughed relaxedly, and was pulled aside by our monitor when I came down: " In such a good mood? Do you know where the pump is?" I shook my head. "It's the outer islands, Kinmen!"

And then I "oh," that's it. But after me, several people who went to the lottery in a row were not happy, because I started to draw gold, and then continued to draw gold, and none of them could laugh.

After leaving the new training center, we will go to Kaohsiung Shoushan to send the camp and wait for the boat to arrive at Kinmen. The number of days to wait is not certain, and there is really nothing to do before the camp. I also met a senior who I know. In short, after staying here for more than ten days, I finally set off on the Kinmen Pier. If you want to say which part of the military career was the hardest, it is definitely the Golden Gate Wheel this time. We set off at night, the first time we took the boat, the sleeper space on the boat was small, and the wind and waves were quite strong at night. Under such a degree of shaking, many people could not sleep, and many people were seasick and ran to the toilet to vomit. I I went too... The tragic level of the toilet was beyond imagination. The vomit was so full that the drain hole was difficult to drain. In addition, the ship shook violently, and the whole thing swayed to the ground. The whole toilet was like a sea of vomit. unimaginable.

It was November when I set foot on Kinmen, and it was quite chilly at this time. The personnel officers from the divisions brought people to the meeting places of the divisions in batches, while I came to the Jinxi Theater and waited for the personnel officers of each battalion to be selected. people. The personnel officer will recruit new recruits for certain specialties. After checking the information and reviewing for a while, many soldiers were taken away by a company-level unit, including me, the remaining few stayed in place, probably because I have no specialties, and neither can cook. Yi also doesn't know how to repair cars, and music is probably a "useless specialty". Finally, an officer finally said, "Follow me with the rest." I took a look and saw that there were only three people left, and followed the personnel officer all the way back to the headquarters of the battalion and company he said.

to be continued/

The space is too long, so I can only write it in separate chapters.

Many people would say that going to Kinmen to serve as a soldier is very hard (or rather unfortunate)! But I would definitely argue that serving as a soldier on the outer islands is only a matter of going home less during vacations. , which is equivalent to less than 40 days of soldiers, and there are extra islands in the outer islands, and the salary is higher. Although the outer islands have become the front line, the scope of the exercise is relatively small. If it is a small unit of coastal defense forces, in addition to the necessary coastal patrol tasks and training tasks, it can be said that life is quite leisurely, so I have always been in Kinmen depth The illusion of travel.