说的就是做的，做了的才是说的

富源县人武部为改变以往在民兵训练上内容单一、低层次循环的状况,重点在四个方面进行大胆改革：一是注重抓好民兵干部骨干的培训。从1999年以来,每年都要举办1—2期专武干部和民兵教员、专业技术骨干培训,较好地保持一支军政素质较高的骨干队伍。二是搞好针对性训练,科学合理编组训练内容。针对不同分队的特点,采取普通民兵抓活动,基干民兵抓集中,     

我的草原我的尘缘

即使光阴远了,岁月凉了,一些地方一些人一些事总会温柔地横卧在心上,在昼与夜之间悄无声息地长成一大片浓绿或艳红。蒹葭苍苍,白露为霜,所谓伊人,在水一方。这些年,我对天山以北巴里坤草原的感情就是这样地缠绵悱恻,魂牵梦萦。拳拳想与念,寂寂相与思。巴里坤草原是咫尺天涯的爱,在她的怀抱里,我或躺或坐,如闲云野鹤。从小在哈密这个小城中长大,脑海里留存的图案底色最浓的莫过于山北的一派     

党的先进性的基础——党员的先进性

贯彻“三个代表”要求,核心是保持党的先进性。加强党员队伍建设,保持党员的先进性是保持党的先进性的基础。因此,贯彻“三个代表”要求,保持党的先进性,就是要建设一支模范作用好的党员队伍。准确把握“先进性”的深刻内涵“先进”者,先行、先导、先锋也,即走在前列的意思。无论作为党的整体,还是作为党的成员,都应当走在前列。相对群体而言,走在工人阶级前列,走在中华民族的前列;相对于历史而言,走在时代潮流的前列,走在社会发展的前列。理论走在前列,觉悟走在前列,行动走在前列。长期以来,正是因为广大共产党员总是冲锋在前,吃苦在前,为…     

我们的英雄我们的连

正"这些战士我们永记不忘,为给子孙留下一个繁华自由的城邦,他们宁愿战死在前方。"这是被镌刻在英雄纪念碑上的古希腊诗人西摩尼得斯的诗句。只要是国家需要,他们一定会选择挺身而出,不计个人得失,无私奉献一切;只要是救人于危难,他们一定会选择舍弃自我,把方便让给别人,把困难留给自己。这便是英雄。从感动中国人物邱少云、罗盛教、欧阳海,到战斗英雄庞国兴、顾金海……英雄始终与一支部队的历史相伴,他们舍身成仁、勇猛无畏、自我牺牲的英勇行为像一道道闪电不断地穿云破雾,成为一支部队的精神灯塔,照亮战士前进的行程。而新一代官兵也正用青春的热血为连队的荣誉注入奋进的风采,续写新的辉煌。     

可爱的祖国 伟大的民族

在世界的东方,屹立着一个伟大的国家,这就是我们的祖国。在世界民族之林,耸立着一个强大的巨人,这就是我们中华民族。本文作为“爱国主义教育讲座”的一个部分,以其饱蘸情感的笔墨,从“地大物博的国度”、“人类文明的摇篮”、“勤劳勇敢的人民”三个方面,热情讴歌了祖国辽阔的疆域、美丽的河山、悠久的历史、灿烂的文化和勤劳勇敢的人民,读后令人感奋,令人自豪。     

一元二次方程根的判别式的应用

一元二次方程根的判别式在初中代数数学中仅占两学时,但其重要性却不容忽视,它主要用于判断一元二次方程根的情况,除此之外,对解一元二次方程以及在今后外理其它有关问题时都非常有用,掌握判别式Δ=b\ 2-4ab的应用非常重要,能解决许多问题,现举例说明.……     

冷的边关热的血

玩相机的人大概都知道摄影其实是用光影绘画。记得一位军旅老摄影家曾这样说,军事新闻摄影,除了要注重现场感、突发性和主题意义外,还要将地方摄影人的摄影风格尽可能多地融入进来,让画面更美、更丰满、更生动,让细节更打动人。因此,我在摄影过程中,一直比较注重对"光影"的运用。《冷的边关热的血》是"偶然"所得,当时,部队在茫茫林海     

职工的期盼 我们的动力

正2014年3月29日星期六晴十四师一牧场二连地处和田地区策勒县境内的昆仑山深处,海拔3300米,距离团部30余公里,全连共有职工117户、327人,其中汉族职工4人。117户职工却散布在30万亩的草场上。近年来,在兵团、师、团场各级党委的大力支持下,二连基础设施条件发生了巨大改变,已建成20座宜居彩板房和可通行汽车的38公里长的砂石路,为每家每户购置了太阳能电板,极大地方便了牧工的转场、出行和日常生产生活。但因路远、山陡以及气候多变等原因,职工的交通、通讯和人畜饮水依然存在较大困难。目前正值春羔育幼阶段,职工生产活动繁忙,工作组适时调     

洁白的土地洁白的梦

正开栏语:1954年10月,中央一声号令,完成了和平解放新疆重任的10.5万名解放军官兵,集体就地转业,组建了新疆生产建设兵团,拉开了新中国屯垦戍边事业大幕。60年后的今天,这支不列入军队编制、不拿军饷、不穿军装、不要国家和人民负担的特殊的戍边队伍,已发展成为有260万人之众的超大经济联合体,在中国共产党的领导下,在开发建设新疆、维护民族团结、保持新疆社会稳定和边防巩固的历史重任前,堪称砥柱中流,在祖国的西北边陲描绘了一幅波澜壮阔的历史画卷。     

特别的敬礼特别的情

总书记无限深情地带领学生向老师敬礼,3岁娃娃抬起滴血的右臂向子弟兵敬礼,老百姓发自内心地下跪向干部党员敬礼、向金色盾牌的公安干警、救死扶伤的白衣天使、没有番号部队的民兵敬礼……一个个敬礼,感动中国;一个个敬礼,情义无价——在死神狰狞吞噬生命时,他们万死不辞从死神手中抢回     

Terrorism,insurgency, kidnapping,and security in Africa's energy sector

Energy continues to serve as the bedrock of modern economies and the main driver of modern society. For Africa, the production and supply of energy resources such as crude oil, natural gas, uranium, coal, biomass, biofuels and other renewables are an important source of employment, rents, taxes, royalties and profits. This sector brings in several tens of billions of dollars of revenue annually. The production and delivery of such resources, however, depend on critical infrastructures such as pipelines, refineries, processing plants, terminals, rigs, electrical energy pylons, substations, pump stations, vessels, and tankers. These infrastructures have been attacked by terrorists, insurgents, vandals and saboteurs, all of whom see them as targets against which to register their grievances and extract concessions from the state. This paper is a chronological account of some of the documented incidents of terrorism, insurgency, kidnapping, destruction, sabotage, and human casualties suffered in the oil and gas sectors in Africa between 1999 and 2012. It is based on data extracted from the databases of the RAND Database of World Terrorism Incidents and the University of Maryland's Global Terrorism Database (GTD).     

Land power in the age of joint interdependence: toward a theory of land power for the twenty-first century*

This essay outlines a theory of land power. After explaining the absence of such a theory, the article establishes the modern context for such a theory, specifically within the concept of joint interdependence. The analysis defines key terms and premises behind the theory, to include a definition of land power. The argument then outlines the national elements of power that contribute to a theory of land power. The analysis next applies the theory to the fundamental purposes of military power: defeat, deter, compel, assure, shape and support to the nation. The analysis then tests key definitions, supporting premises, and utility of the theory. The essay argues that historical experience validates the applicability and utility of the theory, and offers a solid basis for extrapolating the validity of the theory into the near future.     

Deviant globalization: the application of strategic landpower*

In both Afghanistan and Iraq, US landpower was able to gain control rapidly over terrain. However, that control ebbed as US presence weakened. Non-state actors, such as the Taliban, the Haqqani network, the Islamic State, and Al Qaeda, gained control of segments of the population. Transnational Criminal Organizations capitalized on this permissive environment to strengthen their networks, often eroding the legitimacy of the host nation government, fueling regional instability, and, ultimately, undermining US policy objectives. The proliferation of deviant globalization, or the connectedness of subversive elements, is a key indicator of future conflict. Strategic landpower is uniquely positioned to influence the physical, psychological, economic, and social interactions of various non-state actors and their association with deviant globalization. It is no longer enough to seize and hold terrain. Landpower must also have the capability to influence the actions and attitudes of populations on that terrain wherever and whenever these interactions occur.     

Critical interfaces in body armour systems

The ballistic performance, and behaviour, of an armour system is governed by two major sets of variables, geometrical and material. Of these, the consistency of performance, especially against small arms ammunition, will depend upon the consistency of the properties of the constituent materials. In a body armour system for example, fibre diameter, areal density of woven fabric, and bulk density of ceramic are examples of critical parameters and monitoring such parameters will form the backbone of associated quality control procedures. What is often overlooked, because it can fall into the User’s domain, are the interfaces that exist between the various products; the carrier, the Soft Armour Insert (SAI), and the one or two hard armour plates (HAP1 and HAP2). This is especially true if the various products are sourced from different suppliers.There are between 30 and 150 individual layers within a typical body armour system, and each of the interfaces between each of those layers will, in some way or another, contribute to the ballistic performance of the system. For example, consider the following interfaces/interlayers: (i) the frictional, sliding, inter-ply surfaces within a soft armour pack, and also between the pack and the carrier, (ii) the air-gaps that may develop within the soft armour pack, (iii) the interconnecting space between the soft armour pack and the hard armour plate, (iv) the nature of the interfaces between adjacent plies of a multiplied backing laminate, even in a highly compressed Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) variant, (v) the interlayer between the ceramic and its substrate, within a HAP, and (vi) the geometrical fit between two hard armour plates within a stacked body armour system. This paper will provide a User-friendly overview of all such interfaces and provide unique guidance as to their criticality and influence.     

Lessons in airpower projection: Indochina and Algeria

The lessons from the two French counterinsurgencies, Indochina and Algeria, give rise to a new understanding of the projection of airpower in remote and hostile environments and the purpose, design, and use of aircraft in counterinsurgency. In both Indochina and Algeria, the campaigns were ones of poverty, and it is their imaginative management under severe resource constraints that provides thoughtful and applicable lessons for today. In both cases, airpower held the promise of delivering victory and solving the resource issue. In Indochina, acquisition of the needed aircraft, operating knowledge, and experience came too slowly to realize this promise. In Algeria, the French embraced the lessons from Indochina and were quite successful and innovative in the use of airpower. The lessons can be reduced to four requirements: (1) a network of airfields for liaison, ground-support, and intra-theater airlift to enable effective air support of ground forces; (2) a solid, reliable, and simple ground-support aircraft capable of operating from forward airfields within range of ground engagements; (3) a capable intra-theater heavy-lift transport to supply the extended ground forces; and (4) helicopter capability to enhance tactical troop mobility and support.     

论电影艺术在高等教育教学中的应用

利用电影来辅助高等教育教学有助于提高课堂教学效率。电影作为教学辅助手段的优势表现在运动性、情节性、表演性、愉悦性等四个方面,劣势表现在完整性、刺激性、时空转换性、强烈的诱导性、意识形态性以及狭隘性等六个方面。认清电影教学手段的利弊要求高校教师做到严格控制电影放映的数量,将故事片、纪录片、电视节目、图片等视像资料结合起来,使电影艺术真正融合进高等教育教学过程中,成为其中一个协调的组成部分。     

Size Still Matters: Explaining Sri Lanka’s Counterinsurgency Victory over the Tamil Tigers

The military effectiveness literature has largely dismissed the role of material preponderance in favor of strategic interaction theories. The study of counterinsurgency, in which incumbent victory is increasingly rare despite material superiority, has also turned to other strategic dynamics explanations like force employment, leadership, and insurgent/adversary attributes. Challenging these two trends, this paper contends that even in cases of counterinsurgency, material preponderance remains an essential—and at times the most important—factor in explaining battlefield outcomes and effectiveness. To test this, the paper turns to the case of the Sri Lankan state’s fight against the Tamil Tiger insurgency, a conflict which offers rich variation over time across six periods and over 25 years. Drawing on evidence from historical and journalistic accounts, interviews, memoirs, and field research, the paper demonstrates that material preponderance accounts for variation in military effectiveness and campaign outcomes (including military victory in the final campaign) better than strategic explanations. Additionally, a new quantitative data-set assembled on annual loss-exchange ratios demonstrates the superiority of materialist explanations above those of skill, human capital, and regime type.     

面向Agent六元抽象概念建模方法

目前广泛应用的HLA技术体系仿真建模方法存在明显的缺陷,因此提出面向Agent的六元抽象建模方法。首先提出了六元抽象建模方法模型框架,六元抽象建模方法是在系统思想的指导下,从系统范畴视图、要素视图、结构视图、状态视图、运行视图、功能视图来描述实际作战系统的各个方面然后六视图进一步映射成描述概念模型的六大标识。面向Agent的六元抽象建模方法有助于提高仿真模型的完备性、逼真度和建模方法的规范化、可操作性。     

Boko Haram insurgency and gendered victimhood: women as corporal victims and objects of war

ABSTRACT

Boko Haram insurgency in North East Nigeria has exposed women (girls, ladies, and mothers) to a complex jeopardy. While some women have suffered untimely widowhood or child-lack as a result of the Boko Haram onslaught, others have suffered death, forced abduction, and allied assaults on the main and side lines of the insurgency. Oftentimes, women have faced direct violence that essentially degrade their humanity. This is evident in the deployment of women as war-front sex slaves, human shields, and suicide bombers by the insurgents. The virtual expendability of women in the context of Boko Haram insurgency has been vividly demonstrated by the gale of female suicide bombings in Nigeria over the recent years. By means of a textual and contextual analysis of library sources and/or documentary data, as well as an adroit application of the theory of objectification, this study posits that, in addition to suffering collateral vulnerabilities, women have equally been instrumentalized as objects of terror in the context of Boko Haram insurgency. The paper further argues that the ‘weaponization’ of women’s bodies as bomb vessels and human shields by the insurgents highlights the height of women’s corporal victimization and objectification in contemporary asymmetric warfare.     

‘God willing,I will be back’: Gauging the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's capacity to deter economic crimes in Liberia

Recently, in July 2012, the high-profile and bitterly fought nine-month race for the post of Chair of the African Union (AU) Commission, between Dr Jean Ping of Gabon, and his main challenger, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, culminated in the latter's victory. Her victory came after the deadlock at the Eighteenth AU Summit in January 2012. Borne out of the considered need for a quick fix through reliance on a vote of expediency, the election of Dr Dlamini-Zuma represented a political resolution to the crisis that arose due to the earlier ongoing electoral deadlock. Far from being a competitive election by design, the 2012 AU Commission election by default became transformed into an intensely fought campaign that put the AU in the limelight. This article briefly introduces the electoral process, explains in detail the voting behaviour of AU member states, and offers five specific reasons for the victory of Dr Dlamini-Zuma. On the surface the election looks very competitive, but the article explains why this is not the case. To create greater competition for these posts, the AU needs to overhaul the nomination process and the voting procedure. In this regard, the article proffers detailed analysis and proposes a radical revision of the existing criteria for the nomination. The article also proposes specific recommendations for the amendment of the rules of procedure of the AU Assembly to allow for a qualified majority as a deadlock breaker in the fifth round. It also assesses whether the integrity of the AU Commission election was damaged during the campaigning and voting process. In this regard, it recommends the development of a code of conduct for future elections at the AU.