Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-31

When the Flag Is Out Front, the Formation Knows Which Way to March

旗帜在前面，队伍就知道该往哪里走

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Source-stated publication date	2026-08-31
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旗帜在前面，队伍就知道该往哪里走 ■臧猛代康乾 ① ② 前不久，空军某基地组织学员进行跨域综合演练。运输机穿过层层云海，向预定空域飞去。机舱内，数十名学员整齐列坐，心中充满忐忑。500米，800米，1200米……随着高度不断攀升，呼啸的气流从舱门涌入。首次参加复杂条件下跳伞的学员小李下意识攥紧胸前伞具，目光紧紧盯着舱门外翻滚的云海。这时，一个身影走到大家前面。“别老盯着外面看，看我！”环境嘈杂，通信值勤连伞训长杨晓林（图①右）只能用简短的话语和点赞的手势鼓励大家，“相信自己，也相信我，没问题的。”小李深呼吸了几次，心跳渐渐平缓下来。绿灯亮起，离机口令下达，杨晓林第一个跃出机舱。数秒后，一朵伞花在蓝天绽放。熟悉的身影、熟悉的降落伞，让学员们鼓起勇气，相继纵身离机…… 落地后，杨晓林依旧在训练场上忙碌，边帮助学员整理伞具、复盘动作要领，边听他们兴奋地谈论感受：“看到杨班长先跳，心里一下就踏实了。” 这句朴实的话语，让杨晓林不由想起40多年前一位老党员说的那句话：“党员干部不站前面，大家心里就没底。” 上世纪70年代末，上级下达命令，重建高射炮兵学校，这是该基地前身。第一批官兵来到这里时，眼前是一片荒原：杂草丛生，没有营房，没有教室，也没有训练场。时间紧迫，学校必须按期开学。时任学校临时党委负责人的丁云章，站在荒原上说了一句话：“学校能不能建起来，就看我们自己了。” 很快，第一面党旗插上建设工地。没有施工队，党员干部带头干；不会施工技术，党员干部边干边学。砍竹子、扛木料、搭棚架、挖地基、垒土墙……工地上到处都是党员冲锋在前的身影（图②）。那段时间，这样的场景每天都重复上演：天刚亮，丁云章已经出现在工地；夜深了，他还打着手电查看施工进度。雨天，他裤腿沾满泥浆；晴天，他后背结了盐霜。他说的那句“党员干部不站前面，大家心里就没底”，很快在工地传开，激励鼓舞着官兵。一次搭建席棚时，一根沉重的木梁突然滑落。危急时刻，党员赵一和几名战友冲上前去，用肩膀顶住木梁…… 56天后，100多栋席棚竹架房和简易教室拔地而起，学校如期开学。“56天惊人喜，56天夜难眠，56天风和雨，56天汗和泥……”官兵自创的打油诗，短短几句道出了其中的艰辛。除了打油诗，前辈留下的东西还有很多，成为激励后来人的宝贵精神财富。留队任伞训长后，杨晓林曾多次带领新学员来到单位史馆，讲述奋斗故事。讲着讲着，她逐渐明白，有时候说十遍，不如带着干一遍。这些年，杨晓林既当指挥员、又当战斗员，无论是重大演练任务还是高风险课目训练，始终带头示范、带头攻坚。 “以前觉得党员干部是胸前的一枚徽章，象征着荣誉和身份。后来发现更像一面旗帜，只要旗帜在前面，队伍就知道该往哪里走。”跨域综合演练结束后，杨晓林写下这样的心得体会。

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A parachute training sergeant, Yang Xiaolin, of a communications duty company at an unspecified PLA Air Force base led trainees through a complex-conditions parachute jump during a cross-domain integrated exercise, jumping first herself to steady the formation. The article frames her conduct through a unit founding narrative from the late 1970s, when provisional Party committee head Ding Yunzhang oversaw the 56-day construction of the base's antiaircraft artillery school predecessor on a wasteland, establishing a 'Party members at the front' ethos the base now institutionalizes through history-museum instruction. This is standard political work content; its value is as a record of how the Air Force links vanguard-role (先锋) ideology to high-risk training leadership, not as evidence of a capability or posture change.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "旗帜在前面，队伍就知道该往哪里走." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-31. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16482363.html.

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