A certain naval brigade in the Southern Theater actively creates a training atmosphere that tolerates mistakes and allows trial and error.
The organization has the courage to tolerate mistakes Officers and men have the courage to make innovations
Jiefangjun Daily reporter Chen Dianhong, correspondents Shen Hui and Liu Boyu
In the spring of the southern country, the warm breeze blows lightly. Several drones swept overhead, shattering the silence in the sky.
In the UAV flight competition held by a certain brigade of the Navy in the Southern Theater of Operations, Wang Hao, the flight controller, operated the UAV to complete fixed-point hovering, tracking flight and other actions in a row, and took the lead in landing, and finally won the championship with the shortest time and the most stable operation.
"The way I operate is self-optimised. Walking off the field, Wang Hao told his comrades-in-arms, "If you want to achieve good results, it is important to train scientifically according to the operating specifications, but it is also necessary to continuously optimize and improve the operation methods in combination with the actual task." In this process, the brigade has established a fault-tolerant mechanism to encourage us to boldly try and make mistakes and challenge the limits in training, which has increased everyone's enthusiasm for planning and studying wars. Later, he talked about a previous experience.
In that UAV flight test mission, Wang Hao controlled the UAV to fly smoothly according to the established flight trajectory and completed a number of test projects. But when he was about to return home, a strong gust of wind suddenly hit and blew the drone down to the reef. "It's broken!" The moment the plane landed, Wang Hao's heart tightened.
In the face of the accident, Wang Hao dealt with it in a timely and calm manner, and the drone did not cause serious damage and was not held responsible. At the test summary meeting, the squadron leader announced the decision to deal with it.
Instead of waiting for criticism and blame, but getting understanding and encouragement, Wang Hao said firmly: "The organization has created a positive and inclusive training environment for us, and we must work harder to improve our professional skills and practice our ability to win!"
Talking about the fault-tolerant mechanism, Qing Ping, a senior engineer of the brigade, was deeply touched: "At present, more and more new equipment is being installed in the troops, and if there is no fault-tolerant mechanism and no opportunity for trial and error, it is easy for officers and men to be afraid of their heads and tails during training, and to have a negative mentality of 'doing more and making more mistakes, and doing less and making fewer mistakes.'" ”
This perception is not without reason. In the early days of the establishment of the UAV team, Qingping, as the main person in charge, actively coordinated relevant professionals and technical backbones, and carried out discussions and exchanges around equipment performance, equipment structure principles and talent training models, and collided with many "golden ideas" that are conducive to improving the quality and efficiency of training.
The collection of flight parameters in complex environments is insufficient, and the critical values of some equipment cannot be determined...... After a period of time, many problems in training have not been effectively solved, which makes Qingping, who was originally full of confidence, feel a little confused.
During a casual chat, Qingping heard some concerns from some officers and soldiers. "Because I don't know enough about the performance of the new equipment when I come into contact with the new equipment for the first time, I don't know the bottom when I operate the equipment, and I am afraid that I will accidentally damage the 'baby bump'" "The equipment test is risky, and if the plane falls, it will waste training resources, and I am afraid of being criticized and held accountable......
"The growth of flowers and fruits requires a suitable soil environment, and the growth of officers and soldiers is also the same. Qingping deeply felt that only by creating a training atmosphere that tolerates mistakes and allows trial and error can officers and men unload their ideological "baggage" and boldly forge ahead and devote themselves to research and skill training, and can the new equipment become combat effectiveness at an early date. So, he reported the relevant situation to the party committee of the brigade.
"On the basis of full investigation and demonstration, we should explore and build a set of mechanisms that can tolerate and correct mistakes and encourage responsibility, and tolerate the failures and mistakes of officers and men in experiments and training, so as to arouse everyone's enthusiasm and motivation for thinking about war and studying war. The leader of the brigade told reporters that focusing on the actual task, they organized relevant departments to study and formulate a set of fault-tolerant mechanisms around the task review, risk assessment, reward and punishment system, etc.: After risk assessment of the training task, if it fails to achieve the expected goal or cause negative impact and equipment loss, on the premise of excluding intentional sabotage and illegal operation, the relevant personnel will be exempted from responsibility; We should set up a supervisory mechanism to strengthen supervision and prevention of training; admonish officers and men who have suffered losses because of mistakes, help them sum up lessons and lessons, and improve their shortcomings; and optimize incentive measures to give heavy praise to officers and men who have the courage to innovate and make outstanding achievements in training.
Broaden the fault tolerance space and stimulate the vitality of innovation. This reporter has learned that since the beginning of this year, under the encouragement of the fault-tolerant mechanism, the officers and men of the brigade have united and cooperated, dared to think and do, and many "golden ideas" for training have been implemented and have yielded "golden fruits," and the combat effectiveness of the new equipment has been continuously improved.
Short comment training is risky, and you can break through with light equipment ■Ke Congwen
At present, with the continuous and in-depth advancement of training and preparation for war, many new equipment have been installed in the troops, and a number of new training methods have been gradually rolled out, and the combat effectiveness of the troops has been continuously enhanced. However, the author has also noticed that in the process, some officers and men have been held accountable for equipment damage caused by operational mistakes and accidents. This will have a certain impact on arousing the enthusiasm of officers and men in training and speeding up the enhancement of combat effectiveness.
There will be risks when there is exploration, and there will be failures if there are attempts, and the reason is not difficult to understand. It is impossible to achieve the goal of strengthening the army in an easy way and beating gongs and drums, and it is impossible to train the excellent skills of "integrating people and outfits" overnight. In the face of new equipment and new training methods, officers and men will inevitably make mistakes of one kind or another in the course of practice. When something goes wrong, it is not advisable to blindly pursue responsibility and accountability, or simply "fail to train troops when they are in danger or when they are dangerous." A similar "ostrich mentality" will only have a negative impact on the training and preparation of officers and men.
To this end, all levels should help officers and men lay down their ideological baggage and overcome the hurdles lightly, formulate operational norms and standards in light of the characteristics of different specialties through establishing and perfecting a mechanism for tolerating and correcting mistakes, and clearly define the boundaries of the scope of exemption from responsibility and tolerance and punishment for mistakes, so that officers and men can follow them. We should give them a free hand to do their work and protect the vitality of innovation and creativity to the greatest extent possible; comprehensively analyze and look at the mistakes and mistakes that occur in our work, scientifically judge their nature, and correct them in a timely manner, strive to minimize our losses, and help them strengthen their strengths and make up for their weaknesses; and carry out summing up and analyzing them on a regular basis, so as to give full play to the role of correct guidance and positive encouragement. In this way, we can better create an entrepreneurial atmosphere of thousands of sails.
▲Published on April 18, the 8th edition of the People's Liberation Army Daily
Source丨People's Liberation Army Daily, Learning Corps (ID: xuexijuntuan)
Producer丨Ou Can, Hou Dawei, Editor丨Liu Jianwei, Yan Shan, Qian Zongyang, Zheng Pengrui, Zhou Zhou