Recently, Mr. Wang, an elderly person living alone in Dongfang Community, Saihu Street, Ruichang City, Jiangxi Province, walked into the Veterans Volunteer Service Station and expressed his gratitude to the members of the "New Long March" Veterans Volunteer Service Team. A few days ago, Mr. Wang's sewer was blocked, and he tried several solutions without success. With a trial and error attitude, Mr. Wang dialed the local service hotline of the retired military volunteer service team. Within 15 minutes, three volunteers dressed in red vests came to the door with professional tools and quickly completed the dredging operation. In December 2020, the People's Armed Forces Department of Ruichang City and the Veterans Affairs Bureau jointly established the "New Long March" Veterans Volunteer Service Team, setting up 230 service stations in 21 townships (towns, fields, streets) throughout the city. Each station was equipped with a basic support package including water and electricity tools and emergency supplies, and a three-level service network covering the city, townships, and villages was constructed, forming a "half-hour veteran service response circle". This team carries out daily services based on the community grid as the basic unit, and can quickly activate cross regional linkage mechanisms when encountering major tasks. ”The person in charge of the Municipal Veterans Affairs Bureau introduced that they have recruited more than 750 volunteers based on their professional expertise, including water and electricity maintenance, medical rescue, etc., according to their volunteer service needs, and have simultaneously established a database of skilled talents. In a extremely heavy rainstorm last year, the volunteer service team formed a commando overnight to rescue. They fought continuously for 12 hours, successfully transferring 137 trapped people and clearing 6 blocked roads. During the critical period of forest fire prevention, the 21 patrol teams organized by the volunteer service team have accumulated more than 7000 kilometers of patrol mileage and timely discovered and dealt with 27 fire hazards. In addition to emergency rescue, volunteer service teams have established a "micro wish" claim mechanism, which accurately meets the needs of the masses through community visits and online solicitation. Since the beginning of this year, 235 "micro wishes" have been claimed and completed by retired military volunteers in the city, including wheelchairs for elderly people living alone, backpacks for left behind children, and circuit renovations urgently needed by disabled families. Volunteer Ke Jun utilized the electrical skills learned by the troops to provide free maintenance of power lines for 27 families in need. In order to enhance the professionalization level of volunteer services, Ruichang City organizes volunteers to carry out professional training on emergency rescue, psychological counseling, etc. every quarter; Simultaneously develop the "Rongyao Ruichang" volunteer service management platform to achieve intelligent matching of needs and precise dispatching; Through the management of volunteer service points system, the service duration is linked to incentive measures such as free physical examinations and skill training, effectively stimulating the dedication enthusiasm of retired soldiers. The execution ability forged by military camps is our biggest advantage in carrying out volunteer services. We have always been at the forefront of emergency rescue and mutual assistance among neighbors. ”Volunteer service team leader Yuan Hao stated that they will continue to use heartwarming actions to fulfill the responsibility of retired soldiers and make the "half-hour veteran service response circle" benefit more citizens. (New Society)