Exercises Internal Security

Breaking Waves and Honing the Blade, Forging Elite Flood-Control and Rescue Troops!

破浪砺刃，锻造防汛救援尖兵！

PLA Daily (解放军报) 11 June 2026

Summary

The PAP Guangxi General Corps ran a specialized assault boat operator training camp on the Yong River, covering 15 skill areas including formation sailing, water rescue, and equipment troubleshooting, timed to the onset of flood season. The article documents the corps' pre-season readiness cycle for domestic emergency response — its narrow value is as a baseline record of how the PAP structures and publicly frames its flood-control training pipeline, including the specific four-competency standard ('can drive, can clear obstacles, can conduct rescues, can avoid hazards') used to define qualified boat operators.

Translation

In order to meet the requirements of flood-control and emergency response missions and consolidate officers and soldiers' practical water emergency rescue capabilities, the People's Armed Police Guangxi General Corps recently conducted a specialized training camp for assault boat operators in unfamiliar and complex waters, tailored to the characteristics of flood-season missions, to temper officers and soldiers' practical water operation skills and formation-based cooperative rescue capabilities.

This training camp leveraged the complex water environment of the Yong River to conduct professional training in accordance with combat requirements. Training covered 15 key areas, including boat departure and docking, basic navigation, figure-eight and "O-type" maneuvering, formation sailing, water rescue, and equipment troubleshooting.

This training camp closely mirrors actual combat conditions. Its purpose is to cultivate a group of professional backbone personnel who "can drive, can clear obstacles, can conduct rescues, and can avoid hazards" (会驾驶、会排障、会救援、会避险), to further elevate the overall practical combat quality of the boat operator force, and to lay a solid foundation of personnel support for the unit to efficiently accomplish diverse mission tasks such as flood prevention and water emergency response during the flood season.

Original Chinese

为适配防汛抢险任务需求、夯实官兵水上应急救援实战能力，近日，武警广西总队结合汛期任务特点，在陌生复杂水域开展冲锋舟操作手专项集训，锤炼官兵水上实操技能与编队协同救援能力。本次集训依托邕江复杂水域环境，按照实战需求开展专业化训练。围绕舟艇离靠岸、基础驾驶、八字与“O型”机动、编队航行、水上救援、装备故障排除等15项重点内容施训。此次集训紧贴实战，目的是培育出一批“会驾驶、会排障、会救援、会避险”的专业骨干人才，进一步提升舟艇驾驶员队伍整体实战素养，为部队高效完成汛期防汛、水域抢险等多样化使命任务筑牢坚实人才支撑。