1983年,17岁的艾前进带着土家人勤劳务实的根性,走出鄂西深山,加入到中国人民解放军的行列。在23年的从军生涯中,由于自己的刻苦和努力,先后被选入师团政治部门,被省军区调任直属团队主官。他说是军营给了他一生受益无限的文学素养和对新闻的追求与选择。 In 1983, the 17-year-old Ai Qian took the hard-working and pragmatic roots of the Tujia people out of the mountains of western Hubei and joined the ranks of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. In 23 years of military career, due to his hard work and hard work, has been selected division political department, was transferred directly under the leadership of the provincial military region team leader. He said that it was a military camp that gave him an indelible literary accomplishment and the pursuit and choice of news throughout his life.