当今的世界正处在知识爆炸的时代 ,科技进步一日千里 ,一大批高新技术广泛应用于军事领域。当前 ,我军现代化步伐不断加快 ,源源不断需求强大的科技支撑和持久的人才保证。开展军队干部继续教育 ,培养高素质干部队伍已成为当务之急。江泽民主席号召全军要搞好“两个武装”———科学理论武装和高科技知识武装 ,为我军继续教育的开展和高素质干部队伍的培养指明了方向。本文从军队干部继续教育的内容和基本途径两个方面入手论述开展军队干部继续教育的重要性 Today’s world is at an era of knowledge explosion. Science and technology are progressing rapidly. A large number of high and new technologies are widely used in the military field. At present, the pace of our army’s modernization has been accelerating constantly, and a steady stream of technological support and long-term talent guarantee have been required. Carrying out continuing education of army cadres and training high-quality cadres has become a top priority. President Jiang Zemin called on the entire army to do well in the “two armed forces” -the arming of scientific theory and armed high-tech knowledge, pointing out the direction for the continuing education of our military and the training of high-quality cadres. This article discusses the importance of carrying out the continuing education of military cadres from two aspects of continuing education of military cadres and basic ways