Abstract: National defense education in schools is the important foundation of national defense education for citizens, which must be carried out under the guidance of Xi Jinping's thoughts on national defense education and that of the national strategy of civil-military integration. School national defense education requires the involvement of various social resources. A civilmilitary integrated national defense education can be done through cooperation and interaction among regional association of school national defense education,education or outward bound training companies, militia and reserve army,college courses, and new mass media. All these of social resources are encouraged to take part in national defence education under guidance and supervision.

Key words: national defense education, national defense education in schools, social resources, civil-military integration, overall national security outlook