VOA标准英语2009年-US Troops in Iraq to Focus More on Support
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(七月)
The Pentagon announced Tuesday it will change the composition and mission of some troop units being deployed 2 to Iraq in the coming months to reduce their combat role and increase their ability to train and support Iraqi forces.
Pentagon spokesman Brian Whitman (file photo)
Spokesman Bryan Whitman says seven U.S. combat brigades are scheduled to be replaced by fresh forces in the coming months, but four of them will be replaced by somewhat different units - specially 3 created Advisory 4 and Assistance Brigades.
"The four brigades that will serve in the advisory and assist role will replace formations that are currently on the ground in Iraq," said Bryan Whitman. "The mission of these units will to train and mentor 5 Iraqi security forces, conduct coordinated 6 counter-terrorism missions and protect ongoing 7 civilian 8 and military efforts in Iraq."
Whitman says these brigades will still have significant combat power, and will use it when necessary. But he says combat will not be their primary mission, and they will be augmented 9 with extra military engineers, civil affairs specialists, military police, transportation troops and relatively 10 senior officers to assist in liaison 11 with Iraqi forces.
A soldier with the US Army Reserve 90th Sustainment Brigade says goodbye to friends and family before deploying 12 in Iraq (File)
Whitman says the new units will be slightly larger than the standard size of a combat brigade, which is between 3,500 and 4,000.
The Pentagon also announced that three standard combat brigades will deploy 1 to replace similar units in the coming months. Those units will conduct what the military calls "full spectrum 13 operations" until the end of the U.S. role in combat in Iraq at the end of August of next year. At that point, Whitman says those units could be withdrawn 14 or could be given the Advise and Assist mission.
Overall, Whitman says there will be no significant increase in the U.S. troop strength in Iraq, currently at 128,000. The plan is for that number to fall sharply in the first part of next year to between 35,000 and 50,000 by the end of next August. Much of that residual 15 force is expected to fall into the new category of Advisory and Assistance Brigades. All U.S. troops are to be out of Iraq by the end of 2011.
- The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
- The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
- The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
- I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
- He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。
- He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
- He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。
- The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
- The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
- The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
- She acts as a liaison between patients and staff.她在病人与医护人员间充当沟通的桥梁。
- She is responsible for liaison with researchers at other universities.她负责与其他大学的研究人员联系。
- Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
- Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。
- This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
- We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。
- Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
- All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。