2006年VOA标准英语-National Guard on Mexico Border Will be Ar

By Al Pessin
Pentagon
18 May 2006
 
 
US Border Patrol vehicle rides along border fence separating Nogales, Arizona, right, with Nogales, Mexico
  
The U.S. military says National Guard troops who will be deployed¹ along the U.S.-Mexican border starting next month will be armed, but officials say that with the jobs they will be doing they are not expected to encounter many would-be illegal immigrants.

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At a news conference Thursday, the director of the Army National Guard, Lieutenant² General Clyde Vaughn, said one basic element of being a soldier will not change during the deployment³ along the border.

"You know, soldiers carry weapons.  As we head down this line, we have to remember that very thing," he said.

General Vaughn says the exact rules for using those weapons during the border assignment are still being worked out with the civilian⁴ governments in each U.S. state in the area.  But Assistant Defense⁵ Secretary Paul McHale says that does not mean he expects there to be confrontations⁶ between armed U.S. soldiers and people trying to cross the border illegally.

"We do not expect that a large force of armed soldiers will be placed in close proximity⁷ to the border," he explained.

McHale says the National Guard soldiers will be performing the same type of duties they have done in the past in border areas to help fight drug trafficking.  He says those missions include reconnaissance, transportation, logistics, medical services, translation and the engineering and construction of roads, barriers and other infrastructure⁸ improvements.

"Very few of our soldiers will likely be in positions where they face physical risk," he added.  "Every soldier who is in such a position will be armed and there will be standardized⁹ rules for the use of force to guide that soldier his or her weapons, primarily for purposes, if not exclusively for purposes, of self defense."

President Bush announced Monday that 6,000 National Guard soldiers will support the civilian Border Patrol for the next year.  But he said the part-time soldiers, who will serve about three weeks at a time, will not be directly involved in detaining people trying to cross the border illegally.   Rather, the president said the soldiers will provide the kind of services Assistant Secretary McHale mentioned Friday, and also work in headquarters operations to free more Border Patrol agents to work the front lines.

On Thursday, McHale said there could also be a small number of active duty U.S. troops involved in the operation to do specific jobs that the Guard forces are not trained to do, such as operating unmanned surveillance technology on the ground and in the air.

1 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• 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。

2 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

3 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

4 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• 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。

5 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

6 confrontations   

n.对抗，对抗的事物( confrontation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At times, this potential has escalated into actual confrontations. 有时，这一矛盾升级为实际的对抗。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• These confrontations and uncertainties were bing played out for the first time on a global scale. 所有这一切对抗和不稳定，第一次在全球范围内得到充分的表演。 来自辞典例句

7 proximity   

n.接近，邻近

参考例句：

• Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.法律规定禁止近亲结婚。
• Their house is in close proximity to ours.他们的房子很接近我们的。

8 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

9 standardized   

adj.标准化的

参考例句：

• We use standardized tests to measure scholastic achievement. 我们用标准化考试来衡量学生的学业成绩。
• The parts of an automobile are standardized. 汽车零件是标准化了的。