13-05-24 An Army brigadier general who commanded a South Carolina post has been suspended for allegedly having a physical altercation with a mistress, officials said Tuesday. 据美国《华盛顿邮报》报道，美国官员5月21日称，一名陆军准将涉嫌与情妇发生肢体冲突，目...

13-05-09 The People's Liberation Army conducted a series of military drills over the past few weeks to fine-tune its capabilities of amphibious operations. 最近几周，中国人民解放军进行了一系列军事演习，演练两栖作战能力。 Military drill就是军事演习。近期举行...

13-04-15 rebel 反对派 airstrike 空袭 sniper 狙击兵 remnant 余党 live ammunition 实弹 United Arab Emirates (UAE) 阿拉伯联合酋长国 hideout 隐匿处 national reconciliation 民族和解 national identity 国家认同 ground forces 地面部队 loyalist force 效忠派 no-fly zo...

13-03-07 French President Francois Hollande has said his country will begin withdrawing troops from Mali next month. 法国总统奥朗德称，法国将在下个月从马里撤军。 He said the final phase of military intervention would continue throughout March and be scaled d...

13-03-07 North Korea is holding large-scale military drills, South Korea says, amid heightened tensions on the peninsula. 韩国媒体称，朝鲜正在举行大规模军事演习，半岛局势日益紧张。 The move comes after the North threatened to scrap the 60-year truce（停战）...

13-01-24 US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has decided to lift the military's ban on women serving in combat, a senior Pentagon official has said. 美国国防部一位高级官员称，国防部长里昂潘内达决定解除女性参加前线战斗的禁令。 The move could open hundreds of th...

13-01-15 All members of the UN Security Council have backed France's military intervention in Mali to fight Islamist rebels, officials have said. 联合国安理会所有成员国皆支持法国在马里对伊斯兰教叛乱分子进行军事干涉。 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he...

12-12-28 NIMBY or Nimby is an acronym for the phrase not in my backyard. The term is used pejoratively to describe opposition by residents to a proposal for a new development close to them, developments that are generally needed in the society. Opposing resi...

12-12-24 Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in India on a trip aimed at strengthening military and trade ties. 俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔普京抵达印度，此次访问意在增强双方间的军事、贸易联系。 Russia has been a major supplier of planes for the Indian air...

12-12-07 The US is moving navy ships into position to track a North Korean rocket due to launch later this month. 美国将部署海军战舰以监视朝鲜本月末的火箭发射活动。 The warships were moved to achieve the best situational awareness, the US military chief in t...