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坚强的盾牌

(上图)今年9月，一艘航空母舰与其他15艘水面舰艇和160多架飞机及约15,000名美国海军（U.S. Navy）、空军（Air Force）、陆军（Army）和海军陆战队（Marine Corps）士兵在菲律宾海（Philippine Sea）发出明确的信号：美国已做好一切准备。这次展示军事技术和实力的演习以 “坚强的盾牌”（Valiant Shield）为代号，是美国印度-太平洋司令部（U.S. Indo-Pacific Command）唯一由美国参加的联合训练演习。“坚强的盾牌”从2006年开始，每两年举行一次。

美国海军少将丹尼尔·德怀尔（Daniel Dwyer ）在接受美国空军新闻报道时表示，“坚强的盾牌”演习极其重要。“任何部队都不会单独行动。我们利用一切机会作为联合部队共同训练，可大大提高我们的战斗力和实力。”

Valiant Shield

(Above) One aircraft carrier, 15 other surface ships, more than 160 aircraft, and approximately 15,000 personnel from the U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army and Marine Corps sent a clear message in the Philippine Sea this September: The U.S. is ready for anything. This display of military technology and strength is called Valiant Shield, and it is the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s U.S.-only joint training exercise. Held biennially, Valiant Shield began in 2006.

Exercise Valiant Shield is “extremely important,” U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Daniel Dwyer said in a U.S. Air Force news story. “No service will go alone. Any opportunity that we can come together to train as a joint force makes us that much more lethal and capable.”