In the speech in dollars, secretary Gates says the U.S arm forces have been well and spiden funding constrains they go back to well before the current war.

“In fact the investment in the army equipment and other essentials was under funding by more than 15 billion dollars before we invaded Iraq.”

Except the ground troops of army and marines have specially born the ? of under funding and human and material course of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Gates said the Defense Department is allocating tens of billions of dollars to repair war replace damaged and destroyed equipment and increasing the size of the active army in M by around 92,000 over the next five years.

He said the department is also engaged the ** twomodernized air, sea and land forces for the kinds of operations to come, which were included both conventional and congress surgensy tied campaigns.

Among here is of concern excitedwas the nuclear ambitions of Iraq and North Korea and the uncertain pass of China and Russia , which he said are both pursuing sophisticated military modernization programs.

In his speech in Dallas, Secretary Gates said the U.S. armed forces have performed well in spite of funding constraints that go back to well before the current war.

在达拉斯做的一次演讲中，国防部秘书长盖茨表示尽管在当前的战争前军队曾面临资金紧张，但美国武装力量仍然表现良好。

"In fact, investment in Army equipment and other essentials was underfunded by more than $50 billion before we invaded Iraq."

“实际上，在我们侵入伊拉克之前，军队装备和其他必需品上的投资面临超过 500 亿的资金短缺，”

He said the ground troops of the Army and Marines have especially borne the brunt of under-funding and the human and material costs of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

他说，陆军和海军的作战部队尤其深受资金短缺之苦，并在伊拉克和阿富汗付出了巨大的人员和物质代价。

Gates said the Defense Department is allocating tens of billions of dollars to repair or replace damaged and destroyed equipment and increasing the size of the active Army and Marine Corps by around 92,000 over the next five years. He said the department is also engaged in an effort to modernize air, sea and land forces for the kinds of operations to come, which will include both conventional and counterinsurgency type campaigns.

盖茨说，国防部分派了数十亿美元用来维修或替换受损的装备，并在接下来五年里增加约 92000 人的作战部队以扩大海陆两军的规模。同时，国防部也正力图使海陆空三军更加现代化，以应付即将到来的各种军事行动，其中包括传统的战斗和反游击战。

Among areas of concern he cited were the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea and the "uncertain paths" of China and Russia, which, he said, are both pursuing sophisticated military modernization programs.

  在备受关注的地区中，他引用了伊朗和朝鲜的核武器野心，以及中国和俄罗斯的“模糊路线”，并称这两个国家都在从事现代化尖端军事项目的开发。

词汇：

Underfunded ： vt. 对…提供资金不足

Brunt ： n 冲击 , 冲势，主要的重荷

Borne: bear 的过去分词

Counterinsurgency: n. 镇压叛乱 ( 暴动 ), 反破坏 adj. 反游击战与破坏的

Corps ： n. 军团 , 兵队 , 团 , 兵种 , 技术兵种 , 特殊兵种 , ( 德国大学的 ) 学生联合会