Moments before we headed out for a mid-day patrol, Christopher Whitman, an upbeat staff sergeant from Florida, recounted a “complex” ambush.

有一次，我们中午出去巡逻前不久，来自佛罗里达州一位思想乐观的上士Christopher Whitman（克里斯托弗•惠特曼）详细描述了一次“错综复杂的”伏击。

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Moments before we headed out for a mid-day patrol, Christopher Whitman, an upbeat staff sergeant from Florida, recounted a "complex" ambush.

有一次，我们中午出去巡逻前不久，来自佛罗里达州一位思想乐观的上士Christopher Whitman（克里斯托弗•惠特曼）详细描述了一次“错综复杂的”伏击。

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They go out on patrol, and they get shot at or attacked almost every day.

他们外出巡逻，几乎每天都会遭遇枪击或者袭击。

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Rolando, a young infantryman in our area of responsibility, won over local farmers by spontaneously shedding his equipment and helping them dig irrigation ditches one day while on patrol.

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Under his guidance, around 500 forest officials patrol the park day and night, keeping track of the tigers.

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The next day, when a British patrol was fired at from a house in Umm Qasr, the six soldiers got out of their vehicles, approached the building on foot and arrested two gunmen.

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