The army would try to hold the western desert with a bare minimum of forces.

军队将尽量用最少的兵力控制西部沙漠。

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The army is on manoeuvres in the desert.

军队在沙漠中进行军事演习。

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During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California.

战争期间，我丈夫驻扎在加利福尼亚沙漠中的一个军营里。

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She wanted to fly with the Army to North Africa, where the allies were fighting German troops in the desert.

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With their supplies running out, soldiers began to desert the Afghan Army.

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Those two vehicles were only found by chance, when an army unit conducting desert exercises happened upon them parked in a rocky wasteland.

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McLelland previously had a 23-year career in the army, and participated in Operation Desert Storm.

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