$170 million mock city rises at Marine base
Hotels, markets, tunnels — and actors — are part of urban warfare training
酒店、市場、隧道-和演員- 都是城市戰爭訓練的部分
By JULIE WATSON
The Associated Press
updated 1/26/2011 4:51:41 AM E
Translation by Autumnson Blog
Crystal Chatham / AP
Marines train at the new facility in Twentynine Palms, Calif., on Tuesday.
海軍陸戰隊星期二在加州廿九棕櫚的新設施受訓
SAN DIEGO — A mock city roughly the size of downtown San Diego has risen in a remote Southern California desert to train military forces to fight in urban environments.
圣迭戈 - 一個粗略是聖地亞哥市中心規模大小的模擬城市，已在偏遠的南加州沙漠升起，以訓練軍隊在城市環境打仗。
The $170 million urban training center was unveiled Tuesday at the Twentynine Palms military base, 170 miles northeast of San Diego.
1.7億美元的城市培訓中心星期二在廿九棕櫚軍事基地開幕，圣迭戈東北 170英里。
The 1,560-building facility will allow troops to practice and refine skills that can be used around the world, the Marine Corps said.
該1,560-建築物設施將允許軍隊練習和完善可用於世界各地的技能，海軍陸戰隊說。
The military has been opening a slew of mock Afghan villages at bases across the country to prepare troops for battle before they are deployed.
軍方已在全國各地的基地開幕許多假阿富汗村莊，以給部隊被部署戰鬥前準備打仗。
The new training center is one of the largest and most elaborate.
新的培訓中心是其中一個最大和最詳細的。
Seven separate mock city districts spread across 274 acres of desert.
七個獨立的模擬城區遍布在沙漠中274英畝。
The fake markets, hotels and other businesses are complete with actors who create scenarios that pose a full range of challenges from humanitarian relief efforts to peacekeeping to police work and direct combat, according to the Marine Corps.
假市場、賓館和其它商業與演員全備，他們創造情景構成全方位的挑戰，從人道主義救援努力至維持和平至警務工作和直接作戰，根據海軍陸戰隊。
More than 15,000 Marines and sailors can train simultaneously in the massive simulator to experience the difficulties they will face during deployments as they communicate, coordinate, maneuver and operate in such settings, according to the Marine Corps.
超過15,000名海軍陸戰隊員和水兵可同時訓練，在龐大的模擬器中去體驗他們將在部署期間面臨的困難，他們在這樣的設置溝通、協調、調動和行動，根據海軍陸戰隊。
Along with what they can plainly see, Marines in training will search for escape tunnels, hiding places, weapons caches and other dangerous spaces. The facility has almost 1,900 feet of underground tunnels, a manmade riverbed and dozens of courtyards and compounds.
創傷性事件
Traumatic events
The Marine Corps says the simulators help expose troops to the chaos and stress of close combat, so they can think on their feet once they are on the battlefield and be psychologically prepared for traumatic events.
The new center expanded a similar training program called Mojave Viper that launched in 2005 to prepare troops for the Iraq war.
In November, the Marine Corps unveiled a $30 million expansion of its mock Afghan village at Camp Pendleton that nearly quadrupled its size. In that facility, Marines scramble through a maze of mud walls leading to mosques, schools and carpet sellers, as Hollywood-style explosions go off.
Similar immersion training facilities are slated to open this year at Marine Corps bases in North Carolina, Hawaii and Okinawa.
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