【7月25日】看軍聞學英語

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原文：

Defense Secretary Mark Esper authorized an 82nd Airborne Division infantry battalion, the Fort Bragg, North Carolina-based 16th Military Police Brigade's headquarters and the 91st Military Police Battalion from Fort Drum, New York, to mobilize to the D.C. area.

But on Wednesday morning, he clarified in a Pentagon briefing that he does not believe it's necessary to employ them in a law enforcement role.

‘The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations,’ he said. ‘We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.’

中譯：

美國國防部長艾斯培授權，將北卡羅萊納州布拉格堡第82空降師步兵營、旅部設在同一駐地的第16憲兵旅，及紐約州德拉姆堡第91憲兵營等單位，動員到華盛頓特區。

但週三上午，他於五角大廈進行簡報時澄清，他不認為有必要將憲兵用來擔任執法角色。

他表示，選擇動用現役部隊來執法，除非萬不得已才可行，而且只能在最緊急危殆的狀況下行使，目前的處境尚不至此，他不支持行使《叛亂法》的作為。

─關鍵軍語─

※law enforcement:

The activity of making certain that the laws of an area are obeyed.

※Insurrection Act:

A U.S. federal law that empowers the President to deploy military force in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection and rebellion.

例句：

The Insurrection Act has given presidents the power to deploy the military to quell unrest since 1807.

《叛亂法》自1807年，即賦予歷任總統部署軍隊鎮壓動亂的權力。