美国陆军举行了一次演习，演练如何挖掘可容纳数百名阵亡士兵的万人坑。
The US Army conducted an exercise practising how to dig a mass burial trench capable of holding hundreds of fallen soldiers in conflict.
这是数十年来首次举行此类演习，目的是预演部队在冲突中遭受大量伤亡时将如何应对。
For the first time in decades, the exercise was conducted to rehearse how troops would respond if they suffered a high number of losses in conflict.
演习在北卡罗来纳州布拉格堡进行，参与者包括第3保障司令部、第20工兵旅以及宗教人士。
The exercise took place in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and involved the 3rd Corps Sustainment Command and the 20th Engineer Brigade, along with religious figures.
如果美军在一场正在进行的冲突中损失数百名士兵，万人坑将是一种临时解决方案。之后的目标是辨认保存完好的遗体，并将其运回美国。
The mass burial grounds would be a temporary solution if the military lost hundreds of soldiers during an active conflict. Afterwards, the goal would be to identify the well-preserved bodies and repatriate them to the United States.
一级军士德尔伯特·鲁德说：“这次演习让我们得以认真审视，在高强度冲突中，我们如何尊重、缅怀并有条不紊地处理我们的阵亡者。”“如果我们明天就开战，我们只能边做边摸索。”
‘This exercise allowed us to take a critical look at how we respect, honour, and systematically manage our fallen in a high-intensity conflict,’ Sergeant 1st Class Delbert Ruede said. ‘If we went to war tomorrow, we would be making this up as we went along.
“我们在这里所做的是采用经过实地检验的科学方法，以便我们能够保持有效管控，并有尊严地照料我们的阵亡者。”军方还表示，采用陆军演练的这些方法，每天可埋葬2400名士兵。
‘What we are doing here is taking a scientific, field-tested approach so that we can maintain positive control and respectfully care for our fallen.’ 2,400 soldiers could be buried daily using the techniques the Army practised, the force added.
参与演习的军方宗教领袖表示，在实战期间，随军牧师可能无法停下来举行墓旁仪式——尤其是当他们不知道阵亡士兵的宗教信仰时。
Faith leaders in the military who took part said that chaplains may not be able to stop for graveside services during active combat – especially if they do not know the fallen soldiers’ religion.
与其他宗教领袖讨论后，他们决定，在冲突前提前为可能的万人坑选址祈福，将有助于让家属确信他们的亲人得到了妥善安葬。本周，五角大楼还要求北约国家“淡化”有关俄罗斯威胁的言论。
After a discussion with other faith leaders, it was decided that blessing potential mass burial sites ahead of time in conflict would help assure families that their loved ones were buried with care. This week, the Pentagon also asked Nato nations to ‘tone down’ their rhetoric about threats from Russia.
据路透社报道，立陶宛、拉脱维亚和爱沙尼亚是被告知要压低声音的三个国家。
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were three of the nations told to keep their voices down, according to Reuters.
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