Well, good afternoon. It turns out these are easier when you're talking about somebody else. At a moment like this, I think of all the times I’ve stood before our men and women in uniform. Commissioning our newest officers. Presiding over promotions. Presenting the Commander-in Chief’s Trophy to -- the best football team in the military. I will let you argue over that one. I have never taken sides. 下午好。事实证明，夸别人的时候这种演讲要容易得多。在这样的时刻，我想起了无数次我站在我们的男女军人面前的情景。为我们最新的军官授衔。主持晋升仪式。授予总司令奖杯——给军中最好的橄榄球队。这个你们自己去争吧，我从不偏不倚。
Secretary Carter, I could not be more grateful for your gracious words, but more importantly, for your outstanding leadership, across, as you noted, more than three decades and nearly all of my presidency. You have always given me, Ash, your best strategic counsel. You’ve made sure that we were investing in innovation for the long term and a strong Force of the Future. As a physicist, Ash is also one of the few people who actually understands how our defense systems work. 卡特部长，我非常感谢您诚挚的话语，但更重要的是，感谢您卓越的领导——正如您所说，三十多年来，几乎贯穿了我的整个总统任期。阿什（阿什顿·卡特，美国国防部长），您始终为我提供您最中肯的战略建议。您确保我们长期投资于创新，打造强大的"未来部队"。作为一名物理学家，阿什也是为数不多真正懂我们国防系统运作原理的人之一。
And I know that our troops and their families are immensely grateful for the compassion that you and Stephanie have shown them over the years. So to you and your family, on behalf of all of us, thank you for your outstanding service. 我知道，我们的官兵及其家属无比感激您和斯蒂芬妮这些年来对他们的关怀。因此，我谨代表我们所有人，向您和您的家人表示感谢，感谢您杰出的服务。
General Dunford, we’ve relied on you as Commandant of the Marine Corps, as our commander in Afghanistan, and now, as our nation’s highest-ranking military officer. I thank you, and General Selva and the entire Joint Chiefs for the unvarnished military advice that you’ve always provided to me, for your dedication, for your professionalism, for you integrity. Because of you, because of this team, our Armed Forces are more integrated and better prepared across domains -- a truly Joint Force. Which is why, as a White Sox fan, I can overlook the fact that you love the Red Sox. 邓福德将军，我们一直倚重您——从您担任海军陆战队司令，到担任我们驻阿富汗的指挥官，再到现在担任我国最高军衔的军官。我感谢您，感谢塞尔瓦将军和整个参谋长联席会议，感谢你们始终向我提供坦率的军事建议，感谢你们的奉献、专业和正直。因为有你们，因为有这个团队，我们的武装部队在各个领域都更加融合、准备更加充分——一支真正的联合部队。这就是为什么，作为一名白袜队球迷，我可以原谅你喜欢红袜队这件事。
Moreover, on a personal note, outside of your professional qualities, you are a good man, and I am grateful to have worked with you. And thank Ellyn for allowing you to do this. 此外，就个人而言，除了你的专业素质之外，你是一个好人，我很感激曾与你共事。也替我谢谢艾琳，谢谢你"放"你出来做这份工作。
To members of Congress; Vice President Biden -- who, along with Jill, has known the love and the pride and the sacrifice of a military family. To Deputy Secretary Work; service secretaries; distinguished guests; dedicated civilians from across the Defense Department; my national security team; most of all, our men and women in uniform. I thank you for this honor, and for the warmth and respect that you’ve always shown me, the support that you’ve shown Michelle and our daughters during these past eight years. 各位国会议员；拜登副总统——他和吉尔一道，深知军人家庭的爱、骄傲与牺牲。沃克常务副部长；各军种部长；尊敬的各位来宾；国防部全体敬业的文职人员；我的国家安全团队；最重要的是，我们的男女军人们。我感谢你们给予我的这份荣誉，感谢你们八年来始终给予我的热情与尊重，感谢你们对米歇尔和我们女儿们的支持。
And so, although I recognize that the formalities require me listening to praise directed in large part to me, I want to turn the tables -- I am still Commander-in-Chief, so I get to do what I want to do -- and I want to thank you. Of all the privileges of this office -- and there are many -- I will miss Air Force One; I will miss Marine One; but I can stand before you today and say that there has been no greater privilege, and no greater honor, than serving as the Commander-in-Chief of the greatest military in the history of the world. 所以，尽管我知道按照礼节我应该听听这些很大程度上针对我的赞美，但我想反过来——我还是总司令，所以我想干什么就干什么——我要感谢你们。在这个职位的所有特权中——特权有很多——我会怀念空军一号；我会怀念海军陆战队一号；但我今天可以站在你们面前说，没有什么比担任世界历史上最伟大军队的总司令更荣幸、更光荣的了。
When I took office, I noted that Presidents and those of you in uniform swear a similar oath -- to protect and defend this country and the Constitution that we cherish. By stepping forward and volunteering, by raising your right hand and taking that oath, each of you made a solemn pledge. You committed yourself to a life of service and of sacrifice. 我就职时曾说过，总统和你们这些穿军装的人都宣誓过同样的誓言——保护和捍卫这个国家以及我们珍视的宪法。通过挺身而出、志愿参军，通过举起右手、立下誓言，你们每个人都做出了庄严的承诺。你们将自己的一生奉献给了服务与牺牲。
And I, in turn, made a promise to you, which, to the best of my abilities, I've tried to uphold every single day since, that I would only send you into harm's way when it is absolutely necessary, with the strategy, the well-defined goals, with the equipment and the support that you needed to get the job done. Because that’s what you rightfully expect and that is what you rightfully deserve. 而我，反过来也对你们做出了一个承诺，从那以后，我每一天都在尽我所能去践行这个承诺：我只在绝对必要的时候才派你们涉险，并且配备明确的战略、清晰的目标，以及完成任务所需的装备和支持。因为这是你们理所应当期待的，也是你们理所应得的。
I made that pledge at a time when less than one percent of Americans wear the uniform. Fewer Americans know someone who serves. And as a result, a lot of Americans don’t see the sacrifices you make on our behalf. But as Commander-in-Chief, I do. I’ve seen it when I looked into the eyes of young cadets, knowing that my decisions could very well send them into harm’s way. I’ve seen it when I’ve visited the field -- at Bagram and Baghdad -- far from your families, risking your lives so that we can live ours safely and in freedom. 我做出这个承诺时，只有不到百分之一的美国人穿着军装。越来越少的美国人认识在军中服役的人。因此，很多美国人看不到你们为我们做出的牺牲。但作为总司令，我看得到。当我凝视年轻学员的眼睛时，我知道我的决定很可能会将他们送入险境。当我视察前线时——在巴格拉姆（阿富汗）和巴格达（伊拉克）——远离你们的家人，冒着生命危险，只为让我们能安全自由地生活。
And so you’ve inspired me, and I have been humbled by you consistently. And I want every American to know what I know -- through year after year after year of continuous military operations -- you have earned your place among the greatest generations. 你们激励了我，也始终让我心怀敬畏。我希望每个美国人都知道我所知道的——在年复一年的持续军事行动中，你们已经在最伟大的世代中赢得了自己的位置。
The list of accomplishments that Joe and Ash so generously mentioned, they’re because of you. It's what I tell my staff -- I'm the front man, but you're the ones doing the work. Because of you, our alliances are stronger, from Europe to the Asia Pacific. Because of you, we surged in Afghanistan, trained Afghan forces to defend their country, while bringing most of our troops home. Today our forces serve there on a more limited mission -- because we must never again allow Afghanistan to be used for a safe haven in attacks against our nation. 乔和阿什慷慨提到的那些成就，都是因为有你们。我常告诉我的幕僚——我只是前台的，你们才是真正做事的人。因为有你们，我们的同盟更加强大，从欧洲到亚太地区。因为有你们，我们在阿富汗增兵，训练阿富汗部队保卫他们的国家，同时将大部分部队撤回国内。今天我们的部队在那里执行更有限的任务——因为我们绝不能再让阿富汗成为袭击我们国家的恐怖分子的避风港。
It's because of you -- particularly our remarkable Special Forces -- that the core al Qaeda leadership that attacked us on 9/11 has been decimated. Countless terrorist leaders, including Osama bin Laden, are gone. From South Asia to Africa, we have forged partnerships to go after terrorists that threaten us. Because of you, we are leading a global coalition against ISIL. These terrorists have lost about half of their territory. They are losing their leaders. Towns and cities are being liberated. And I have no doubt this barbaric terrorist group will be destroyed -- because of you. 正是因为有你们——特别是我们杰出的特种部队——在9·11事件中袭击我们的基地组织核心领导层已被歼灭。无数恐怖分子头目，包括奥萨马·本·拉登，都已被消灭。从南亚到非洲，我们建立了伙伴关系，追捕威胁我们的恐怖分子。因为有你们，我们正在领导一个打击伊斯兰国的全球联盟。这些恐怖分子已经失去了大约一半的领土。他们的头目接连被消灭。城镇和城市正在被解放。我毫不怀疑这个残暴的恐怖组织终将被消灭——因为有你们。
You've shown that when it comes to fighting terrorism, we can be strong and we can be smart. Not by letting our forces get dragged into sectarian conflicts and civil wars, but with smart, sustainable, principled partnerships. That’s how we’ve brought most of our troops home -- nearly 180,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan down to 15,000 today. That’s how, even as we’ve suffered terrible attacks here at home, from Boston to Orlando, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland these past eight years. 你们已经证明，在打击恐怖主义方面，我们既可以强大，也可以明智。不是让我们的部队卷入教派冲突和内战，而是通过智慧、可持续、有原则的伙伴关系。这就是我们如何将大部分部队撤回国内的方式——伊拉克和阿富汗的近18万部队已减少到今天的1.5万人。这就是为什么，尽管我们在国内遭受了可怕的袭击，从波士顿到奥兰多，过去八年来没有任何外国恐怖组织成功策划并实施了针对我们本土的袭击。
Because of you, the world has seen the awesome reach of American Armed Forces. In some of the first few weeks of my job, when Somali pirates took Captain Phillips, later on, when they kidnapped Jessica Buchanan, it was you that went in and you that risked everything, and you that brought these Americans home to their families. 因为有你们，世界见证了美国武装力量的惊人力量。在我上任的最初几周，当索马里海盗劫持菲利普斯船长时，后来，当他们绑架杰西卡·布坎南时，是你们冲了进去，是你们冒着一切风险，是你们把这些美国人带回了家人身边。
The world has seen your compassion -- the help you deliver in times of crisis, from an earthquake in Haiti to the tsunami in Japan. Think of Ebola and the countless lives this Armed Forces saved in West Africa. It was you that set up the architecture and set the example for the world's response. One woman in West Africa said, “We thanked God first and then we thanked America second for caring about us.” That’s the difference you make -- you continue to make -- in the lives of people around the world. 世界也看到了你们的同情心——你们在危机时刻提供的帮助，从海地地震到日本海啸。想想埃博拉疫情，这支军队在西非挽救了无数生命。是你们搭建了架构，为世界的应对树立了榜样。西非的一位妇女说："我们先感谢上帝，然后感谢美国关心我们。"这就是你们在世界各地人民生活中所带来的改变——并且仍在继续带来的改变。
As you know well, with service comes great sacrifice. And after 15 years of war, our wounded warriors bear the scars -- both seen and unseen. In my visits to their bedsides and rehab centers, I have been in awe, watching a wounded warrior grab his walker and pull himself up and, and through excruciating pain, take a step, and then another. Or hearing troops describe how they grappled with post-traumatic stress but summoned the strength to ask for help. 你们深知，服役伴随着巨大的牺牲。经过15年的战争，我们的受伤战士们背负着可见和不可见的伤疤。在我探望他们的病床和康复中心时，我满怀敬畏——看着一位受伤的战士抓住助行器，艰难地站起身，忍受着剧痛，迈出一步，再一步。或者听到士兵们讲述他们如何与创伤后应激障碍作斗争，但最终鼓起勇气寻求帮助。
As a military and as a nation, we have to keep supporting our resilient and incredibly strong wounded warriors as they learn to walk and run and heal. As they find new ways to keep serving our nation, they need to know that we still need your incredible talents. You've given so much to America, and I know you have more to give. 作为一支军队，作为一个国家，我们必须继续支持我们坚韧不拔、无比坚强的受伤战士们，在他们学习行走、奔跑和康复的过程中。当他们找到继续为国家服务的新方式时，他们需要知道，我们仍然需要你们非凡的才能。你们已经为美国付出了这么多，我知道你们还有更多可以贡献。
And then you have not seen the depths of true love and true patriotism until you’ve been to Dover, when our troops receive our fallen heroes on their final journey home; until you have grieved with our Gold Star families who’ve given a piece of their heart to our nation -- a son or a daughter, a father or mother, a husband or wife, a brother or a sister. Every one a patriot. Every single one of these American families deserves the everlasting gratitude and support of our entire nation. 只有当你去过多佛空军基地，看到我们的部队迎接阵亡英雄走完最后一段回家的路时；只有当你与那些"金星家庭"（阵亡将士家属）一同悲痛时——他们把自己的一片心献给了国家——失去了儿子或女儿、父亲或母亲、丈夫或妻子、兄弟或姐妹——你才能见识到真爱与真正爱国主义的深度。每一位都是爱国者。每一个这样的美国家庭都值得我们整个国家永远的感激和支持。
But make no mistake, even with the challenges of recent years -- and there have been challenges-- our allies and adversaries alike understand America’s military remains, by far, the most capable fighting force on the face of the Earth. Our Army, tested by years of combat, is the best-trained and best-equipped land force on the planet. Our Navy is the largest and most lethal in the world -- on track to surpass 300 ships. Our Air Force, with its precision and reach, is unmatched. Our Marine Corps is the world’s only truly expeditionary force. Our Coast Guard is the finest in the world. 但毫无疑问，尽管近年来面临种种挑战——挑战确实不少——我们的盟友和对手都清楚，美国军队仍然是迄今为止地球上最强大的战斗力量。我们的陆军，经过多年战火的考验，是世界上训练最有素、装备最精良的地面部队。我们的海军是世界上规模最大、战斗力最强的——正朝着超过300艘舰船的目标迈进。我们的空军，凭借其精准与覆盖范围，无与伦比。我们的海军陆战队是世界上唯一真正的远征部队。我们的海岸警卫队是世界上最优秀的。
And we’re also the best because this military has come to welcome the talents of more of our fellow Americans. Service members can now serve the country they love without hiding who they are or who they love. All combat positions in our military are now open to women. And Joe Biden and I know that women are at least as strong as men. We’re stronger for it. It’s one of the reasons that our military stands apart as the most respected institution in our nation by a mile. 我们之所以最优秀，还因为这支军队越来越能够接纳更多美国同胞的才华。军人现在可以为他们热爱的国家服务，而不必隐藏自己是谁或爱谁。军队中所有战斗岗位现在都向女性开放。乔·拜登和我都知道，女性至少和男性一样强大。我们因此变得更强大。这也是为什么我们的军队作为我国最受尊敬的机构，遥遥领先于其他机构的原因之一。
The American people look up to you and your devotion to duty, and your integrity, and your sense of honor, and your commitment to each other. 美国人民敬仰你们，敬仰你们对职责的奉献、你们的正直、你们的荣誉感以及你们对彼此的承诺。
One of my proudest achievements is that I have been able to, I think, communicate through the constant partisan haze, along with so many others, how special this institution is, and the esteem in which our military is held has held steady and constant and high throughout my presidency. And I’m very grateful for that. Because you remind us that we are united as one team. At times of division, you’ve shown what it means to pull together. 我最引以为豪的成就之一，就是我认为我能够——连同其他许多人一道——在持续不断的党派纷争中，传达出这支军队的非凡之处，而在我整个总统任期内，公众对我们军队的敬意始终保持稳定、持续和崇高。我对此深表感激。因为你们提醒我们，我们作为一个团队是团结的。在分裂的时刻，你们展现了齐心协力的意义。
So my days as your Commander-in-Chief are coming to an end, and as I reflect on the challenges we have faced together and on those to come, I believe that one of the greatest tasks before our Armed Forces is to retain the high confidence that the American people rightly place in you. This is a responsibility not simply for those of you in uniform, but for those who lead you. It’s the responsibility of our entire nation. 我作为你们总司令的日子即将结束，当我反思我们共同面对的挑战以及未来的挑战时，我认为我们武装部队面临的最大任务之一，就是保持美国人民对你们的高度信任。这不仅是你们这些穿军装的人的责任，也是领导你们的人的责任。这是我们整个国家的责任。
And so we are called to remember core principles: That we must never hesitate to act when necessary to defend our nation, but we must also never rush into war -- because sending you into harm’s way should be a last and not first resort. It should be compelled by the needs of our security and not our politics. We need to remember that we must not give in to the false illusion of isolationism, because in this dangerous time, oceans alone will not protect us, and the world still seeks and needs our leadership as the one indispensable nation. 因此，我们需要铭记一些核心原则：我们在必要时必须毫不犹豫地采取行动捍卫国家，但我们也绝不能仓促开战——因为派你们涉险应该是最后的手段，而不是首要选择。它应该是出于安全需要，而非政治考量。我们需要记住，我们绝不能屈服于孤立主义的虚假幻想，因为在这个危险的时代，仅凭海洋无法保护我们，世界仍然寻求并需要我们作为不可或缺的国家发挥领导作用。
We have to remember that our military has to be prepared for the full spectrum of threats, conventional and unconventional, from 20th century-style aggression to 21st century-style cyber threats. And when we do go to war, we have to hold ourselves to high standards and do everything in our power to prevent the loss of innocent life, because that’s what we stand for. That’s what we should stand for. 我们必须记住，我们的军队必须做好应对各种威胁的准备，无论是传统威胁还是非传统威胁，从20世纪式的侵略到21世纪式的网络威胁。而当我们真的开战时，我们必须坚守高标准，尽一切努力防止无辜生命的损失，因为这是我们的立场所在。这是我们应当坚守的立场。
We have to remember that as we meet the threats of our time, we cannot sacrifice our values or our way of life -- the rule of law and openness and tolerance that defines us as Americans, that is our greatest strength and makes us a beacon to the world. We cannot sacrifice the very freedoms that we’re fighting for. 我们必须记住，在应对时代威胁的同时，我们不能牺牲我们的价值观或生活方式——法治、开放和包容，这些定义了我们作为美国人的特质，是我们最大的力量，使我们成为世界的灯塔。我们不能牺牲我们正在为之奋斗的自由本身。
And finally, in our democracy, the continued strength of our all-volunteer force also rests on something else -- a strong bond of respect and trust between those in uniform and the citizens that you protect and defend. At a time when too few Americans truly understand the realities or sacrifices of military service, at a time when many political leaders have not served, if some in the military begin to feel as though somehow they are apart from the larger society they serve those bonds can fray. 最后，在我们的民主制度中，我们这支全志愿部队的持续强大还取决于另一件事——穿军装的人与你们所保护和捍卫的公民之间尊重与信任的牢固纽带。在太少的美国人真正理解军事服役的现实或牺牲的时候，在许多政治领导人未曾服役的时候，如果军队中一些人开始觉得自己不知何故与他们所服务的更广大社会格格不入，这些纽带就可能会松弛。
As every generation learns anew, freedom is not free. And so while less than 1 percent of Americans may be fighting our wars, 100 percent of Americans can do their parts -- at the very least -- to support you and your families. Everybody can do something -- every business, every profession, every school, every community, every state -- to reach out and to give back, and to let you know that we care, to help make the lives of our troops and your families just a little bit easier. Everybody can do something. 每一代人都会重新学到，自由不是免费的。因此，虽然只有不到百分之一的美国人在为我们的国家而战，但百分之百的美国人都可以尽自己的一份力——至少——来支持你们和你们的家人。每个人都可以做些什么——每一家企业、每一个行业、每一所学校、每一个社区、每一个州——伸出援手，回馈社会，让你们知道我们在乎，让我们的部队和你们的家人生活得稍微轻松一点。每个人都可以做些什么。
And that’s why Michelle and Jill Biden have mobilized more Americans to honor and support you and your families through Joining Forces. And that’s why, even after we leave the White House, Michelle and I intend to keep on looking for ways to help rally more of our fellow citizens to be there for you, just like you’ve always been there for us. 这就是为什么米歇尔和吉尔·拜登通过"携手同行"（Joining Forces）倡议，动员了更多美国人来尊重和支持你们及你们的家人。这就是为什么，即使在我们离开白宫之后，米歇尔和我仍打算继续寻找方法，帮助动员更多同胞支持你们，就像你们一直支持我们一样。
So we can’t say it enough and we can’t show it enough. Thank you for your patriotism. Thank you for your professionalism. Thank you for your character in representing the very best of the American spirit. Our nation endures -- we live free under the red, white and blue -- because of patriots like you. 所以，千言万语也道不尽我们的感激。感谢你们的爱国主义。感谢你们的专业精神。感谢你们的品格——代表了美国精神中最美好的一面。我们的国家长存——我们在红、白、蓝旗下自由生活——正是因为有你们这样的爱国者。
It has been a privilege of a lifetime to serve with you. I have learned much from you. I’m a better man having worked with you. I’m confident that the United States and our Armed Forces will remain the greatest force for freedom and security that the world has ever known. 能与你们共事是我一生的荣幸。我从你们身上学到了很多。与你们共事让我成为了一个更好的人。我坚信，美国和我们的武装部队将继续成为世界有史以来最伟大的自由与安全力量。
God bless you and your families. 愿上帝保佑你们和你们的家人。
And God bless the United States of America. 愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。