The Bundeswehr German army had refused to take part in the mission.

联邦德国国防军曾拒绝参与任务。

The biggest is that the Bundeswehr is not set up for the tasks that await it.

最大问题是建立联邦国防军的初衷和等待他们完成的任务并不相符。

In the Bundeswehr, Budde embarked on what would be a very distinguished career spanning over 40 years.

在进入国防军期间，巴德开始了他跨越40年之久的出色军人职业。

In the 15 years since the end of the Cold War, the extended task spectrum of the Bundeswehr has included missions abroad.

冷战结束后15年间，联邦国防军的任务范围已经扩大为包括到国外执行任务。

In the end some 70,000 men a year are called up for a nine-month stint in the Bundeswehr. (Women are exempt from the draft.)

最后，每年征集约7000人在德国国防军中服九个月的义务兵役(妇女免服兵役)。

In the end some 70, 000 men a year are called up for a nine-month stint in the Bundeswehr. (Women are exempt from the draft.)

最后，每年征集约7000人在德国国防军中服九个月的义务兵役(妇女免服兵役)。

This new Bundeswehr posture is still too timid for Washington's taste, but too bold for many German parliamentarians and voters.

在华盛顿看来，联邦国防军的这种新姿态仍显谨慎，但对于许多德国议员和选民来说，此举已经过于冲动了。

Once, the Bundeswehr was a topic of conversation at the family table and the local bar, says Berthold Meyer of the Peace Research Institute in Frankfurt.

法兰克福和平研究所的Berthold Meyer谈到：过去，人们在家吃饭、在当地酒吧喝酒，谈话的主题都是德国国防军。

Germans respect their armed forces but a 2007 survey by the Bundeswehr found that only 42% of the population were proud of their achievements, compared with 87% of Americans.

德国人很重视本国的武装力量，但2007年德国联邦国防军的一项调查显示，只有42%的德国人为他们在军事方面所取得的成就感到骄傲，而这一数字在美国为87%。

It is likely to include a reduction in the overall size of the Bundeswehr, possibly to as few as 150,000 troops (the "extreme model", says the minister), and cutbacks in weapons purchases.

很可能整个联邦国防军的规模都被削减，大约会到达少于15万人的水平（这位部长所说的“极端模式”），同时削减的还有购买武器开支。