This is one of the most well known political slogans here in China. It's really worth seeing a lot of Chinese elementary school students marching and shouting this slogan.

In China, soldiers have a very endearing image rather than austere. You feel they are one of your friends or family. One of the reasons is that in time of peace, one of the military's primary duties is domestic disaster relief. The Sichuan earthquake is a great example. It's quaint that soldiers are commonly referred to as 'the most lovely people'/最可爱的人/zui4 ke3 ai4 de ren2. Sounds like what you'd normally say of a baby.

People in Taiwan and in most other countries will not agree to this.

For the first time ever I want to stroke Patricia.  She looks so concerned.  Is it the 锻炼身体?  Tell her Army Day coincides with the national day of Switzerland. Sometimes even the smallest, most pathetic life-forms are given a chance for survival. 

Here is a self-produced slogan for my chubby dog. It seems to me that she doesn't like it very much, though.

锻炼减肥，卫生健康！
duan4 lian4 jian3 fei2, wei4 sheng1 jian4 kang1

@poopzilla Ever watched certain TV dramas or action movies? This vocab does appear.

我是德国人，我不想战争。