10月5日，近五千名徒步方隊受閱官兵在出色完成國慶大典閱兵任務后，悄無聲息地離開了沙河閱兵村。據悉，裝備方隊也通過各種交通方式陸續踏上了歸途。所有受閱部隊將于10月10日回撤完畢。

為盡量減少部隊機動給首都交通和市民出行帶來影響，閱兵官兵都把回撤時間安排在深夜和清晨。

請看新華社報道：

Ground forces that participated in the massive military parade on the 60th founding anniversary of New China started Monday to leave their drill camps on the outskirts of Beijing.

The ground troops consisting of more than 10,000 service men from the three armed forces -- army, navy and air force, were scheduled to depart their camps before October 10, according to the commanding center that orchestrated the national day military parade.

報道中的drill camp指的是“閱兵村”，即參加國慶六十周年閱兵大典的軍隊進行為期五個月的訓練的地方。Drill有“訓練”、“操練”、“軍事訓練”之意，如drill soldiers day and night（日夜練兵）；drill pupils in grammar（經反復訓練使學生完全掌握語法）。