US Army Combined Arms Center Cultural Education/Training and Situational Awareness.

US Army Combined Arms Center

Cultural Education/Training

and

Situational Awareness


Cultural Training

Cultural Awareness

Do’s and Don’tsCustomsBasic history of regionTribes, families, clansLanguageReligion (Sunni, Shi’a)HN military cultureEducation levelsSocial classes

Guest Speakers:Those from theaterArab, Afghan, Sheiks, etcAcademics, scholars, professorsSMEsMeals



Cultural Training



Cultural Awareness



Cultural Training



Cultural Awareness

Anecdotaland does

not supportcultural

or situationalawareness

Cultural and Situational awarenessmust be

linked to an educational

base


Cultural Training

Cultural Awareness

Cultural Education

Where Done?

CONUSProfessional Military Education or RTD prep

CONUSRoad to Deployment

OCONUSAO

Specific

CulturalEducation

CulturalTraining

SituationalAwareness

EDUCATION BASE (Humanities that shapes culture)

Define and discuss the questions that make up a culture across a broad Liberal Arts base

Ask the same questions as below but about the Theater or Region

unit is deploying

Re-ask the same questions once in theaterbut about specific AO from the People, HN

Partnering Security Forces, and the Enemy to gain all PERSPECTIVES



MICRO (Theater/AO Specific)

MACRO (CONUS/Theater Specific)





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Major wars, conflicts, massacres – US Examples

Major wars, conflicts, massacres – Iraq Examples Iran-Iraq War, Tribal Wars, British Empire

AO Specific - locals look at Iran-Iraq War, etc

CulturalEducation

CulturalTraining

SituationalAwareness


STEP I – ETA Card STEP II – ETA Card

PME

Road toDeployment

Deployed into AO and Dismounted and Integrated*

STEP III – ETA Card

TIM

E

Phase IPrinciples of Cross-Cultural

Communication Skills

Phase IICulturally Specific

Rapport Building SkillsPhase III

Situational Awareness/Understanding

Mission and Force Protection*In COIN theyare linked

Cultural C

ompetency



PME

Road toDeployment



TIM

E




Rapport Building Skills

Phase IIISituational Awareness/Understanding


Cultural C

ompetency

Awareness

Expertise

Understanding



PME

Road toDeployment



TIM

E







Cultural Competency

3. Awareness

1. Expertise

2. Understanding



PME

Road toDeployment



TIM

E







Cultural Competency

3. Awareness

1. Expertise

2. Understanding

Cultural Competency

3. Awareness

1. Expertise

2. Understanding

Cultural Competency

3. Awareness

1. Expertise

2. Understanding

Cultural Education

Cultural Training



Questions?

US Army Combined Arms Center Cultural Education/Training and Situational Awareness.

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