Cultural Education/Training and Situational Awareness

1. Cultural Education/Training and Situational Awareness

2. Situational Awareness Cultural Awareness Cultural Training Guest Speakers: Those from theater Arab, Afghan, Sheiks, etc Academics, scholars, professors SMEs Meals Do’s and Don’ts Customs Basic history of region Tribes, families, clans Language Religion (Sunni, Shi’a) HN military culture Education levels Social classes

3. Situational Awareness Cultural Awareness Cultural Training Guest Speakers: Those from theater Arab, Afghan, Sheiks, etc Academics, scholars, professors SMEs Meals Do’s and Don’ts Customs Basic history of region Tribes, families, clans Language Religion (Sunni, Shi’a) HN military culture Education levels Social classes

4. Situational Awareness Cultural Awareness Cultural Training Guest Speakers: Those from theater Arab, Afghan, Sheiks, etc Academics, scholars, professors SMEs Meals Do’s and Don’ts Customs Basic history of region Tribes, families, clans Language Religion (Sunni, Shi’a) HN military culture Education levels Social classes

5. Situational Awareness Cultural Awareness Cultural Training Guest Speakers: Those from theater Arab, Afghan, Sheiks, etc Academics, scholars, professors SMEs Meals Do’s and Don’ts Customs Basic history of region Tribes, families, clans Language Religion (Sunni, Shi’a) HN military culture Education levels Social classes

6. Situational Awareness Cultural Awareness Cultural Training Guest Speakers: Those from theater Arab, Afghan, Sheiks, etc Academics, scholars, professors SMEs Meals Do’s and Don’ts Customs Basic history of region Tribes, families, clans Language Religion (Sunni, Shi’a) HN military culture Education levels Social classes

7. Situational Awareness Cultural Awareness Cultural Training Guest Speakers: Those from theater Arab, Afghan, Sheiks, etc Academics, scholars, professors SMEs Meals Do’s and Don’ts Customs Basic history of region Tribes, families, clans Language Religion (Sunni, Shi’a) HN military culture Education levels Social classes

8. Situational Awareness Cultural Awareness Cultural Training Guest Speakers: Those from theater Arab, Afghan, Sheiks, etc Academics, scholars, professors SMEs Meals Do’s and Don’ts Customs Basic history of region Tribes, families, clans Language Religion (Sunni, Shi’a) HN military culture Education levels Social classes

9. Situational Awareness Cultural Awareness Cultural Training Guest Speakers: Those from theater Arab, Afghan, Sheiks, etc Academics, scholars, professors SMEs Meals Do’s and Don’ts Customs Basic history of region Tribes, families, clans Language Religion (Sunni, Shi’a) HN military culture Education levels Social classes

10. Cultural and Situational awareness must be linked to an educational base Cultural Awareness Cultural Training Guest Speakers: Those from theater Arab, Afghan, Sheiks, etc Academics, scholars, professors SMEs Meals Do’s and Don’ts Customs Basic history of region Tribes, families, clans Language Religion (Sunni, Shi’a) HN military culture Education levels Social classes Anecdotal and does not support cultural or situational awareness

11. Cultural Awareness Cultural Training Where Done? OCONUS AO Specific Situational Awareness Re-ask the same questions once in theater but about specific AO from the People, HN Partnering Security Forces, and the Enemy to gain all PERSPECTIVES Ask the same questions as below but about the Theater or Region unit is deploying CONUS Road to Deployment Cultural Training CONUS Professional Military Education or RTD prep Define and discuss the questions that make up a culture across a broad Liberal Arts base Cultural Education Cultural Education EDUCATION BASE (Humanities that shapes culture)

12. MICRO (Theater/AO Specific) MACRO (CONUS/Theater Specific) EDUCATION BASE (Humanities that shapes culture)

13. MICRO (Theater/AO Specific) MACRO (CONUS/Theater Specific) Art and Music Anthropology Comp. Relig. Geography Economics Philosophy Literature Sociology Language Rhetoric Poli Sci History EDUCATION BASE (Humanities that shapes culture)

14. Situational Awareness MICRO (Theater/AO Specific) AO Specific - locals look at Iran-Iraq War, etc MACRO (CONUS/Theater Specific) Major wars, conflicts, massacres – Iraq Examples Iran-Iraq War, Tribal Wars, British Empire Cultural Training Major wars, conflicts, massacres – US Examples Cultural Education EDUCATION BASE (Humanities that shapes culture)

15. Phase II Culturally Specific Rapport Building Skills Phase I Principles of Cross-Cultural Communication Skills Phase III Situational Awareness/Understanding Deployed into AO and Dismounted and Integrated* Mission and Force Protection* In COIN they are linked TIME Road to Deployment Cultural Competency PME STEP I – ETA Card STEP II – ETA Card STEP III – ETA Card

16. Phase II Culturally Specific Rapport Building Skills Phase I Principles of Cross-Cultural Communication Skills Phase III Situational Awareness/Understanding Deployed into AO and Dismounted and Integrated* Mission and Force Protection* In COIN they are linked TIME Expertise Road to Deployment Understanding Cultural Competency Awareness PME STEP I – ETA Card STEP II – ETA Card STEP III – ETA Card

17. Phase II Culturally Specific Rapport Building Skills Phase I Principles of Cross-Cultural Communication Skills Phase III Situational Awareness/Understanding Deployed into AO and Dismounted and Integrated* Cultural Competency 1. Expertise 2. Understanding 3. Awareness Mission and Force Protection* In COIN they are linked TIME Road to Deployment PME STEP I – ETA Card STEP II – ETA Card STEP III – ETA Card

18. Phase II Culturally Specific Rapport Building Skills Phase I Principles of Cross-Cultural Communication Skills Phase III Situational Awareness/Understanding Situational Awareness Deployed into AO and Dismounted and Integrated* Cultural Competency Cultural Competency Cultural Competency 1. Expertise 1. Expertise 1. Expertise 2. Understanding 2. Understanding 2. Understanding 3. Awareness 3. Awareness 3. Awareness Mission and Force Protection* In COIN they are linked Cultural Training TIME Road to Deployment Cultural Education PME STEP I – ETA Card STEP II – ETA Card STEP III – ETA Card

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