Defense Critical Language/Culture Workshop
October 20, 21, 22, 2009
TITLE: Redefining Defense Critical Language/Culture Requirements: New Programs, Procedures and Partnerships
OBJECTIVE: Discussion of DoD/USG needs (studies/reports from returning soldiers, recent Combat veterans report etc), curriculum planning
Description of what exists
Brainstorming – How best to bring it all together – getting the programs to the soldiers and soldiers to programs
VENUE: Defense Critical Language/Culture Training Center
2675 Palmer Street – Second Floor Missoula, Montana 59808
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Tuesday – Oct 20 Arrive Missoula, check in at hotel
DAY One
8:30 OPENING ---Welcome, Introduction and Overview
8:45 Mr. Britt Damon -- TRADOC “ Helping the Command Determine What They Need to Know and What They Don’t Know They Need to Know”
9:45 BREAK
10:00 Captain Ian Garvey --- USMC “A Boots --on—the—Ground Perspective of a Counterinsurgency Warrior in Iraq”
10:30 Dr. Kim Metcalfe/Ms. Linda Roan – Fort Leavenworth --- “Perspective Taking in Contemporary Operations” and “Cross-Cultural Teaching Strategies for Military Personnel”
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Mr. George Dallas – CAOCL – USMC Critical Culture Course Requirements from the USMC Perspective
2:00 Lt. Col. Scott Smith – Us Army -- “ A Boots-on-the-Ground Perspective of a Counterinsurgency Warrior in Afghanistan”
2:30 Break
2:45 PANEL -- “Perspective on What the American Military Should Know Culturally and Operationally about Working with Translators in Iraq and in Afghanistan” “Boots on the Ground –Working with Interpreters”
– Sgt. Samuel Redfern - USArmy “ View from the Translators’/Interpreters’ Side”
– Lilly Mattis – Iraqi Interpreter
- Shakib Rajaieean -- Afghan Interpreter
4:15 Lt. Col. Robert Lucius --- DLI -- “DLI FLC Support to the Lifelong Language Learner”
5:30 Depart for Hotel/Dinner
DAY Two
8:30 Mr. William Stewart – US Department of State—“The Advantages of Knowing the Language and Understanding the Culture”
9:30 Dr. Gayle Watkins, West Point -- “ Preparing Cadets for the Cross-Culture World of Deployed Junior Officers”
10:30 Mr.Michael Metrinko U.S. POLAD Afghanistan–“ Dealing with Senior Foreign Officials in the Islamic World”
10:45 BREAK
11:00 Mansfield Center DCL/C – INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS – designed to generate feedback and lead into the brain storming session
OVERVIEW of courses developed to date
HOW WE FRAME our training
30 minutes each
11:00 Dr. Nourreddine Jebnoun, Arab and Islamic Culture: “The Concept of Jihad in Islam”
11:30 Mr. Mohamed el-Aasar, Arabic Language: “Survival Arabic Language Course”
12:00 Dr. Hsiao-lan Roberts and Dr. Philip Williams, Chinese Language: “Fast Start” and “Distance Learning”
12:30 Mr. Owen Sirrs, Afghan Culture: “Training Experience 2009”
1:00 LUNCH
1:00 Workshop participants will break for a catered working lunch to begin the brainstorming session
1:30 BRAINSTORMING
Having heard the requirements and become aware of the programs developed – where do we go from here?
- How do we get the necessary information from academia to DoD?
- What other programs/ courses would be helpful?
4:00 Depart for Hotel
Dinner on your own
Departures
In the 21st century, military strength will be measured not only by the weapons our troops carry, but by the languages they speak and the cultures they understand.
--President Barack Obama