Culture and Language Survey: Ground Combat Arms Responses

Abstract

In a CAOCL survey of 2406 Marines conducted in February 2010, ground combat arms respondents reported that they interacted more frequently with the local population than those in combat support while in theater. While both ground combat arms (GCA) and combat support (CS) respondents valued culture and language, GCA respondents used cultural and language capabilities more often in theater and placed higher value on these capabilities. Both officer and enlisted GCA respondents reported equally the frequency of interactions with the local population as well as the need for cultural capabilities. In sum, the survey data indicate that cultural and language capabilities are essential components of mission success for both officer and enlisted ground combat arms Marines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 04, 2012
Accession Number
AD1062153

Entities

People

  • Basma Maki
  • Erika Tazi
  • Paula Holmes-eber
  • Wendy Chambers

Organizations

  • Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Support
  • Deployment
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Foreign Languages
  • Language
  • Learning
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Occupational Specialties
  • Military Science
  • Surveys
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

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  • Systems Analysis and Design