Intercultural Competency at the Geographic Combatant Command Level
Abstract
There has been a failure to incorporate available intercultural competency assets at the GCC level to leverage existing cultural expertise: Foreign Area Officers (FAOs), DoD Academic Teams and foreign Embassy Country Teams. Under the Defense Language Transformation Roadmap (dated January 2005), the Department of Defense has identified the requirement for intercultural competency to improve both coalition relations and operations within foreign countries. The Defense Foreign Language Steering Committee (DFLSC) has specifically identified foreign language speaking Department of Defense (DoD) personnel, but have not successfully improved the intercultural competencies of GCCs. The sheer number of personnel involved in contingency operations around the world that work closely with coalition forces makes it impossible to ensure intercultural competency for each individual. The solution is that key personnel, leaders and planners, can achieve a superior cultural awareness and better leverage the expert cultural assets available to incorporate those necessary skills into Operational Plans (OPLANs) that will then have a trickle effect for intercultural competency throughout a regional force.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 04, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA546271
Entities
People
- James P. Pete
Organizations
- Naval War College