Introduction to Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP)

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Introduction to Cultural Understanding and
Language Proficiency (CULP)
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Objectives

• Familiarize Students with the CULP program and
  its benefits
• Access those eligible/interested in registering
  for the program and begin application process

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What is CULP?

• Culture and language Incentive Pay
• Foreign Language Scholarships
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• Study Abroad Travel Pay
• Active Duty for Professional Development Training
  in Culture and Language - OCONUS summer deployment

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Introduction to Cultural Understanding and
Language Proficiency (CULP)
Lieutenants must learn to

• fully grasp the complexity of the environment in
  which they operate
• have sufficient knowledge of geo-politics,
  culture, language, economics, and the information
  environment
• perceive and to act on opportunities within the
  scope of their units collective knowledge and
  capability to assist whit conflict resolution
  when call upon to assist

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Cultural Understanding Gap
The lack of cultural understanding

• influences the planning and execution of
  operations
• limits the effectiveness of units
• limits the effectiveness of individual leaders
  and Soldiers
• reduces the Armys overall effectiveness of
  geographic combatant commanders

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CULP Programs Now Authorized by Army Regulation
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Language Scholarships and Study Abroad

• Language Scholarships
• Awarded by Cadet Command
• Now based on Foreign Language List
• Study Abroad
• Usually for one semester in a strategic cultural
  region.
• Pays up to 6K travel if approved
  culture/language.

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Cadet Command Overseas Culture and Language
Immersion Deployments

• Cadets Selected
• Cadets apply on line
• May be Freshmen, Sophomore, or Juniors, (Mostly
  Sophomores)
• Deploy as provisional squad/platoons with Cadre
  Leaders, (O5/E8)
• Ordered to AD for 31-45 Days
• Centralized staging, SRP, Deployment (FY11 from
  Ft Knox)
• Conduct Security Cooperation events mil-mil
  training, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief
  or Service Learning Projects
• Evaluated for Leadership and cultural learning
  gain

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Deploying Cadets have several requirements

• Pre-Deployment Requirements
• Complete all requirements for Application for
  Internship including
• Written Essay
• Cultural Awareness and Language Competency
  Pre-Test.
• Completion of all Pre-deployment Training and
  Certifications (SERE-B, ISOPREP, AT LEVEL I,
  Human Rights , AOR Specific Training,
  Immunizations
• Complete the Peace Corps Cross-Cultural Workbook.
• During Deployment
• Develop a hard copy product for oral presentation
  and Cadre Leader evaluation during pre-deployment
  staging.
• Rotate through Platoon Leadership positions with
  Cadre Leader Evaluation (LDAC CER)
• After Deployment
• Receive Cadre Leadership Evaluation, and
• Conduct Self-Evaluation based on FM 6-22 Appendix
  A.
• Complete Cultural Awareness and Language
  Competency Post-Tests

NOTE Selected Cadets are notified of all
requirements and assigned to a Cadre Leader who
will supervise them in preparation and during
deployment.
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Culture and Language ImmersionCONUS/OCONUS
Deployments

• ROTC Cadets may apply for summer CULP Deployments
• Apply on line nationally Email
  CULP_at_usacc.army.mil for directions.
• Deploy to strategically important countries and
  regions.
• Voluntarily ordered to Active Duty for
  professional development training.
• Selected based on an order of merit list, OML.
  (Previous language studies for that region are an
  important criteria for selection.)
• Receive Cadet Pay if deployed more than 28 Days.
• Receive Cadet Leadership and Cultural Gain
  Evaluations.

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CULTURE AND LANGUAGE CAREER PLAN

• On the following pages you will be guided through
  a process for choosing a path toward becoming
  competent in a foreign culture and language of
  your choice.
• Why select a Region/Language for
  Life-Long-Learning?
• What you need to do NOW.

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Why select a region/culture/language for study?

• Americans who work abroad in todays business,
  governmental, or military professions are
  expected by their hosts to know the culture and
  have a level of language capability.
• The U.S. Army wants the Officer Corps of the
  future to be culturally astute and attain a
  level of competence in a foreign language.
• At the company grade (lieutenant/captain), Fires
  and Maneuver officers may need only minimal
  expertise.
• Foreign Area Officers assigned to American
  Embassies abroad will require high levels of
  culture and language competence.
• ROTC Cadets have an opportunity to get a
  jump-start on their career opportunities.

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What you need to do NOW

• To get started. Do a quick self-assessment
• (See following pages)
• Complete the CULP Career Plan which includes
• Choice of Region of focus for training.
• Choice of culture and language for training.
• Foreign Language and Cultural Studies planned for
  remainder of undergraduate program.
• Independent and self-study plans..
• Study Abroad Plans
• CULP Deployment Plans

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HOW TO GET STARTED

• Determine what your long term career goals are,
  then, set your college graduation objectives to
  lay a foundation to meet those career goals.
• During college, do you want to.
•  Gain a minimal level of the region/culture/langua
  ge in order to navigate, survive and avoid
  cultural insults while in a particular foreign
  region?
•  Work toward a functional level in order to
  negotiate in the marketplace and render cultural
  greetings and compliments?
•  Attain Regional/Cultural/Language Competence?

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 NEXT IDENTIFY YOUR LEARNING STYLE Am I ?

•  Self-motivated and learn material well
  independently?
•  Need the structure of a formal course?
•  Need daily contact with an instructor who guides
  you through the material?
•  Comfortable working through material yourself
  with the instructor as a resource for answering
  occasional questions? (Independent Study)
•  Absorb material well by hearing it or listening
  to it?
•  Need to see the material in written form before
  you can grasp it?

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  Now - Explore your options

• Determine your interest in a particular
  Region/Culture/Language
• Determinants
• Region/Culture/Language familiarity.
• Is there a particular Region/Culture/Language
  that you have a connection
•  Family/historical ties (heritage)?
•  Previous studies in high school or college?
•  Independent study or interest you already have?

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  Consider the Needs of the Army

• The U.S. Army has determined that the Officer
  Corps of the future must be culturally astute and
  possess a level of foreign language competence at
  the Company Grade, (lieutenant/Captain) level.
• As a result of this need, incentives are
  available to SROTC Cadets to non-monetary and
  monetary.

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  Are you motivated to choose a particular
Region/Culture/Language based on

• Your patriotic desire to meet the needs of your
  country?
•  Non-monetary and/or monetary incentives?
•  Career aspirations.
• Both the Armed Forces and the world of
  international commerce and business need
  professionals who are culturally astute and
  competent in a foreign language.

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  Are you interested in pursuing a particular
Region/Culture/Language in order to prepare for a
career?

• Business professional with competence in a region
  strategic to the business world?
• Military career in an occupational specialty
  requiring competence in a particular region?

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Choose a Region/Language Life-Long Learning
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US Army Cadet Command Strategic Languages
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  Final Words
Your future opportunities will be SIGNIFICANTLY
broader if you become knowledgeable of the
culture of another part of the world. You will be
an extremely valuable asset to the Army or the
business/academic world if you speak the language
of that culture. Check out the Blackboard CULP
page or Contact the Cadet Command Culture and
Language Division, CULP_at_usacc.army.mil if you
want to discuss further.
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• Individual CULP briefings
• Summary
• Questions
• Next Lesson Lesson 02b Introduction to
  Principles of War and Operations
• Read student text, Officership Track, Section 2,
  Introduction to the Principles of War, pp.
  170-183.
• Be prepared to discuss which Principles of War
  were violated in the A Shau Valley of Vietnam in
  1963 from the Critical Thinking question on p.
  181.