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Language and Culture Training Plan
Attached is the extant version of our language and training plan. We were told that it was resourced and good to go, now we are told that there are issues...
Surferbeetle - thanks for the reports. We will use them to add background detail to our training scenario thereby allowing education through osmosis!
Language and Culture Training Plan: comment
RR,
Training is not my field, but regardless of that and the apparent resourcing issues the plan seems a little "dry". How about some of the options MarcT and I mentioned being aimed at the key receptive personnel in each formation? The UK Army has Muslim Imam's IIRC, how about using them to explain their faith? Are there any minority sects, e.g. Mennonites near Suffield. Or native Indians?
davidbfpo
The Taliban Generation: closer to home!
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marct
(Taken from) On a semi-related note, I was watching a documentary called
The Taliban Generation on Monday that has some interesting insights into how they are effecting culture change. It may be worth contacting CBC and seeing if you can get a copy of it, since it doesn't seem to be available online yet.
Team,
The documentary was broadcast in march 2009 here, on Channel Four, but is no longer on the Despatches website to view: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/d...ban-generation There is a very short clip: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/d...ruitment-drive
and an interview with the reporter: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/bl...anas_tali.html
Found a copy, ignore the adverts: http://www.ninjavideo.net/video/20184 Looking onwards there are other sites with it too.
For RR the production company is UK-based and has done several other Afghan documentaries: http://www.octoberfilms.co.uk/index.php Might be best to ask them for a copy?
davidbfpo