Quote Originally Posted by HumanCOGRachel View Post
"In November 2011, the US Army selected Applied Memetics LLC to launch their latest pre-deployment training program: a four-day course training 4th BCT 82D Airborne Infantry soldiers critical social networking skills so that sergeants and lieutenants alike can effectively interact and engage with tribal groups in Afghanistan.
I seriously wonder what they do with those 4 days. Better than nothing, certainly, but the idea of trying to teach people to "effectively interact and engage with tribal groups" in that time span seems an uphill climb at best. Are they really trying to change practices in the field, or do they want to be able to point at an effort and say something was done?