IMO if most soldiers looked at dealing with the locals as they did with that pretty girl in the bar on Saturday night, they would do just fine. We try to make a good first impression, why? We want to at least get her number for future engagements, but ultimately we are trying to get her to get in "bed" with us (literally and figuatively). We pull out all the stops, put on our best display to win her over. Ultimately going into it we know we will win some and we will lose some, but do we stop trying? No. When one turns us down we continue onto the next. One must remember not to leave a bad impression on one as she will tell her friends and word will spread throughout the bar thus placing you in a semi-permissive if not hostile environment. Therefore you go home alone with no hopes of future engagements. May leave a lasting impression on people in that bar. No substitute pretty girl with anything you like and bar with town, city, unit, etc......

Does Joe need formal training? Not really he has been doing it for years, just doesn't realize it yet.