Introduction to Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP)

1. Introduction to Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP)

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

3. What is CULP? • Culture and language Incentive Pay • Foreign Language Scholarships • Study Abroad Travel Pay • Active Duty for Professional Development Training in Culture and Language - OCONUS summer deployment

4. 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

5. The lack of cultural understanding; Cultural Understanding Gap • influences the planning and execution of operations • limits the effectiveness of units • limits the effectiveness of individual leaders and Soldiers • reduces the Army’s overall effectiveness of geographic combatant commanders

6. AR 350-1: 8–9. Cultural training domains(1) Pre-commissioning sources. (a) Reserve Officer Training Corps. TRADOC is responsible for a program to incentivize cultural studies. This program, pursuant to approval, may include monetary and non-monetary incentives as well as program requirements. (b) The USMA and ROTC. Cadet Troop Leader Training provides the opportunity for cadets to spend the summer with units serving outside of the continental U.S. 8–11. Language training domains The Army provides language training in three different domains: Institutional, Operational, and Self-Development. a. Institutional. (1) Pre-commissioning language training sources. (a) ROTC. TRADOC is responsible for a program to incentivize foreign language studies for ROTC based upon the requirements published in the FLL for training. This program, pursuant to approval, may include monetary and nonmonetary incentives as well as program requirements. 8–12. Language education and training documentation All language education and training certifications and validations will be documented in training records in accordance with appendix F. CULP Programs Now Authorized by Army Regulation

7. Current Programs and Initiatives On-Campus Culture and Language Programs Culture and Language Incentive Pay, (Skill Proficiency Bonus) Foreign Language Scholarships Cadet Study Abroad NSEP Project Global Officer NGCSU Total Immersion Pilot Cadet Region/Culture/Language Selection Pilot • Culture and Language Immersion • CONUS/OCONUS Deployments • Cadet Command Culture and Language Immersion Platoon Deployments • WHINSEC • FMSO – OSIRA Course • USMA Partnership • AOR ASCC/Country Team Coordination

8. CULTURE AND LANGUAGE INCENTIVE PAY - CLIP • ROTC Cadets who take one of the approved foreign languages or a related cultural study may earn $250 a credit hour up to $3,000 • Course must be reflected on your transcript with a “C” or better. • Procedures can be found in CC Pam 145-3-2

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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.

12. Culture and Language ImmersionCONUS/OCONUS Deployments • ROTC Cadets may apply for summer CULP Deployments • Apply on line nationally – Email: CULP@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.

13. 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.

14. Why select a region/culture/language for study? • Americans who work abroad in today’s 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.

15. 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

16. 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/language 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?

17. 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?

18. 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?

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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?

22. Choose a Region/Language Life-Long Learning III I V IV VI VI II REGIONS

23. US Army Cadet Command Strategic Languages • Arabic • Azerbaijani • Balinese • Bambara • Bantu • Bengali • Bosnian • Bulgarian • Burmese • Cambodian (Khmer) • Chechen • Chinese-Mandarin • Chinese-Cantonese • Chinese-Gan • Chinese-Wu • Croatian • Czech Estonian Georgian Haitian-Creole Hausa Hebrew (Modern) Hindi Hungarian Igbo Ilkano Indonesian Isizulu Japanese Javanese Kanarese Kazakh Korean Kurdish Kyrgyz Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Malaysian Mongolian Pashto Persian-Dari Persian-Farsi Persian-Afghan (Other) Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Serbian Serbo-Croatian Slovak • Slovene • Somali • Swahili • Tagalog • Tajik • Tamil • Telegu • Thai • Tibetan • Turkish • Turkmen • Ukrainian • Urdu • Uighur • Uzbek • Vietnamese • Wolof • Yoruba

24. 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@usacc.army.mil if you want to discuss further.

25. 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.