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Special Forces training is very hard mentally and physically. One must be in superior phyiscal condition and have a great mental attitude. Equally challenging is the academic segments of the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC). One of these academic subjects is language training. Each Special Forces operator must have a language proficiency. Language classes last from four months to over one year. Below you will find links to references, documents, publications, websites and study aids for language training.
DoDI 1340.27, Military Foreign
Language Skill Proficiency Bonuses, May 21, 2013. DoDI 5160.71,
DoD Language Testing Program,
January 26, 2009. Department of the Army,
AR 11-6 Army Foreign Language
Program, 31 Aug 2009, Washington, D.C. ( Rapid action revision issue
date: 23 August 2013). FM
3-07.1, Security Force Assistance,
1 May 2009. See Chapter 8
“Culture and Communication”, section 8-9 “Language”, page 8-2; section
10-44 “Language”, page 10-8; HQs Department of the Army,
Army Culture and Foreign Language
Strategy, Washington, D.C., December 1, 2009.
SOFTS is an online training program
for special operators. The training offers both language and cultural
training. SOFTS takes advantage of proprietary and commercial
off-the-shelf technology to deliver real-time language and culture
training to students anywhere in the world, including those who are
unable to attend traditional classes at traditional institutions. Any
Department of Defense uniformed or civilian person can apply for the
online training. Classes will only be initiated for SOF personnel, but
empty seats can be filled by other DoD personnel. Priority is given to
SOF personnel.
Transparent Language provides
support for the USSOCOM language program through the CL-150 Technology
Matrix. The program makes language students more productive during their
studies and employment of their language. Over 100 languages are
supported. Supported devices include smartphone, tablet, PC, and Mac.
Contact your language program manager for access.
Defense
Language Institute (DLI). A
website providing documents and training aids for learning a foreign
language. ILR Website.
Interagency Language Roundtable.
Ethnologue –
Languages of the World, Afghanistan Index of SIL Publications, SIL.
United Service
Organizations (USO) – Free Afghan Language Programs Language Training for Military Personnel & Families
- Transparent Language. HeadStart2 Language Training - DLIFLC Rapport. Lingnet.org offers training modules
consisting of 6 -8 hours in a target language. Covers history, religion,
geography, and basic social exchanges. Army Learning - Dynamic Immersion. Joint Language University - DoD. Free online
language training for DoD and government employees. Language training
portal. SCOLA Language Training. A non-profit educational
organization providing language resources in more than 175 native
languages. SCOLA receives and re-transmits foreign TV programming from
around the world and provides other foreign language resources, language
lessons, and learning material on their website. BBC Language Training. 25th Air Force Language Portal. Defense Language Institute FLC Student Blog Defense Language Institute FLC Facebook Canadian Forces Language School
2014
Outzen, Richard. “Language,
Culture, and Army Culture: Failing Transformation”,
Small Wars Journal, March 20, 2012. 2011 Howard, Russell D. Cultural and
Linguistic Skills Acquistion for Special Forces: Necessity,
Acceleration, and Potential Alternatives, Joint Special Operations
University, JSOU Report 11-6, December 2011. Smiley, Morgan. “Overcoming Our
Dearth of Language Skills”, Small
Wars Journal, August 23, 2011. 2010 House Armed Services Committee.
Building Language Skills and Cultural Competancies in the Military:
Bridging the Gap, U.S. House of Representatives, December 2010. 2006
1991 DoD IG
June 25, 2014. "Language Learning Software Now Free to All Military, Government Personnel". National Defense Magazine. January 25, 2013. "Beef up your education with language training". Army Times. January 12, 2013. "Smart Power: Army making cultural training a priority". CNN.com. September 10, 2012. "Army aims to use words, not weapons, with Afghans". NPR. December 6, 2011. "Army Culture and Foreign Language Strategy", Stand-To!. October 21, 2011. "Online language training now earns promotion points". Army.mil. August 25, 2011. "Lost in Translation: How the Army Wastes Linguists". Wired.com. August 24, 2011. "The Pentagon's Foreign-Language Frustrations". Time.com. July 13, 2011. "Special Forces teach language and regional studies to higher levels". DLI. April 26, 2011. "Military pushes language training". News and Observer. August 11, 2009. "U.S. Military Benefits from Language Training". DoD News. September 21, 2008. "For Military, Slow Progress in Foreign Language Push". The New York Times. April 22, 2006. "Language skills for US Special Forces". Intellibriefs.
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