Posted on Feb 2, 2017

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LTC Eric Udouj

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The Journal of Culture, Language and International Security Winter 2017 edition. Recommend taking a look at the stability article in this.
"This essay will explore some unexpected (or at least unarticulated) benefits of bi- and multilingualism in conducting military operations. While applicable across a range of circumstances, I shall highlight peacekeeping and stabilization operations and draw heavily on personal experience and observations to do so."

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Having recently traveled to Indonesia for leisure vs work related - being able to speak Bahasa Indonesia and having a decent understanding of their culture, paid dividends when I was traveling around Bali, Yogyakarta and Jakarta for about two weeks. I could only imagine had I been fortunate enough to go there for a work related trip and how the language skill and cultural awareness would have assisted with whatever objectives or goals I was trying to achieve.

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CPT Johnson - one of my long time buddies is a Bahasa speaker and never got to deploy for a mission near there after his team time. lol I found that travel around an area is the best way to learn and appreciate culture and history and to find the locals who will bring it to life for you. Flying out to SE Asia tomorrow for a couple weeks for that very reason... its one thing to study a place - its another to be a lifelong student in understanding it.

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