Culture & Foreign Language Program
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The Operational Environment: The Future is Today
Current United States Army doctrine
affirms the "requirement for Soldiers to possess a broad foundation
of learning to better prepare them to meet future challenges across
the spectrum of conflict." (The
U.S. Army Learning Concept for 2015,
20 January 2011).
One of these challenges is culture and language:
"The Army operates with and among other cultures, engaging adaptive enemies where indigenous populations, varying cultures, divergent politics, and wholly different religions intersect. This requires developing Soldiers who understand that the context of the problem matters and that their understanding of the non-military world of foreign societies and cultures be broadened. Soldiers and leaders need to learn general cultural skills that may be applied to any environment as well as just-in-time information that is specific to their area of operations." (Army Learning Concept, p 6)
The Army will do this as part of a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) Force—at all levels.
One of these challenges is culture and language:
"The Army operates with and among other cultures, engaging adaptive enemies where indigenous populations, varying cultures, divergent politics, and wholly different religions intersect. This requires developing Soldiers who understand that the context of the problem matters and that their understanding of the non-military world of foreign societies and cultures be broadened. Soldiers and leaders need to learn general cultural skills that may be applied to any environment as well as just-in-time information that is specific to their area of operations." (Army Learning Concept, p 6)
The Army will do this as part of a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) Force—at all levels.
Army Culture and Foreign Language and ALU
In 2007 Army leadership
directed TRADOC to develop a service-wide solution for career
continuum and pre-deployment learning about foreign cultures and
languages. The
desired end state is to "build and
sustain an Army with the right blend of language and cultural skills
to facilitate Full Spectrum Operations in the 21st
Century."
As the premier trainer and educator of Sustainment leaders, ALU and the Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE) are central to meeting that end state, through the Culture & Foreign Language Program (ALU-CFL).
Scheme of Maneuver for ALU-CFL:
As the premier trainer and educator of Sustainment leaders, ALU and the Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE) are central to meeting that end state, through the Culture & Foreign Language Program (ALU-CFL).
Scheme of Maneuver for ALU-CFL:
- Sustainment community-specific culture instruction at all ALU schools
- Collaboration with curriculum developers and Instructors
- Exercise Support
- Text and web-based culture learning tools
- Language learning opportunities maximizing Army and Joint resources
- Coordination with other Centers of Excellence to ensure common core competencies as well as skills particular to the logistics fields
- Guest speakers from area universities
- Research on sustainment-specific contributions to the Army’s culture and foreign language capabilities
Learning Resources and Doctrinal Publications
The
ALU Library
is the major university
repository for text and on-line resources dedicated to sustainment
community culture and foreign language learning, and a portal to
several Army, U.S. Government, and other resources.
The Library’s culture and language resources are meant to
serve current ALU students and instructors, alumni, and Soldiers
from throughout the Sustainment community.
The ALU-CFL Program is part of the Army-wide strategy, and is nested in the following doctrinal publications:
Go to the Library’s ALU-CFL resources
The ALU-CFL Program is part of the Army-wide strategy, and is nested in the following doctrinal publications:
- TRADOC, Operational Environment 2009-2025 (August 2009)
- The Joint Operating Environment, 2010 (USJFCOM) "Foundations of Full Spectrum Operations," in FM 3-0: Operations (June 2001)
- FM 3-07: Stability Operations (October 2008)
- FM 3-07.1: Security Force Assistance (May 2009)
- JP 3-24: Counterinsurgency Operations (October 2009)
- TP 525-8-2: The U.S. Army Learning Concept for 2015 (January 2011)
- The Army Leader Development Strategy for a 21st-Century Army (2010)
- TP 525-8-3: The U.S. Army Training Concept 2012-2020 (January 2011)
- AR 350-1: Army Training and Leader Development (December 2009)
- FM 7-0: Training for Full Spectrum Operations (December 2008)
- DoD, Theater Campaign Planning (February 2012)
- HQ, Army Culture and Foreign Language Strategy (December 2009)
- HQ CAC 11305-003, CAC Implementation of the Army Culture and Foreign Language Strategy (November 2009) CAC Required.
- HQ TRADOC 11-013, TRADOC Implementation of the Army Culture and Foreign Language Strategy (May 2011) CAC Required.
- Strategic Plan for Next Generation of Training for the Department of Defense (September 2010)
Go to the Library’s ALU-CFL resources
