Maneuver Center of Excellence Libraries
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Cultural Awareness & Language Resources

ARMY CULTURE AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM

Army Culture and Foreign Language Program - (AKO/CAC Login Required) - Information is produced by the Maneuver Center of Excellence Directorate of Training & Doctrine Command (DOTD)

E-book: "GTA 21-03-11 September 2011 - Culture Cards: Afghanistan & Islamic Culture"

E-book: "GTA 21-03-12 June 2012 - Negotiations"

Other cultural related graphic training aid (GTA) publications can be found at the Army Publications Web site at: www.apd.army.mil. Click on Publications->Doctrinal and Training Publications->Graphic Training Aids.

TRADOC CULTURE CENTER

TRADOC Culture Center - (CAC Access Required)  - TCC provides relevant and accrediated cultural competency training and education to Soldiers and DA Civilian in order to build and sustain an Army with the right blend of cultural competency capabilities to facilitate a wide range of operations, now and in the future.

This site provides a wealth of cultural information to include Smart Books and Cards on various cultures from Afghanistan to Yemen, and under the "Articles" tab: Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, Recommended Reading Lists for Regional Areas, and Student Readers on various topics.

LANGUAGE RESOURCES

MCoE Libraries OneClickdigital Recorded Books offers 83 Pimsleur Complete and Short Language Courses to include the following: Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (eastern), Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Czech, Dari, Dutch, Farsi, German, Greek, Haitian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Ojibwe, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese.

CLICK HERE! To access. In the "Quick Search" box type in Pimsleur to see the course language titles. To register the access code is: mcoe.

Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

CLICK HERE! Language Resources

Transparent Languages

CLICK HERE! Transparent Languages Online - Provided by the Army Library Program, FMWR Command. This comprehensive language-learning program includes 48 languages and English as a second language. Accessible from iPhone and Android devices. Library registration is required. Call 706-545-5661 or 706-626-8663 for assistance.

Links to country/cultural information

BBC News Country Profiles

CIA World Factbook

Cultural Awareness Resources (AKO login in required to access)

Defense Language Institute Field Modules - Click on "Choose a Country" tab at top right"

Department of the Army Intelligence Information Services

Library of Congress Researchers Country Studies

MERLN - National Defense University

Cultural Awareness and the Military Bibliography - Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL

National Geographic

Program for Culture & Conflict - NPS

Socio-Cultural and Language Resources - Air University

The Culture and Conflict Review

The World Bank, Countries & Regions

TRADOC Culture Center - Culture Smart Cards - (CAC access only)

U.S. Department of State Background Notes