Accession Number:

AD1062117

Title:

Overall CAOCL Survey II Findings: The Values and Use of Culture by Type of Deployment

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

CENTER FOR ADVANCED OPERATIONAL AND CULTURAL TRAINING QUANTICO VA QUANTICO United States

Personal Author(s):

• Chambers,Wendy
• Maki,Basma

Report Date:

2013-07-09

Pagination or Media Count:

91.0

Abstract:

Over a thousand Marines participated in an online survey about their value and use of foreign engagement, interpreters, cultural skills, and cultural resources on various deployments, to include several open-ended questions. For the majority of the survey, Marines responded to questions based on their deployments to Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, or a deployment other than those operations. Overall, independent of type of deployment, Marines strongly endorsed the value of culture for their deployments across a variety of skills, knowledge, and engagements but also offered suggestions for improving the use of cultural knowledge, skills, and training in their narrative responses.

Descriptors:

• military training
• military personnel
• surveys
• statistical tests
• personnel management
• humanitarian assistance
• iraqi war
• data set
• afghanistan conflict
• training
• military operations
• joint military activities
• cultural resources
• education
• combat operations
• counterinsurgency

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Sociology and Law

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE