Special Operations Forces Language and Culture Needs Assessment: Mission-Specific Use of Interpreters

The ability to communicate is important to SOF mission success both inside and outside their area of responsibility (AOR). Although language training is provided to many SOF operators to develop organic language capability on SOF tactical elements, they often deploy before optimum proficiency can be...

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Main Authors: Brandt, Lauren M, Deane, Amanda, Poncheri Harman, Reanna, Nelson, Kathryn, Phillips, Nathaniel, Olin, Jack, Surface, Eric, Ward, Stephen, Watson, Aaron
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
DEPLOYMENT
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
INTERPRETER USAGE
INTERPRETERS
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
LCNA(LANGUAGE AND CULTURE NEEDS ASSESSMENT)
Linguistics
Military Forces and Organizations
MISSION-SPECIFIC USAGE
MISSIONS
PROFICIENCY
SOF(SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES)
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
TRANSLATORS
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Summary:The ability to communicate is important to SOF mission success both inside and outside their area of responsibility (AOR). Although language training is provided to many SOF operators to develop organic language capability on SOF tactical elements, they often deploy before optimum proficiency can be fully achieved or deploy outside their assigned AOR to locations where their trained language is not used. To compensate for a lack of mission-relevant language proficiency, SOF operators often use interpreters. This report describes the current reality of interpreter dependence and the impact of this dependence on missions from the perspectives of SOF operators.