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Hey black snakes Chief Hoop again , uh ,

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I'm gonna be covering the topic of

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cross cultural competence . So , uh ,

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what is cross cultural competence ?

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First of all , I want to define what

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culture is . So culture is defined as

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learned patterns of behavior , values

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and beliefs shared by a group of people .

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No one is born knowing culture or even

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what it is . Therefore , it is a

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learned thing . Behaviors are the

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everyday activities of a group of

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people and their activities on special

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occasions as opposed to individual

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actions that are rarely observed more

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than once . The beliefs beliefs are

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ideas and assumptions about the world

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that we think are true and values are

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internalized beliefs shared by a

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cultural group . So in the military ,

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why does culture and cross cultural

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competence matter to us ? Well ,

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frankly , um , in Garrison , you know ,

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when we're training here in Fort Wayne .

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Uh , we live and operate in a , in a

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certain type of culture , right ? But

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when we deploy uh or go TDY even within

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the continent of the United States we

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may be operating in a different

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cultural climate in a different

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environment and in order for us to be

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successful um we need to be able to

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understand and operate within that

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culture so . Uh , for example , we

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could go TDY down to New Orleans to ,

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uh , to fly our jets . The culture in

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New Orleans is very , very different

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than in Fort Wayne , Indiana , um , so

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you need to be aware of those things ,

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um , like , like that we could also

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with our state partnership programs ,

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uh , we've got relationships with with

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Slovakia , with the kingdom of Saudi

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Arabia . If you're operating in those

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environments , um , are you gonna be .

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an offensive American talking with your

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counterparts and maybe uh ruin

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relationships with um with our peers in

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those nations , those allies that we

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have we don't want to do that so we

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need to be aware of the cultures that

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we're operating in um it is vitally

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important , especially if yeah , if

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we're deployed to a location where we

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have coalition partners and you've got

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French forces operating out of a hut

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next to you and you've got Saudi forces

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in another hut near you . Um , are you

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offensive to them ? You shouldn't be

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because then we're not going to be

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operating on the same level , on the

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same page , and it creates friction .

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So boiling this down this whole

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training . I think it comes down to two

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things any time that you're operating

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outside of Fort Wayne , take the time

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to have an understanding , a basic

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understanding of the culture that

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you're gonna be operating in . And

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number 2 is just show respect to it .

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Um , it is vitally important that we

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understand and we respect those

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cultures that we are that are we are

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working in or the folks that we're

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working with understanding what makes

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them tick . Um , it doesn't mean that

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we have to agree with it or adapt , uh ,

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or adopt that culture . We can still be ,

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uh , we can be ourselves and still

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operate the way that we do , but we

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have to respect their culture at the

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end of the day . That's , that's what

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this , uh , training boils down to ,

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and that's what's expected of you all .

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Thanks .