R 192105Z NOV 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 652/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG TECOM QUANTICO/XX//
SUBJ/ESTABLISHMENT OF FULL-TIME LANGUAGE TRAINING DETACHMENTS FOR CAMP LEJEUNE AND CAMP PENDLETON//
REF/A/DOC/DIR CAOCL//
POC/J. D. SINICROPE/LTCOL/CAOCL PLANS AND POLICY/
JOSEPH.SINICROPE(AT)USMC.MIL/TEL: COMM (703) 432-1752//
AMPN/REF A IS THE SUPPORT MEMO FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF LANGUAGE TRAINING DETACHMENTS AT CAMP LEJEUNE AND CAMP PENDLETON.//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN IS TO ANNOUNCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LANGUAGE TRAINING DETACHMENTS (LTD) AT CAMP LEJEUNE AND CAMP PENDLETON. THESE LTDS HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED TO PROVIDE PASHTO AND DARI LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN SUPPORT OF OEF PTP LANGUAGE TRAINING GUIDANCE OUTLINED BY SENIOR LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND MARINE CORPS. 
2.  BACKGROUND IN RESPONSE TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MARINE CORPS, AND THEATER-LEVEL SENIOR LEADERSHIP GUIDANCE ON OEF PTP LANGUAGE TRAINING, THE MARINE CORPS AND DLI ESTABLISHED LTDS AT CAMP LEJEUNE AND PENDLETON. THE DESIRED GOAL IS TO ENSURE THE PROPER RESOURCES AND CAPABILITY ARE IN PLACE TO MEET OEF PTP LANGUAGE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AS ARTICULATED BY THE OPERATING FORCES. THE CURRICULUM IS CENTERED ON ADDRESSING THE FOUR PRIMARY COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENHANCING LANGUAGE/COMMUNICATION SKILLS AS OUTLINED IN THE NAVMC 3500.65, OPERATIONAL CULTURE AND LEARNING TRAINING AND READINESS MANUAL. THE DESIRED END STATE IS TO MAKE THE UNIT MORE ADEPT AND CAPABLE AT COMMUNICATING AND INTERACTING WITH INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS/PARNTERING WITH NATIONAL FORCES ON A BASIC LEVEL AND INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS IN PEFORMING THEIR CORE MISSION SETS. THE INCREASED CAPABILITY PROVIDED BY THE LTD HAS ALLOWED CAOCL TO DEVELOP TWO NEW OEF PTP LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAMS (ADVANCED AND INTERMEDIATE PACKAGES) THAT, WHEN EXECUTE, PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED LANGUAGE/COMMUNICATION ABILITY FOR THE UNIT AND MEETS THE TRAINING GUIDANCE OUTLINED BY USMC LEADERSHIP.
3.  CAMP LEJEUNE LTD: THE CAMP LEJEUNE LTD BECAME FOC ON 1 NOVEMBER 2010 AND UTILIZES THE NEWLY COMPLETED, STATE OF THE ART, CAOCL LANGUAGE LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER (LLRC) COLOCATED WITH THE II MEF SIMULATION CENTER AS AN INSTRUCTION PLATFORM. UNIT SCHEDULING FOR THE INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED LANGUAGE PACKAGES EXECUTED BY THE LTD CAN BE ARRANGED WITH THE CAOCL OPERATIONS SECTION (MR RASHED QAWASMI, CURRENT OPSO, RASHED.QAWASMI(AT)USMC.MIL, 703-432-1724) AND/OR THE CAOCL II MEF LNO, MR STEVE WILSON, 910-750-1145, SWILSON(AT)PROSOL1.COM.
4.  CAMP PENDLETON LTD: THE CAMP PENDLETON LTD IS SCHEDULED TO BE FOC ON 22 NOVEMBER 2010, AND PROVIDES THE SAME CAPABILITY AS THE CAMP LEJEUNE LTD. DUE TO THE GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION OF CAMP PENDLETON, TRAINING FOR THE ADVANCED AND INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE PACKAGES CAN BE EXECUTED AT ANY OF CAOCL'S LLRCS TO FACILITATE UNIT ACCESS, THOUGH THE PRIMARY SITE WILL BE THE DEL MAR LLRC. OTHER SITES INCLUDE HORNO, LAS FLORES, LAS PULGAS AND MARGARITA. UNIT SCHEDULING FOR THE INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED LANGUAGE PACKAGES EXECUTED BY THE LTD CAN BE ARRANGED WITH THE CAOCL OPERATIONS SECTION (MR RASHED QAWASMI, CURRENT OPSO, RASHED.QAWASMI(AT)USMC.MIL, 703-432-1724) AND/OR THE CAOCL I MEF LNO,MR DAVE HARLAN, DHARLAN(AT)PROSOL1.COM.
5.  CAOCL PTP LANGUAGE PACKAGES: IN ORDER TO MEET EMERGING LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS AND SATISFACTORILY ADDRESS SENIOR LEADERSHIP GUIDANCE AS IT PERTAINS TO LANGUAGE TRAINING, CAOCL HAS ESTABLISHED THREE (3) LANGUAGE PROGRAMS ISO PTP.  THESE PROGRAMS WERE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE COMMANDERS A SCALABLE LANGUAGE CAPABILITY BASED ON UNIT COMMANDER's MISSION ANALYSIS, AND DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM SELECTED AND THE TIME COMMITTED TO TRAINING, PRODUCE THE DEFINED LANGUAGE CAPABILITY AS OUTLINED BELOW.
A.  ADVANCED LANGUAGE PACKAGE: THE END STATE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PRODUCE RELATIVE MASTERY (APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT RETENTION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION) OF 600 WORDS AND PHRASES ACROSS ALL 13X PERFORMANCE/MISSION AREAS OUTLINED IN THE USMC CULTURE TR MANUAL. FOCUS IS ON SPEAKING, WITH A 0 POSITIVE TO 1 LIKE CAPABILITY IN THE "MILITARY DOMAIN" THAT EMPHASIZES GIVING THE MARINE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE A MESSAGE ASSOCIATED WITH A MISSION TO THE LOCAL POPULACE. RAPPORT BUILDING SEGMENT INCORPORATES A LITTLE MORE EMPHASIS ON BASIC TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION IN THAT PARTICULAR DOMAIN. THE ADVACED PROGRAM INTEGRATES OTHER COMPONENTS OF COMMUNICATION SUCH AS NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION, USE OF AN INTERPRETER, AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE TR MANUAL. IT ACHIEVES COMPLETE CULTURE TR MANUAL STANDARD FOR LANGUAGE/COMMUNICATION. EACH MARINE WILL RECEIVE 160 HOURS OF LIVE INSTRUCTION BY CAOCL INSTRUCTORS UTILIZING CAOCL CURRICULUM.  THIS IS AUGMENTED BY A MINIMUM OF 72 HOURS OF SELF STUDY VIA LANGUAGE SOFTWARE. 
B.  INTERMEDIATE PACKAGE: THE END STATE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PRODUCE RELATIVE MASTERY (APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT RETENTION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION) OF 200 WORDS AND PHRASES ACROSS 4 X PERFORMANCE/MISSION AREAS OUTLINED IN THE USMC CULTURE TR MANUAL (1. EMPLOY APPROPRIATE GREETINGS AND PLEASANTRIES, 2. EMPLOY APPROPRIATE QUESTION WORDS, 3. EMPLOY APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTIVE TERMS FOR COLORS, CLOTHING, AND VEHICLES, 4. EMPLOY APPROPRIATE TERMS FOR DIRECTIONS AND LOCATIONS). FOCUS IS ON SPEAKING, WITH A 0 POSITIVE TO 1 LIKE CAPABILITY IN THE SPECIFIC AREAS OUTLINED IN PARENTHESIS.  RAPPORT BUILDING SEGMENT INCORPORATES A LITTLE MORE EMPHASIS ON BASIC TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION IN THAT PARTICULAR DOMAIN.  THE INTERMEDIATE PROGRAM INTEGRATES OTHER COMPONENTS OF COMMUNICATION SUCH AS NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION, USE OF AN INTERPRETER, AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE TR MANUAL. THIS PROGRAM PARTIALLY ACHIEVES CULTURE TR MANUAL STANDARDS FOR LANGUAGE/COMMUNICATION. EACH MARINE WILL RECEIVE 80 HOURS OF LIVE INSTRUCTION BY CAOCL INSTRUCTORS AND LTD UTILIZING CAOCL CURRICULUM. THIS IS AUGMENTED BY A MINIMUM OF 72 HOURS OF SELF STUDY VIA LANGUAGE SOFTWARE.
C.  BASIC PACKAGE: THIS HAS BEEN THE STANDARD CAOCL PACKAGE PROVIDED ISO PTP TO DATE, BUT FALLS SHORT OF MEETING THE NEW TRAINING GUIDANCE ISSUED BY SENIOR LEADERSHIP. THE END STATE IS TO PRODUCE RELATIVE MASTERY (APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT RETENTION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION) OF ROUGHLY 50 WORDS AND PHRASES, PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON VERY BASIC RAPPORT BUILDING AND SURVIVAL PHRASES. THE BASIC PACKAGE WILL PRODUCE MINIMAL OPERATIONAL LANGUAGE CAPABILITY OTHER THAN ROTE MEMORIZATION IN GREETINGS AND PLEASANTRIES. ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION IS PROVIDED ON OTHER COMPONENTS OF COMMUNICATION SUCH AS NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION, USE OF AN INTERPRETER, AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE TR MANUAL. OVERALL COURSE LENGTH IS APPROXIMATELY 40 HOURS OF LIVE INSTRUCTION, COMPLIMENTED WITH 100 HOURS OF SELF STUDY VIA LANGUAGE SOFTWARE.
6.  PRIMARY POC FOR THIS EFFORT IS LTCOL JOSEPH SINICROPE, CAOCL PLANS AND POLICY OFFICER, JOSEPH.SINICROPE(AT)USMC.MIL.
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN RAYMOND C. FOX, COMMANDING GENERAL, TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND.//