Cross-cultural competence in the U.S. military

Cross-cultural Competence in the U.S. Military is necessary for the success of military personal of many statures. This includes Comrades, "Sister Services", Allies, and Non-combatants that benefit from the training and benefit indirectly. The soldiers that are preparing for deployment have to go through specific tests that determine their competence for foreign cultures. These tests determine whether they are fit to be deployed or not.
* Comrades, who command their own unit, do not just have military personal that are "American", but they are made of many different cultures. The military has evolved over the years with cultural competence by requiring members to achieve a certain level of social competence or they will face certain consequences.<ref name="Selmeski" />
* Sister Services, is the services of other branches of the military and how they act toward certain operations. This shows the difference between the branches with their cultural competence.<ref name="Selmeski" />
* Allies are other countries that are friends of the country that would help us in the time of need or war. Without competence to the cultures, the US would not have any allies.<ref name="Selmeski" />
* Non-combatants are the civilians, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and non-military governmental actors such as diplomats. Civilians help by making a good impression on other cultures and they represent the US when they interact with people nationally and internationally.<ref name="Selmeski" />

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