Being culturally aware of the country you may operate in during wartime plays a vital role in your success and victory over the enemy. Could China become the next world leader? If we as leaders fail to prepare the future Soldiers of the US Army for the cultural change they may experience, then we as leaders have failed ourselves, the Corp, and put America at risk. Teaching the future Soldiers on cultural awareness makes our force stronger and possibility reduces deaths.
Cultural awareness is defined to me as teaching individuals on a certain place they have never encountered before to help them gain knowledge on the culture they are about to stumble upon. Cultural Awareness is defined as “the foundation of communication and it involves the ability of standing back from ourselves and becoming aware of our cultural values, beliefs and perceptions” by (Stephanie Quappe and Giovanna Cantatore 1). I believe that all individuals the military to be more precise need to ensure they receive cultural awareness training prior to deploying to a new operating environment, so Soldiers may fight the war for which they deployed and not start the arise of a new war simply for being uninformed. Making cultural awareness training important in your unit will help to deter from disrespecting the population, religion, and tradition for the country you may be operating in ensuring overall mission success. By being, informed Soldiers gain the respect of the countries civilization they are presiding in making Soldiers deployments safer and more effective.
China’s population contains 1,354,040,000 billion citizens today; of that, 1.3 billion there are 699 million males and 650 million females (“China Rises” 2). In 1980, China had the largest m...
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...itizens qualifying for service. By China requiring a service obligation, it has produced, a large military force ranging in the millions for active personnel. China is currently not engaged in any conflicts, and seeking peace only dealing with internal disputes, or is a current threat to the US. Continuing to be cultural aware and informed on up to date information always helps.
The cultural awareness facts that I have stated about the country of China only in a minimal span will help in future battles should they arise with this country. China one day may become the next world leader if we as future leaders continue to be oblivious to the countries and their internal assets that surround us. We as leaders need to ensure that we give information and knowledge on all possible threats the United States may be in conflicts with for the near and foreseeable future.
that has influenced their decisions that they have made in life. Cultural is usually taught and developed from birth up until our early adult years and sometimes we still learn something new about our cultural when we are older as well. Throughout this paper I will uncover and explore the awareness and views I have within in my culture and conclude by stating how it can make practicing counseling a challenge in certain aspects. Culture is the substance of who we essentially are in life. It identifies
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