Showing posts with label Restrepo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Restrepo. Show all posts

Saturday, October 2, 2010

"Failure to Communicate" - How Interpreters Can Help or Hurt the Military's Efforts

Neil Shea has wrote an excellent article about the use of interpreters in Afghanistan.  He states that the interpreters are not properly screened, are sometimes not motivated, and that military NCOs and Officers are not properly trained to use interpreters.  Read more in "Failure to Communicate", Foreign Policy, August 23, 2010.