If yesterday's schedule wasn't busy enough with the COC, Bob also decided we needed to meet the latest batch of foreign exchange students before they started their Advanced Officer Training here at the Armor Center. So we had to run home and get things ready. This can be a tricky thing with officers from all over the world. We decided it was just safer not to serve anything with pork in it, as that is off limits to so many cultures.
Yesterday we had officers from Tunisia, Romania, Bahrain, Germany, Pakistan, Australia, Jordan, and Massachusetts. Just kidding, the Major from Massachusetts is a Marine, so we count him foreign for BOTH of those things.
Some of these officers are visiting here for the first time, and their English is nominal, but I agree with Bob that this 6 month period can do a lot for improving relations, depending of course upon their experience here. We try to make them feel as welcome as we can, show them around a bit and NOT feed them pork. What more can they ask for?!
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