To Scimitar and any other students of a language:
I hope I am not out of place by posting here, but as it is about language training and resources, I thought I might be able to add an additional resource that has helped both me and fellow students alike. I am not a QP nor am I in the military, but learning a language is still learning a language so here we go..
The About.com website hosts tons of resources on not only language, but customs and culture as well. I am a Foreign Language and Communications student and it has saved me a few times (as well as my friends studies other languages such as Arabic and Mandarin).
Here are the links that may help you with your Arabic studies, as well as links to other crucial languages that one may learn to become a QP (that I know of):
Arabic
http://islam.about.com/
http://islam.about.com/od/arabiclang...c_Language.htm
Mandarin
http://mandarin.about.com/
French
http://french.about.com/
Spanish
http://spanish.about.com/
German
http://german.about.com/
This is obviously not an exhaustive list, but I just wanted to share my knowledge of an outside aid that works. As said in my title, these are
free and easily accessible online which I definitely see as a positive.
Best
Morgan