[WarriorDiplomat]

Originally Posted by GreenSalsa

My take is a little different.

I am thinking that we (US Army) have failed to systematically recruit, manage, and place these people.

We have SF recruiters--why aren't we using them to recruit languages and ethnicities we need and get them into the Army?

We have SF drills, why aren't we using them to spot, assess, and identify personnel with promising skills and get them into ARSOF?

We assign MAVNIs to SOF and rarely have NCOs that recognize, mentor, or mold them in the manner we need. From my experience, a lot of MAAVNIs do require more attention than the average recruit, but that said, they are adjusting to life in America which is significantly different from where they grew up. I am NOT suggesting two standards, but I am suggesting we do pay them a close look and manage them with an eye for the future.

Finally, success isn't necessarily a SFQC graduation. There are plenty of ARSOF units that can use them and if we are really smart, we just might want to keep some of these guys in non threatening MOSs.

I personally know of a MAVNI supply SGT who was used in a very sensitive mission where he was able to monitor three separate conversations while only admitting to speaking two dialects. VERY useful for several people conducting some fairly delicate talking in an awkward location and dismissed him because he was ONLY a supply SGT.

I think there is a lot of gold out there...

We cannot forget the past

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Mohamed

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/12/wo...f-somalia.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Fort_Hood_shooting