Soldiers learn language, culture at Ft. Drum

WRVO

Published August 1, 2005 at 7:47 AM EDT

By Matt Hackworth

FT. DRUM, N.Y. – The Army has a new plan to bridge the cultural divide between American soldiers and Iraq's civilian population. As W-R-V-O's Matt Hackworth reports, Ft. Drum has the only school in the Army that teaches Arabic language and culture to soldiers set to deploy to Iraq.

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