http://armystrongstories.com Army Strong Stories is an official U.S. Army blog portal created to share personal Soldier stories. Its purpose is to promote discussion surrounding life in the military, communicate the impact of day-to-day military life and follow the paths of Soldiers enlisted in different areas of the U.S. Army as they experience new opportunities. Sat, 26 May 2012 04:05:11 GMT Sat, 26 May 2012 04:05:11 GMT http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/daniel-connery/cultural-awareness-and-the-virtual-environment/ By: <a href='http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/daniel-connery/'>Daniel Connery</a><br /> "..We must improve our cultural awareness…to inform the policy process. Our policies would benefit from this not only in Iraq, but…elsewhere, where we will have long-term strategic relationships and potential military challenges for many years to come.” -Ike Skelton, in a letter to Donald Rumsfeld, October 23, 2003 (An expert in cultural awareness speaking to a student at the Functional Area 30 Qualification Course during their two-week multi-echelon at the Battle Command Training Center....<a href="http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/daniel-connery/cultural-awareness-and-the-virtual-environment/">read more</a> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:29:00 GMT Daniel Connery http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/daniel-connery/cultural-awareness-and-the-virtual-environment/