"What will I be doing?"

You will play an integral role in supporting your unit leaders as you interact and communicate with local Middle Eastern and Southwest Asian community leaders. Your primary duty will be to interpret conversations between your unit's high-ranking officers and local community leaders overseas. You will receive professional training that better prepares you to perform this responsibility and more.

After basic training and a translator and interpreter training course, you will begin using your language skills as well as your knowledge of local customs, courtesies and traditions to facilitate communications and assist in building local communities.

Specific job responsibilities will include:

• Interpreting conversations among Soldiers and members of the local community;
• Advising commanders on issues of cultural relevance during interactions with foreign officials;
• Assisting the Public Affairs Office during local media events;
• Utilizing language and cultural expertise to supporting military check points;
• Translating materials from English to the select language and vice versa; and,
• Assisting a military contracting officer with local purchases.

Contact your local recruiter for more information.