We also ought to bring back (it may be in use, but I haven't heard much about it) the Nam era "Kit Carson" concept. A 'native' Iraqi or Afghan soldier would be given a DLI type course in English and then assigned to each rifle squad.Can't speak for Iraq / Afghanistan, but in Bosnia, EVERY single patrol that went out had a native Bosnian interpreter. I had 14 interpreters assigned to my company, IIRC.