Whoa, who is Defense Training Systems, and why are they hiring Arabic-speaking trainers???
I don't know who they are, but they're hiring Arabic-speaking trainers to train U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton in California. They probably chose Arabic speakers because they speak Arabic.
Do you follow the news?
They are a Native-American owned company based out of Anchorage, Alaska. They provide many invaluable training services to US Soldiers preparing for deployment.
From their website
"Foreign Language Specialists (FLS) /Civilians on the Battlefield (COBs): DTS has extensive experience providing role players to support live combat and peacekeeping simulations. Our database of Arabic role players has over two thousand qualified individuals with carefully researched backgrounds. Unlike other firms that provide COBs using any available actor, DTS utilizes only authentic personnel from the intended theatre of operation."
This is just one of the services they offer that use Iraqis in role-playing training.
DLI, they speak Arabic so we don’t have to.
Great question!
Stand by...
The son of a friend just got deployed from Camp Pendleton to Iraq ... and a good part of his training was in a mock village full of Arabic-speaking Iraqis.
I'll let you take it from there.
Clearly, these courses should have been taught in freakin' Alaska!