AFCLC’s Ready Airman Training (RAT) portfolio consists of three primary programs. These include the development and maintenance of Expeditionary Culture Field Guides (ECFGs), the Pre-Deployment/Pre-Assignment Acculturation Course (PACs), and Computer-based Ready Airman Training (RAT) Courses.
- ECFGs contain essential cultural elements pertaining to the cross-cultural environment – from individual verbal and nonverbal interactions, to general knowledge about applicable past diplomatic and military engagements.
- PAC provides formal, tailored cultural/region/language instruction to Air Force general officers (GOs), Colonels, and Chief Master Sergeants being assigned to command and staff assignments in culturally complex locations where the Airman will interact frequently with host national counterparts.
- RAT Courses are designed to equip Airmen with basic skills which will help them operate more effectively in foreign cultures, particularly combat zones.
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