PRIMARY STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES

B-9. Primary staff at each echelon has responsibilities for evaluating requirements and managing linguist support. The responsibilities include but are not limited to those discussed below. In addition, each staff section is responsible for determining its linguist support required to meet operational missions.

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,G-1/S-1

B-10. The assistant chief of staff, personnel, is responsible for the following tasks:

z Identify linguist requirements needed to support G-1/S-1 functions in all contingency areas. G-1/S-1 requirements for linguist support include but are not limited to the following:

„ Coordinate with local authorities on matters of civilian hire and recordkeeping. „ Coordinate for local morale support and community activities.

„ Coordinate with local authorities for postal operations.

„ Support for administration, counseling, personal affairs, and leave for local national and third-country national personnel.

„ Liaison with multinational counterparts.

z Linguist staffing and linguist replacement management.

z Identify foreign language skill identifiers for all assigned, attached, or operational control (OPCON) Army linguists.

z Identify all Army foreign language skilled Soldiers not identified in the personnel database of record.

z Deploy and provide human resource support to Army and Department of Defense (DOD) civilian linguists.

z Provide human resource support for local national linguists.

z Procure Army foreign language support personnel for screening local labor resources.

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,G-2/S-2

B-11. The assistant chief of staff, intelligence, is responsible for the following tasks:

z Identify linguist requirements needed to support intelligence officer functions in all contingency areas. Intelligence officer requirements for linguist support include but are not limited to the following:

„ Identify category II and category III linguist requirements. „ Evaluate and/or use local maps and terrain products in operations.

„ Process for MI purposes material taken from detainees or civilian internees. „ At lower echelons, conduct Soldier surveillance and reconnaissance. „ Assess local open-source information for intelligence value.

„ Coordinate intelligence and liaison with multinational and host-nation counterparts.

z Determine, during the initial intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB), all foreign languages (spoken and written) and dialects needed for mission accomplishment.

z Collect, process, produce, and disseminate information derived from linguist sources. z Provide intelligence training for MI linguists employed in AOs.

z Coordinate for security investigations, as necessary, for local hire linguists.

z Provide support to CI screening of contracted linguists and local national labor force.

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,G-3/S-3

B-12. The assistant chief of staff, operations, is responsible for the following tasks:

z Identify linguist requirements needed to support operations officer functions in all contingency areas. Operations officer requirements for linguist support include but are not limited to the following:

„ Identify category II and category III linguist requirements.

„ Operational coordination and liaison with multinational and host-nation counterparts. „ Translate operation orders (OPORDs) and OPLANs for use by multinational counterparts.

z Consolidate unit linguistic requirements and establish priorities. z Develop linguist deployment and employment plans.

z Develop plans to train linguists and to use linguists for training the force in AO’s foreign language survival skills. In addition to global language skills, linguists must have training in specific vocabulary used in the AO; for example, terms used for military, paramilitary, civilian or terrorist organizations, and ethnic groups within the area, nomenclatures of equipment used, and other military or technical vocabulary. Training in the specific dialect used in the AO would also be beneficial.

z Assign, attach, and detach linguists and linguist teams.

z Integrate additional or replacement linguists through operational channels. z Recommend modernization and development of linguist systems and methods.

z Coordinate mobilization and demobilization of Army Reserve and Army National Guard linguist support.

z Plan linguist usage for deception operations.

z Plan linguist support for movement of enemy prisoners of war, detainees, and displaced civilians.

z Coordinate evaluation of linguist support by all staff elements.

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,G-4/S-4

B-13. The assistant chief of staff, logistics, is responsible for the following tasks:

z Identify linguist requirements needed to support G-4/S-4 functions in all contingency areas. G-4/S-4 linguist requirements for linguist support include but are not limited to the following: „ Procure local supply, maintenance, transportation, and services.

„ Coordinate logistics at air and seaports of debarkation.

„ Contract with local governments, agencies, and individuals for sites and storage. „ Contract for and hire local personnel.

z Provide logistic, supply, maintenance, and transportation support to attached linguists.

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,G-6/S-6

B-14. The assistant chief of staff, signal is responsible for the following tasks:

z Identify linguist requirements needed to support G-6/S-6 functions in all contingency areas. G-6/S-6 linguist requirements for linguist support include but are not limited to the following: „ Coordinate suitable commercial information systems and services.

„ Coordinate with multinational forces on command frequency lists.

„ Coordinate signal support interfaces with host-nation and multinational forces.

z Manage radio frequency assignments for supporting linguist elements.

z Support linguist operations with internal document reproduction, distribution, and message services.

z Integrate automation management systems of linguist units.

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,G-7/S-7

B-15. The assistant chief of staff, information engagement, is responsible for fostering and supporting mutually planned and synchronized information engagement efforts.

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,G-8/S-8

B-16. The assistant chief of staff, resource management, is responsible for the following tasks: z Acquire, manage, and distribute funds to support linguist (contractor) staffing. z Manage resources to support linguists.

z Plan, program, and develop budget. z Coordinate and support linguist accounting.

z Estimate, track, and report costs for specific operations.

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,G-9/S-9

B-17. The assistant chief of staff, civil affairs operations, is responsible for the following tasks:

z Identify linguist requirements needed to support G-9/S-9 functions in all contingency areas. G-9/S-9 linguist requirements for linguist support include but are not limited to the following: „ Determine civilian impact on military operations.

„ Minimize civilian interference with operations.

„ Recommend curfews, movement restrictions, and relocations if applicable.

„ Provide assistance to liaison with host-nation and multinational agencies, dignitaries, and authorities.

„ Promote positive community programs to win over support.

„ Support, as necessary (including interpreters), resolution of civilian claims against the U.S. Government.

„ Protect culturally significant sites through command recommendations. „ Use linguistic and cultural support to identify cultural and religious customs.

z Assist the G-1 in the administrative support to identify linguists and G-4 in the contracting of local hires (especially linguists).

z Identify foreign language requirements to support operations.

z Identify and adjust use of host-nation and other resources (such as linguists and labor) available from civil authorities.