<p>I am having trouble buying into the foreign language bit. The culture studies, yes, but the language no. With these, we are still fighting the last war. I can now see the young 1st LT in 7 years standing in the middle of a Philippine jungle questioning the value of his Arabic major.</p>
<p>DOD has a great school, the Defense Language Institute. The Army should use it. The half life of fluent language conversation has got to be only a few years. What one would learn at the Academy, unless practiced, would be useless by a second tour.</p>
<p>Keep taking the courses that build a foundation. The technology will continue to be an issue. Augment the curriculum with international studies, etc. but basically keep things the same.</p>