Published: November 14, 2009
PHOTOS: Troops Get Culture Shock Before Deploying to Afghanistan
A servicemember scoops her food onto the bread in a manner customary to Middle East countries. As troops with the Provincial Reconstruction Teams at Camp Atterbury prepare to deploy to Afghanistan they were served up some new manners for meal time, to include not using utensils to eat their food. The PRTs participated in the luncheon as part of their cultural awareness training Saturday Nov. 14 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by T.D. Jackson)
Women take their meals in a separate room from men during this traditional Afghan luncheon coordinated by the 189th Infantry Brigade here through Indiana University. Troops with the Provincial Reconstruction Teams participated in the luncheon as part of their cultural awareness training Saturday Nov. 14 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by T.D. Jackson)
As part of their cultural awareness training, troops with the Provincial Reconstruction Teams line up to begin feasting on traditional Afghan dishes of rice, chicken kebabs and Afghan desserts during a traditional Afghan luncheon Saturday Nov. 14 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by T.D. Jackson)
Rice is scooped into a dish for Soldiers to sample "palau," a traditional Afghan rice dish during a traditional Afghan luncheon Saturday Nov. 14 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. Troops with the Provincial Reconstruction Teams participated in the luncheon as part of their cultural awareness training. (U.S. Army photo by T.D. Jackson)
Male Soldiers eat separately from their female counterparts during a traditional Afghan meal coordinated by the 189th Infantry Brigade here through Indiana University Saturday Nov. 14 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. In addition to the usual pre-deployment training - weapons familiarization, land navigation and vehicle maneuvers, to name a few - the Provincial Reconstruction Teams also undergo cultural awareness training. (U.S. Army photo by T.D. Jackson)
Before sitting down to a traditional Afghan luncheon coordinated by the 189th Infantry Brigade here through Indiana University, Zubair Barkzia, one of the Afghan language and culture seminar instructors, dances a native dance before "breaking bread." Troops with the Provincial Reconstruction Teams participated in the luncheon as part of their cultural awareness training Saturday Nov. 14 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by T.D. Jackson)
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