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Discuss how the American military training as it relates to cultural relativism - i.e. how they prepare for unfamiliar values and norms.

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This solution discusses how the American military is facing issues of communication and cultural difference in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center ignited a global issue that countries will continue to fight for generations to come. The article "U.S. Troops Train for Both Combat and Conversation" relates to cultural relativism in the War on Terror because our service members must know train and fight in countries that have unfamiliar values and ...

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