Military Cultural Competency Training

April 01, 2015 • 12:30 PM • Law School 4000

This training will provide VDAP volunteers with a crash course in military cultural. Jason Hansman, Director of External Program Relations at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, will offer volunteers an overview of military culture, core values, and demographics. This workshop is intended to assist legal volunteers in better understanding, communicating and effectively interacting with Service members and their families. Jason completed an 8-year enlistment in the Army Reserves as a Civil Affairs Sergeant. From 2004 to 2005, he was deployed to Mosul, Iraq as the Operations NCO of a Civil Affairs company and helped manage hundreds of reconstruction projects. Sponsored by VDAP. For more information, please contact Nur Ibrahim at nur.ibrahim@duke.edu.