Foreign Culture Guide

An official U.S. Navy mobile application produced by MyNavy HR IT Solutions

The Center for Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (CLREC) Navy Global Deployer app is a Ready Relevant Learning tool to help meet requirements for cultural awareness and language familiarization. It offers Sailors and their families detailed information on language, history, geography, people, ethnic groups, religious institutions, and social norms for more than 110 countries and territories.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?
- Every Deployment a Global Engagement (EDGE) courses – Cross-cultural learning to prepare for overseas assignments and interactions with people from foreign countries
- Cultural Orientation Training (COT) courses– Culture specific video-based training
- Culture Cards – Quick reference guide for each country’s language and culture
- Professional Etiquette Guides – Tips for navigating common intercultural interactions
- Language Guides – Links to online foreign language instruction
- Language Phrases – Frequently used phrases with audio
- Language Jumpstart Guides – Basic information on each specific language and its grammar


NEW FOR 2023
- Training content for 30 new countries: Angola, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Lebanon, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Saipan, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, South Sudan, Sudan, Sweden, The Gambia, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Zambia
- New Cultural Orientation Trainings (COT), now available on Navy e-Learning
- New and updated Culture Cards and Professional Etiquette Guides
- New and updated Autonomous Language Acquisition Guides and foreign language phrases


Whether you are an experienced traveler returning to a foreign port, a new Sailor going abroad for the first time, or simply interested in learning about other cultures and places, the CLERC app has what you need!