i was conversant in German, enough so to communicate points and concepts involving politics and weapons...in French, i was able to communicate PSYOP programs and other operational issues with the French in Xoddur and the Canadians in Belet Weyne...my Italian was good to take care of administrative issues while at Alpini School and good enough to convince an Italian security detail that stopping at an intersection during a firefight wasn't a very good idea...my Czech never amounted to much (i was not formally trained in Czech, Italian or German) and attempts to learn Arabic went for nought...
some would say my English ain't never been nuthin' to right home about neither... 
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