![]() He embodies courage, hard work and sacrifice with all his combat operations in Afghanistan," said Ramsey, who meets with every new NCO, including Shekib, before they begin their tour of duty. Shekib's family success is an American Dream story, from Kabul to California with many twists and turns. ![]() In Kabul in the 1990s, Shekib attended public school, but learned to speak English at schools set up by non-governmental and charitable organizations designed to help the people of the war-torn, impoverished country. Shekib's long road to DLIFLC began in his homeland, a non-stop warzone for as long as he can remember. "But I can empathize more when my students need help." "It's a struggle to learn another language and seeing my students' struggle kind of echoes that experience for me," said Shekib. He believes it is more difficult to be an English speaker and learn Pashto rather than vice versa. Watching students study (and struggle) with Pashto reminds Shekib of his own experience, only the other way around, he said about his English studies in his home country. They bridge the gap between the military units and the civilian staff in all eight schools and languages taught at DLIFLC. MLIs are qualified noncommissioned officers who teach students in their language and serve as an example to them. He just recently completed the MLI certification course in September 2017 and now shares his language and culture with his students, who look to him for inspiration as a subject matter expert. ![]() Mashal Shekib is from Kabul, Afghanistan, and a native speaker of Pashto and Dari. You're a native speaker."ĭeppert had guessed correctly. I'm coming from Fort Gordon."īefore moving on, Deppert said, almost without hesitation, "Wait. One Soldier stood and said, "I'm Staff Sgt. During the briefing, Deppert has the new MLIs stand up, say their name and where they are coming from. ![]()
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