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Military personnel and civilians both have their own
culture and ways of doing things on PSOs, and misunder- standing between them can often lead to friction. As Comdt Finnegan explained, the CIMIC course is designed to teach both sides to bridge those differences in order to operate better together. "One of the modules on the course is on cultural differences," he said, "and is specifically designed to show military personnel how to deal with, and understand,
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civilian actors, and vice versa." CMCoord addresses the same issues but from a rather
different perspective. "CMCoord is about facilitating and protecting humanitarian operating space in response opera- tions where both humanitarian/civilian and military actors are present," explained Capt Galvin . "We see it as an ongo- ing and essential dialogue and interaction between these civilian and military actors. We also see it as an increasingly
