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name: H.R. Stonehedge
about: H. R. Stonehedge is a retired U.S. Army officer with 24 years of experience in various tactical and strategic units. He was stationed and deployed throughout the world; North- and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. His assignments and postings required professional interactions and cooperation with Soldiers from around the world. It was these experiences that prompted him to publish a series of visual dictionaries for military applications. Being multi-lingual did not suffice in the professional realm. The vocabulary of everyday living was not and is not enough in a world full of jargons and specialized expressions. The fact is that hardly any large-scale military operation is a unilateral effort but a joint, multi-national H. R. Stonehedge is a retired U.S. Army officer with 24 years of experience in various tactical and strategic units. He was stationed and deployed throughout the world; North- and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. His assignments and postings required professional interactions and cooperation with Soldiers from around the world. It was these experiences that prompted him to publish a series of visual dictionaries for military applications. Being multi-lingual did not suffice in the professional realm. The vocabulary of everyday living was not and is not enough in a world full of jargons and specialized expressions. The fact is that hardly any large-scale military operation is a unilateral effort but a joint, multi-national operation. U.S. military personnel fight side by side with allied, NATO or UN partners but we all speak different languages yet have to work together. His series of dictionaries are a low-tech solution which works even in the most austere environments and have proven to be a great tool to expand the knowledge of another language and make friends in the process. ...more