Original sentence: , not only how to properly eat, but also the gestures during the meal, and especially how to observe the Ramadan feast.Colonel Martin Schweitzer, commander of the 4th BCT, 82nd Airborne, claimed that the unit’s combat operations in Afghanistan had been reduced by 60 percent over a period of eight months.Independent journalist, John Stanton claimed that HTS were successful in advising a US military unit in Iraq on proper mealtime etiquette, i.When HTS was first applied in Afghanistan in 2006, it was praised by Army officers who reported concrete results in improved understanding of social connections in the tribal cultures encountered during Phase IV operations (operations aimed at stabilizing an area of operations in the aftermath of major combat)