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- [Emma] Instructors from the Inter-European

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Air Forces Academy, or IEAFA, are in Kyiv teaching

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Ukrainian airmen in professional military education.

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The course covers topics such as leadership,

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followership, and team building.

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Ukrainian airmen participating in the course

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are a mix of enlisted and officer,

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and are attending for the experience.

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^- [Interpretor] I'm here to gain additional knowledge,

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^so that I can share it with my senior NCOs,

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^who will then pass it along to other NCOs

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around the Air Force.

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- [Emma] This is the first time IEAFA instructors

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have taught the course in a host nation's native language.

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This was done with the hope of facilitating

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a better learning experience for students.

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(speaking foreign language)

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- [Interpreter] I really appreciate this class being

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offered in our native language of Ukrainian,

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this type of education is important,

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so it's good that we can understand and learn

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in our language.

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- [Emma] From Kyiv, Ukraine,

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I'm Staff Sergeant Emma Mayen.