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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88569, member: 27"]
Learning a new language for nine months just to get a piece of paper at the French ambassador's crib sounds like a pretty sweet military perk.

Military French Class Wrap-Up
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[*]UPDF officers just snagged French diplomas after a nine-month Jinja course.
[*]Ambassador Virginie Leroy hosted their graduation party at her Kampala residence.
[*]Colonel Emmanuel Muhoozi gave a shout-out to the French embassy for bankrolling the training.
[*]One grad, Amon Senkwari, called the skill key for talking to other forces in the DRC and CAR.
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The Bigger Cooperation Angle
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[*]Ambassador Leroy framed the whole thing as proof of Uganda and France getting cozier militarily.
[*]The attaché, Lt Col Sebastein Berger, linked it to shared ops against Al-Shabaab in Somalia.
[*]Higher-ups are pushing French as a must-have for peacekeeping and multinational gigs.
[*]A bunch of other countries' military attaches showed up to witness the ceremony.
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