Special Ops Contractor Training Afghan Partners | Joan Barker | Ep. 168

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government

4.7 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Joan Barker is a consultant specializing in military language and culture training. She has worked on educational contracts for U.S. Special Operations Command and overseas as a trainer with partner forces in the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan. From 2017 to 2018 she worked on a defense contract in Kabul teaching English to members of the Afghan air force and Special Mission Wing (SMW). After the fall of Kabul, Barker spent months advocating for the evacuation of Special Immigrant Visa interpreters, as well as vulnerable members of the SMW. She also worked to highlight the issue of moral injury affecting veterans of the war in Afghanistan. This spring, she taught English to Afghan refugees that processed through Fort McCoy, Wis., as part of Operation Allies Welcome. Check out Joan here:👇 https://linktr.ee/joan.e.barker Follow Joan on Twitter:👇 https://twitter.com/jb__tweets?s=21&t=IvfzY7kNSMoZVryCZd_SdA To help support the show and for all bonus content including: -2 bonus episodes per month -Access to ALL bonus segments with our guests -Ad Free audio feed Subscribe to our Patreon! 👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Social Media: The Team House Instagram: https://instagram.com/the.team.house?utm_medium=copy_link The Team House Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTeamHousePod Jack’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackmcmurph?utm_medium=copy_link Jack’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackmurphyrgr?s=21 Dave’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_parke?s=21 Team House Discord: https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Jack Murphy's memoir "Murphy's Law" can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Journey-Investigative-Journalist/dp/1501191241 The Team Room Reading Room (Amazon Affiliate links): https://jackmurphywrites.com/the-team-room-reading-room/ Intro music by https://www.youtube.com/user/RemixSample Want to sponsor the show? Email: 👇 [email protected] #specialoperations #contractor

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1:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to episode 168 of the team house. I'm Jack Murphy here with David Park.
1:06.0	Dee is here producing, you can see the fumes coming out of his ears currently.
1:10.0	And we're here with our guest tonight, Joan Barker. Joan is a former so-com and military contractor doing language training with American and partner forces working in Afghanistan as well.
1:24.4	Just a little disclaimer before we jump right into it with Joan.
1:28.8	Our studio is, this is going to sound crazy, but there is an African evangelical church upstairs.
1:36.0	And when they get popping, they really get popping.
1:39.0	They're worshiping the Lord like there's no tomorrow,
1:42.0	and God bless them but you may hear some of the drum
1:46.8	beat over our mic so I'm just warning you like if it gets really gnarly and the background sounds
1:54.9	becomes too overwhelming and like it's just really not fair to Joan.
1:58.6	We might have to end the episode early
2:00.6	and come back with her at another date and finish the interview.
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