Foreign Culture Guide

An official U.S. Navy mobile application produced by MyNavy HR IT Solutions

The Foreign Culture Guide app, formerly known as CLREC Navy Global Deployer, is a Ready Relevant Learning tool to help meet cultural awareness and language familiarization requirements. It offers Sailors and their families detailed information on language, history, geography, people, ethnic groups, religious institutions, and social norms for more than 120 countries and territories.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

• Every Deployment a Global Engagement (EDGE) Courses - Cross-cultural learning to prepare for overseas assignments and interactions with people from foreign countries
• Cultural Orientation Training (COT) Courses – Culture specific video-based training
• Culture Card – Quick reference guide for each country’s language and culture
• Professional Etiquette Guide – Executive summary of a country’s culture
• Language Guides – Links to online foreign language familiarization
• Language Phrases – Frequently used phrases with audio
• Language Jumpstart Guides – Basic information on each specific language and its grammar

NEW FOR 2025 -- Updated training content for 29 countries -- Updated content and links -- New and updated Culture Cards and Professional Etiquette Guides -- New and updated Autonomous Language Acquisition Guides and Foreign Language Phrases

Whether you are an experienced traveler returning to a foreign port, a new Sailor going abroad for the first time, or simply interested in learning about other cultures and places, the Foreign Culture Guide app has what you need!