Ex–Green Beret explains how U.S. military learns languages

前绿色贝雷帽解释美军如何学习语言

Learn Languages with Steve Kaufmann

2025-10-10

29 分钟
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In this video, I talk with Jon Hamilton, a former Green Beret, about language learning and how physical training relates to mastering new languages.
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  • I got to a point where I finished the course and I had opportunities to have native,

  • you know, conversations with native speakers.

  • And I experienced exactly what you just did.

  • Like, oh, they didn't say what the instructor was going to say.

  • So I think having more nuance and a bigger emphasis on comprehension is absolutely crucial.

  • So today I have a special guest.

  • His name is John Hamilton.

  • He is a member of the Green Berets, which is in the American military.

  • They're sort of special forces division.

  • You can correct me if I'm wrong.

  • And he has an interest in languages.

  • He's been a follower of my YouTube channel, a user of Link.

  • He has his own existence on the internet.

  • And maybe I should just turn it over to you, John,

  • to introduce yourself and the various activities that you have both online and otherwise.

  • Yeah.

  • First off, thanks again for having me on.

  • Like you said, I've been an avid watcher of the YouTube channel and user of Link for...

  • Almost 10 years now,

  • so that I've been watching you so quite a while and I'm a former Green Bray So I got out of the army a couple years ago That's our special forces where we work with other nations and primarily conduct what's called unconventional warfare That has always been kind of a path that I wanted to go down because of the language requirements one of the few special operations organizations that requires its members to learn a language and we can get into kind of what level we learn it to and why that is.