--- title: "Who are your favorite foreign allies to train with and why?" description: "The U.S. military trains with foreign allies all over the world, each with their own way of doing things. Who does them best?" date: "2021-03-04" modified: "2021-03-08" authors: - name: "David Roza" job_title: "YouTube Writer/Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/david-roza.md" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/foreign-militaries-train-with-united-states/" categories: - "Tactics" - "Tech & Tactics" - "Training" tags: - "announcements" --- # Who are your favorite foreign allies to train with and why? ![]() *Canadian Army Private Joshua Lafountain, 3rd Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, gets fitted into his parachute and gear before boarding a 41st Airlift Squadron C-130J April 22, 2017 in Alberta, Canada. (Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Jeremy McGuffin)* Attention service members! Last week we wrote a story about how a few determined Lithuanian infantrymen [kicked the heavily-armored tail]() of the U.S. Army in a training exercise on their home turf. Since then, we’ve received a ton of comments from readers who trained with Lithuanian soldiers about how tough and professional they are. “I remember them as extremely tough and competent soldiers,” said one reader [on Facebook](). “I remember a dude standing IN the fire to warm his feet in his cruddy boots.” That got us to thinking: the U.S. military trains with foreign allies all over the world, each with their own particular culture, style, doctrine, and even [field rations](). What's it like for American troops — who have their own ways of doing things, like patrolling, or room-clearance, or even basic marksmanship — when they see someone from another country doing it differently? Wouldn't you want to hear that story? “That’s a helluva feature you got there champ,” said our weary editor-in-chief Paul Szoldra through a cloud of cigarette smoke and over the clacking of newsroom typewriters back at Task & Purpose headquarters. “Why dontchya run something on page three calling for reader input. Now get the hell outta my office.” So here I am, hat in hand, asking you, dear reader, for your most memorable stories of working with America’s allies overseas. Was it Great Britain’s [King]()’[s Royal Hussars]() and their built-in teakettles? Or the Australian infantry and their [impenetrable slang]()? Or perhaps the French army with their gourmet [ostrich-and-cranberry]() MREs? Or was it the South Korean military with their [awesome dance moves]()? We would love to hear them all, and here are few possible questions to get you going: - Who are your favorite foreign allies to train with and why? - Who are the toughest foreign soldiers you ever met? - Who’s got the best field rations? - What’s the weirdest culture shock you’ve had while training with a foreign ally? - What foreign military traditions are you most jealous of and why? - What’s the most silly foreign military tradition you’ve seen? - If you had to serve in a foreign military, which would you choose? - What aspects of foreign military life do you think the U.S. military could learn something from? - What foreign military do you never want to work with again and why? Got answers? We love to hear ‘em. Email me at [david.roza@taskandpurpose.com](), or drop your responses into the comment section on social media, and thank you in advance! *Featured image: Canadian Army Private Joshua Lafountain, 3rd Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, gets fitted into his parachute and gear before boarding a 41st Airlift Squadron C-130J April 22, 2017 in Alberta, Canada. (Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Jeremy McGuffin)* ***Related: [US troops just got their asses handed to them by Lithuanian infantrymen]()*** ## Author David Roza writes scripts about military news for the Task & Purpose YouTube channel, and he also writes articles about military pay, benefits, health care, child care, culture, and other personnel topics on a freelance basis. Roza previously covered the Air Force and Space Force for Task & Purpose from 2019 to 2023 and for Air & Space Forces Magazine from 2023 to 2025. In the course of that reporting, he has set off a ‘Hollywood explosion’ with Air Force bomb techs, turned the (unarmed) keys of a nuclear missile bunker, hovered over the Nevada desert on an Air Force rescue helicopter, and got the best sleep of his life on the floor of a C-17 over the central Pacific. Share tips and story ideas with David at [david.roza@teamrecurrent.io]()