DLIFLC News
![DLIFLC takes on new commandant](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Guidon_1173-510x382.jpg)
DLIFLC takes on new commandant
After serving successfully for three years, Col. James Kievit relinquished command of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California, to Col. Christy Whitfield July 2, 2024. The change of command ceremony was presided over by Maj. Gen. Richard Appelhans, commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence ... Read More
![DLIFLC takes on new commandant](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Guidon_1173-300x200.jpg)
DLIFLC takes on new commandant
After serving successfully for three years, Col. James Kievit relinquished command of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio ... Read More
![Supreme Allied Commander Europe speaks at DLIFLC conference](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Cavoli_1_0901-300x200.jpg)
Supreme Allied Commander Europe speaks at DLIFLC conference
Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander of U.S. European Command, spoke virtually to new Foreign Area Officers ... Read More
![Language Training Detachments globally engage in SAAPM](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-1-300x225.jpg)
Language Training Detachments globally engage in SAAPM
Every April, the Department of Defense observes Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, a chance to highlight the power of ... Read More
![Navy detachment says goodbye to commander in ceremony](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240429_O_QO921_0130-300x200.jpg)
Navy detachment says goodbye to commander in ceremony
DLIFLC’s Cmdr. Matthew Dalton relinquished the helm of the Information Warfare Training Command Monterey to Cmdr. Miles G. Alvarez during ... Read More
![Resiliency: no longer a one-size-fits-all solution](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240424_RESILIENCE_PROGRAM_O_QO921_0062_01-300x200.png)
Resiliency: no longer a one-size-fits-all solution
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center has faculty and staff from 93 different countries, a wide mix that brings ... Read More
![Teaching the DLI way: Faculty Development Support](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/a.Jamil_5_NAT_8046-298x300.jpg)
Teaching the DLI way: Faculty Development Support
To uphold the highest standards in foreign language teaching, all new instructors at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center ... Read More
![Taking on the challenge of standardization](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Natalia_1_7997-240x300.jpg)
Taking on the challenge of standardization
One of the leading efforts within the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s five-year strategic plan is the standardization of ... Read More
![Air Force Senior Language Authority visits DLIFLC](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240321_SLA_CRYSTAL_MOORE_O_QO921_042-Enhanced-NR_001-300x200.jpg)
Air Force Senior Language Authority visits DLIFLC
Crystal Moore recently took a two-day tour of POM for the first time since being appointed a member of the ... Read More
![From Moscow to Monterey: a linguistic odyssey](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Irina_1_8340-300x200.jpg)
From Moscow to Monterey: a linguistic odyssey
In the heart of America’s melting pot, Irina Anokhin stands as a testament to the power of language and the ... Read More
![From apprentice to master: Commandant's vision](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1.Kievit_2_table_7327.SHARPEN-300x300.jpg)
From apprentice to master: Commandant’s vision
Col. James A. Kievit, a former infantry officer and currently a U.S. Army Special Operations Civil Affairs officer with multiple ... Read More
![Russian national teaches Chinese to military](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Nikita_2_DLI_1812-200x300.jpg)
Russian national teaches Chinese to military
In the halls of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California, you’ll find an unassuming figure whose ... Read More
![TRADOC senior enlisted leader visits DLIFLC](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1.Harris_1_Pascual_9135-300x300.jpg)
TRADOC senior enlisted leader visits DLIFLC
The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Harris, observed two Chinese Mandarin classes ... Read More
![From the Khyber Pass to the Pacific Coast](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Lutfullah_1_8708-2-300x230.jpg)
From the Khyber Pass to the Pacific Coast
In the heart of the Khyber Valley, where the mountains stand as a silent witness to centuries of history, Lutfullah ... Read More
![First appointed female leader in Institute history](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/160311-A-LA916-0026-scaled-e1709333650649-300x267.jpg)
First appointed female leader in Institute history
For Woman's History Month, we celebrate one of our own. A milestone event, the first appointed female to lead the ... Read More
![Air Force general visits DLIFLC to strengthen partnerships](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20230606-O-RR751_019_03_1002023_06_29_RR751-300x200.jpg)
Air Force general visits DLIFLC to strengthen partnerships
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Matteo Martemucci, the Deputy Chief of the Central Security Service, National Security Agency, visited with ... Read More
![Foreign Area Officers converge for advanced training](https://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JFAOC_04-300x214.jpg)
Foreign Area Officers converge for advanced training
More than 100 officers and their spouses attended the Joint Foreign Area Officer Course held at the Defense Language Institute ... Read More