Fall of the Berlin Wall: a DLIFLC perspective

Fall of the Berlin Wall: a DLIFLC perspective

By Natela Cutter The night the Berlin Wall fell, Nov. 9, 1989, Feridon Namdar was at home watching television with his wife. Excitement had been in the air for days, if not weeks, as hundreds of reporters transmitted their broadcasts from the Wall, waiting for it to...
A non-traditional approach to operations

A non-traditional approach to operations

By Tammy Cario DLIFLC Public Affairs On the second floor of the headquarters building, in the deputy chief of staff for operations offices toward the back wall, is the new DCSOPS director’s office. Joseph Kuykendall, a former Defense Language Institute Foreign...
Air Force two star visits DLIFLC

Air Force two star visits DLIFLC

By Tammy Cario Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark E. Weatherington, deputy commander of the Air Education and Training Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, visited the Presidio of Monterey Jan. 31, 2020, to learn more about the mission of the Defense Language...
Veterans Day ceremony held at Presidio

Veterans Day ceremony held at Presidio

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs MONTEREY, Calif. – The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held a Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 7, on the Presidio of Monterey with military personnel, veterans, faculty, staff and students in attendance. “It is truly...