by Natela Cutter | Apr 12, 2022 | News
For the first time in the history of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, two graduates were awarded baccalaureate degrees in foreign language during a graduation ceremony held on Soldier Field on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Tech. Sgt. Joshua Miller,...
by Tamara Cario | Mar 24, 2022 | News
By Cameron Binkley, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Command Historian PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – During World War II, the Military Intelligence Service Language School, the predecessor of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center...
by Tamara Cario | Feb 4, 2022 | News
Airman 1st Class Tanner Cope was awarded a Joint Service Achievement Medal Feb. 4, 2022, during a ceremony held at Hilltop Track on the Presidio of Monterey. Cope received the medal in recognition for having saved the life of a civilian by performing the Heimlich...
by Tamara Cario | Jan 19, 2022 | News
Jennifer Champney says she is naturally one of those people that everyone talks to. “I have a sign written in indelible ink on my forehead that says, ‘I care, please talk to me.’ It apparently glows and sends out bat signals,” she says with a laugh. Champney, who goes...
by Natela Cutter | Dec 16, 2021 | News
On the last day of classes before Holiday Block Leave, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center students were already in vacation mode, with plenty of holiday cheer, song, dance and good food to go around. Maj. Gen. Tony Hale, the commanding general of the...
by Tamara Cario | Nov 17, 2021 | News
It was in late August 2021 that the staff and faculty at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center got the call – the Air Force and the Army were looking for volunteer Pashto and Dari linguists to help with Operation Allies Refuge/Welcome, the federal...
