by Natela Cutter | May 20, 2022 | News
After a two year-hiatus the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held Language Day, a traditional celebration of language and culture for students from the Institute and young high school foreign language students from around northern California. “I am...
by Natela Cutter | Apr 27, 2022 | News
“You are an incredibly important part of the [foreign language] learning process, alongside your civilian colleagues,” said DLIFLC Commandant Col. James Kievit, who presided over the awards ceremony. Military Language Instructors, or MLIs, are vital cogs in the wheel...
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...
