by Tamara Cario | Aug 5, 2021 | News
By Tammy Cario For the first time in nearly 18 months, family and friends were able to celebrate with their Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center student in person during a graduation ceremony held on the Presidio of Monterey, Aug. 5, 2021. In-person...
by Tamara Cario | Jul 26, 2021 | News
Air Force Col. Jennifer Saraceno accepted responsibility as the assistant commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in a change of command ceremony held at the Presidio of Monterey, July 23, 2021. Saraceno also took over as the new commander...
by Tamara Cario | Jul 8, 2021 | News
By Tammy Cario After serving successfully for three years, Col. Gary M. Hausman relinquished command of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California, to Col. James A. Kievit July 8, 2021. The change of command ceremony was...
by Tamara Cario | Jun 29, 2021 | FAO News, News
By Tammy Cario More than 200 newly minted foreign area officers and their spouses from across the Department of Defense descended on the Weckerling Center for the semi-annual joint FAO course held June 21 – 24, 2021 on the Presidio of Monterey. The week-long course is...
by Tamara Cario | Jun 23, 2021 | FAO News, News
By Tammy Cario With six languages to his credit, a degree in linguistics and 11 years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, it’s almost a given that Maj. Brendan McKenney, the director of operations at the 311th Training Squadron, would become a Foreign Area Officer....
by Tamara Cario | Jun 11, 2021 | News
By Lori M. Quiller, AFCLC Outreach Team The Maxwell Air Force Base Language Training Detachment at Air University is hosting a ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ training event June 7-18, to take a closer look at China’s global economic and political objectives. The...