by DLIFLC Public Affairs | Oct 26, 2018 | News
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center awarded its 15,000th Associate of Arts degree on Oct. 25, 2018, marking an impressive milestone for the Institute’s regionally accredited degree program. “Having this degree enhances our...
by DLIFLC Public Affairs | Oct 11, 2018 | News
By Natela Cutter Most students who attend the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center don’t expect to meet a Korean Zen master during their studies, let alone be able to ask existential questions. “Being able to speak to someone who is so distinguished is...
by DLIFLC Public Affairs | Sep 22, 2018 | News
By Natela Cutter MONTEREY, Calif. – Nearly 20 years ago, two young linguists bumped into each other at Army’s Yongsan installation in Seoul, Korea, during a competition then known as the “Language Olympics,” a fun event that military linguists from all over the world...
by DLIFLC Public Affairs | Sep 20, 2018 | News
By Natela Cutter MONTEREY, Calif. – Every Tuesday morning, Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Donehue heads for the Tin Barn, a 1950s building on the Presidio of Monterey, where new students in-process and start the first day of their journey to becoming military linguists by...
by Natela Cutter | Sep 18, 2018 | News
By Natela Cutter MONTEREY, Calif. – As fate would have it, Airman 1st class James Jacobson ended up emulating his father, by going to the same school and studying the same language in Monterey, California, some 23 years later. But on this occasion, Jacobson junior...
by DLIFLC Public Affairs | Sep 1, 2018 | News
By Brian Lepley, Presidio of Monterey PAO Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force foreign language-trained service members and civilians gathered at the Presidio of Monterey to attend the Institute’s Advanced Command Language Program Manager’s Workshop held from Aug. 26-30....
