Tagalog teacher favors DLIFLC after meeting linguists

Tagalog teacher favors DLIFLC after meeting linguists

By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – It is an unseasonably hot day in April on the Presidio of Monterey, California, and Marites Castro’s students are jumping off desks. The Tagalog language teacher does not discourage them. She shouts...
AETC commander visits linguists in Monterey

AETC commander visits linguists in Monterey

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs MONTEREY, Calif. – The commander of the Air Education and Training Command visited Airmen at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center March 29, as a part of a tour of one of the 23 major units he oversees in...
Silver Star Award Ceremony

Silver Star Award Ceremony

By Amber K. Whittington DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – After 44 years, and the persistence of an Army major, two Vietnam veterans received the Silver Star Medal on March 8, at the Presidio of Monterey in the historic Weckerling Center. Retired Col....
Retired general recalls largest military sex scandal

Retired general recalls largest military sex scandal

By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – Retired Maj. Gen. Robert Shadley spoke at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California, about sexual harassment/assault response and prevention during the...
FAO program guest speaker on US-Korea Alliance

FAO program guest speaker on US-Korea Alliance

By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs   Editor’s note: This article is a feature from the Foreign Area Officer program’s monthly officer professional development series at DLIFLC. MONTEREY, Calif. – Retired Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Seo-young, now a professor at the...