First Army Soldiers depart DLIFLC via sanitized transportation
By Natela Cutter The first batch of Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Army students departed to their next duty station this weekend, after four weeks of waiting for the lifting of the...
View ArticleRemembering fallen service members in the time of coronavirus
By Mission Public Affairs The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center hosted a virtual Memorial Day ceremony to remember fallen military members on May 21, 2020. The event was posted to...
View ArticleCreating online classes that engage
By Tammy Cario Under the best of circumstances, change is difficult. When it’s not the best circumstances, change is especially challenging, particularly when it comes in the lightning fast,...
View ArticleMarine receives award for saving driver’s life
By Tammy Cario Marine Sgt. Christopher Ellis stands at attention along with the rest of the Marine Corps Detachment at DLIFLC while his Commendation Medal is read during a ceremony held at the Presidio...
View ArticleGaming: a gateway to immersive virtual learning
By Tammy Cario It all started a month ago when instructor Lucia Artacho and her team were brainstorming ways to engage their students in the Spanish classes that are now being taught online. “Our main...
View ArticleUSMC at Presidio of Monterey changes command
By Natela Cutter The Marine Corps Detachment at the Presidio of Monterey carried out a change of command June 12, in which Lt. Col. Jason Schermerhorn relinquished command to Lt. Col. Timothy Mayer,...
View Article314th Training Squadron changes command
By Natela Cutter Col. Stephanie Kelley, DLIFLC assistant commandant, Lt. Col. Jaclyn Deroush, former commander of the 314th Training Squadron, and Lt. Col. Joseph Ladymon, current commander of the...
View ArticleThe importance of sleep in military training
By Tammy Cario In a recent town hall with Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center students that was sprinkled with survey questions about studies and stress, Col. Gary Hausman, DLIFLC...
View ArticleEighteen individuals naturalized at Presidio of Monterey
By Natela Cutter Despite the global pandemic, a team from the San Jose office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services traveled to the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the...
View ArticleTechnology to the rescue during pandemic
By Tammy Cario Never has the value of technology been so evident as in the time of a worldwide pandemic, when, for some, being able to telework from their own homes is the difference between life and...
View ArticleACLPM held virtually from Monterey
By Natela Cutter, Mission Public Affairs Every year, the Advanced Command Language Program workshop is held at the Presidio of Monterey, home of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center....
View ArticleBoard of Visitors meet virtually to discuss recent events
By Mission Public Affairs Members of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s Board of Visitors were briefed by DLIFLC leadership about the events that precipitated the current telework...
View ArticleSocial Injustice: a perspective from the ranks
By Tammy Cario, Mission Public Affairs Less than six months into a global pandemic that saw entire nations come to a complete halt, social unrest sparked when George Perry Floyd Jr. was killed during a...
View ArticleUCAT: a road to testing
By Natela Cutter, Mission Public Affairs One would think that students in general hate taking tests. Not so at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center where well over 2,500 students are...
View ArticleNavy Personnel Readiness: IWTC Monterey Holds Suicide Prevention Stand Down
By Information Warfare Training Command Monterey MONTEREY, Calif. – Sailors attached to Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Monterey recently participated in a base-wide suicide prevention...
View ArticleDLIFLC’s first all-virtual class graduates
By Tammy Cario Things haven’t turned out exactly as Marine Lance Cpl. Marissa Dow planned since she walked into the recruiter’s office a few years ago. “The recruiter sold me on the values of the...
View ArticleDLIFLC welcomes new command sergeant major
By Mission Public Affairs After serving successfully at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center for over two years, three-time DLIFLC graduate Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Donehue...
View ArticleHow to change the culture of sexual assault and harassment
By Natela Cutter In a world where attitudes are impactful, motivational speaker Jeffrey Bucholtz spent two days interacting with Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center students Dec. 8 and...
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