Yama Sakura: bilateral operation relies on bilingual service members
By Staff Sgt. Debra Best I Corps Sgt. Travis Wilson, I Corps signal intelligence analyst and Japanese translator, translates for Japanese and U.S. service members at a social event hosted by the...
View ArticleHeadstart2 – Italian
Headstart2 is an introductory language course that uses video, 3D animation, and interactive activities to teach the sounds and script of a language, basic vocabulary, and grammar. The Military Task...
View ArticlePentagon Heritage Display Honors Foreign Area Officers
DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2016 — A new display at the Pentagon honors military officers who serve as regionally focused experts in political-military operations with...
View ArticleFAO program guest speaker on the U.S. and Latin America
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. Dr. Christopher...
View ArticleHuman rights lawyer on women in Iraq
By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs Barbara Mulvaney, a human rights lawyer, spoke to students studying the Iraqi dialect of Arabic at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Middle...
View ArticleFAOs attend first Joint Foreign Area Officer Course of 2017
By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs FAO Program director, Col. Roger Bowman, gives his remarks during the biannual Joint Foreign Area Officer Conference Jan. 24. The conference ran until Jan. 27 to...
View ArticleFAO program guest speaker on U.S. – Israeli policy
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. Dr. Guy Ziv, an...
View ArticleCongressman Panetta “wowed” by Presidio visit
By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs Rep. Jimmy Panetta, California’s 20th Congressional district representative, visits the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and Presidio of...
View ArticlePanetta visit – VIDEO
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center welcomed U.S. Representative for California’s 20th Congressional District, Jimmy Panetta, to the Presidio of Monterey, California, Feb. 22.
View Article2017 Events Gallery
DLIFLC 2017 events <>The Mayor of the City of Monterey acknowledged three U.S. Marine Corps members with a signed proclamation at a City Council meeting Feb. 21. Each Marine assigned to the...
View ArticleMobile training team from DLIFLC teaches Russian to Civil Affairs Soldiers in...
By Lt. Col. Jefferson Wolfe 7th Mission Support Command Public Affairs KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany-Sgt. Maj. Bobby White, left and Sgt. Justine Westbrook, both from the 361st Civil Affairs Brigade, play...
View ArticleFAOs and Special Operations bring benefits to country teams
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. Lt. Col. Gordon...
View ArticleFrom DLI to VP in Procter & Gamble’s Eastern European division
By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs Bill Harter graduated from the Defense Language Institute in Russian in 1969. After his service he went on to become vice president of Procter & Gamble’s...
View ArticleImpact most important about DLI, says general
By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs Lt. Gen. Michael Lundy, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, visited the Defense Language Institute Foreign...
View ArticleFAO program guest speaker on the U.S. and Latin America
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. Dr. Christopher...
View Article2017 Language Day
DLIFLC 2017 Language Day <>The Presidio of Monterey commander, Col. Lawrence Brown, use the occasion of Language Day, an open post, and thousands of citizens attending to honor local veterans. On...
View ArticleDefense Language Institute celebrates Language Day 2017
By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs MONTEREY, Calif. – An estimated 5,000 people attended DLIFLC’s annual Language Day Open House event on Friday, May 12th, on the Presidio of Monterey. It was a...
View ArticleStudents succeed again in Mandarin speech contest
By Siyi (Lois) Gao DLIFLC Asian School I Sixty-eight Mandarin Chinese language students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center participated in the 42nd Annual Mandarin Speech...
View ArticleRussian students bring home essay contest awards
By Master Sgt. Igor Poklad DTRA Linguist Liaison Office Seven students at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Interpreting Course and one Advanced Russian student received awards from the...
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