The Defense Language Program includes both foreign and English language instruction for the DoD, with policy guidance provided by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence is the functional sponsor of the Defense Foreign Language Program (DFLP). The Secretary of the Army is the Executive Agent for the Foreign Language Program, while the Secretary of the Air Force is the Executive Agent for the English Language Program, conducted by the DLIELC at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
The Defense Foreign Language Program Policy Committee, a continuing Joint Service/DoD Agency Committee, gives the Executive Agent advice and guidance on major policy, resource, and administrative issues affecting foreign language educational programs. This committee considers all aspects of the DFLP, reviews progress and proposed changes, and provides guidance and recommendations for the overall management and operation of the DFLP.
Since the DLIFLC is a military school, it falls under a military chain of command. The Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), has administrative responsibility to manage, operate, fund, and provide personnel resource support for the DLIFLC.