DLIFLC News

Presidio holds Memorial Day Ceremony
DLIFLC held a Memorial Day ceremony at the Presidio of Monterey in person for the first time in two years, with all four branches of the military and the Coast Guard present on Soldier Field May 26 ... Read More

Presidio holds Memorial Day Ceremony
DLIFLC held a Memorial Day ceremony at the Presidio of Monterey in person for the first time in two years, ... Read More

Language Day 2022 a success
After a two year-hiatus the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held Language Day, a traditional celebration of language and ... Read More

Military Language Instructors receive badges, awards
For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center cadre and leadership were ... Read More

DLIFLC awards first BA degrees
For the first time in the history of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, two graduates were awarded baccalaureate ... Read More

From the Historian: Choirs of the early language schools
By Cameron Binkley, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Command Historian PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – During World War II, ... Read More

Airman receives joint medal for saving civilian’s life
Airman 1st Class Tanner Cope was awarded a Joint Service Achievement Medal Feb. 2, 2022, during a ceremony held at ... Read More

New ombuds sees conflict as “way to grow”
Most people view conflict as a bad thing, Anne Champney, DLIFLC's new ombuds says. But she sees it another way ... Read More

Maj. Gen. Tony Hale joins in on holiday cheer
Maj. Gen. Tony Hale, the commanding general of the Army Intelligence Center of Excellence at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, stopped by DLI to ... Read More

Linguists assist in life-changing mission in support of Operation Allies Welcome
As rescue operations grew to epic proportions on the ground in the capital Kabul, it became clear that linguists and ... Read More

Presidio of Monterey BOSS serves community at Veterans Day parade
By Winifred Brown, U.S. Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – The 25 members of the Presidio ... Read More

Four new members inducted into the Hall of Fame
By Natela Cutter The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held a Hall of Fame induction ceremony Nov. 5, welcoming ... Read More

Presidio and DLIFLC celebrate Veterans Day
By Airman 1st Class Tanner Cope MONTEREY, Calif. – The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held a Veterans Day ... Read More

Two intelligence Soldiers win Best Warrior Competitions
By Tammy Cario This year, the two recipients of the Soldier of the Year and non-commissioned officer of the Year ... Read More

Learning language by doing with pottery
By Tammy Cario Pottery might not be the first thing you think of when someone says Persian Farsi, but for ... Read More

Indonesian language graduate shines during exercise
“Approximately one month before moving to Schofield Barracks (from DLIFLC), I received a call from my chief stating that I ... Read More

Afghan interpreters speak their way through relationship building
Fulfilling a once-in-a lifetime mission, current linguists and alumni from the DOD language school in Monterey, California, are helping Afghans ... Read More