DLIFLC News

DLIFLC welcomes new assistant commandant
Assistant Commandant Col. Mark S. Jones relinquished command to Col. Jason Guyette, who took charge of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s second highest position on June 12, 2025. Jones, a 2010 DLIFLC graduate of Modern Standard Arabic and a foreign area officer, explained how returning to DLIFLC and ... Read More

Korean consul general addresses DLIFLC students
Students of the Korean program at Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center had a rare opportunity to hear directly from ... Read More

Army Lt. Gen. Mary A. Legere welcomes the Army’s new Soldier-Statesmen
The U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence , Lt. Gen. Mary A. Legere, told the newly assigned class ... Read More

Board of Visitors convene at DLIFLC
Members of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center's (DLIFLC) Board of Visitors (BoV) convened at the Institute Dec. 11 ... Read More

Russian delegation visits DLIFLC
Russian Federation Maj. Gen. Elena Knyazeva, the deputy chief of Science and Training of the Military University Ministry of Defense, ... Read More

229th Soldier wins local Rising Star competition
Sgt. Scott Harris, representing Company B, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, walked away the winner of the 2012 local Rising Star ... Read More

Student receives Soldier’s Medal for saving life of fellow diver
A Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center student received the prestigious peacetime Soldier’s Medal award Oct. 18 for having saved ... Read More

Air Force pilot receives Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor
A Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center student was recognized Oct. 17 with the Distinguished Flying Cross for his heroic ... Read More

Air Force 311th drill team sweeps victory
Members of the 311th Air Force Training Squadron drill team won hands down over their competitors, the 314th AF Training ... Read More

DLIFLC Instructors become new citizens
Ten faculty members of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center became naturalized citizens in a ceremony carried out by ... Read More

DLIFLC Korean students showcase language proficiency
Students of the Korean Basic Course at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center gathered to help commemorate the 60th ... Read More

Presidio bids farewell to Air Force assistant commandant, welcomes new commander
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and members of the Air Force's 517th Training Group said goodbye to one ... Read More

Generations study language at DLIFLC
When U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Kuhlman in-processed last fall at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, Calif., ... Read More

Rear admiral tells officers they need to be “elite”
The Navy's senior foreign area officer and director of International Engagement, Rear Admiral Douglas J. Venlet, told a group of ... Read More

Regional expertise more important in new Army construct
The director of Strategy, Plans and Policy Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G- 3/5/7, Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey ... Read More

Egyptian General visits DLIFLC
Egyptian Brigadier General Mohamed Moustafa Kamal Ibrahim Fahmy, the Commandant of the Defense Language Institute of the Egyptian Ministry of ... Read More

Martial arts experts train Presidio Service Members
Shou Shu, which translates to "fighting way of the beast," a full-on combat form of martial arts, was taught at ... Read More