DLIFLC News
DLIFLC takes on new commandant
After serving successfully for three years, Col. James Kievit relinquished command of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California, to Col. Christy Whitfield July 2, 2024. The change of command ceremony was presided over by Maj. Gen. Richard Appelhans, commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence ... 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
The Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Army visits Presidio of Monterey
Maj. Gen. Clyde Butch Tate, the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Army, visited the Presidio of Monterey Office of ... Read More
Counterterrorism expert gives advice to military language students
The man who leads the State Department's Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, Ambassador Alberto Fernandez, visited his alma mater April ... Read More
