DLIFLC News

New Cohort of Officers Embark on Specialized Training
More than 250 officers and their spouses gathered for the launch of Phase 1 of the Joint Foreign Area Officer Course at the Weckerling Center on the Presidio of Monterey June 23-27, 2025. This five-day event aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the Foreign Area Officer career, highlighting their ... Read More

DLIFLC salutes Veterans
As the morning sun cast its rays down upon the upper Presidio of Monterey, the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language ... Read More

Honoring Language Legends: DLIFLC’s Hall of Fame
While fame may be fleeting for most, at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, the Hall of Fame pays ... Read More

The ‘Rocky Balboa’ of DLIFLC – Leon Panetta
If there was ever a championship fighter, a true Rocky Balboa, for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, you ... Read More

Language is a living thing – key to military readiness
When Spc. JoAnn Naumann enlisted in the Army, she just wanted to be a linguist, learn the Arabic language, get ... Read More

Following in his grandfather’s footsteps
Spc. Dwight Matsukawa knew that his grandfather served in the military, but he didn’t pay much attention to the details ... Read More

A family of DLIFLC language graduates
It’s not every day that you come across a family of Chinese language graduates from the Defense Language Institute Foreign ... Read More

The 311th Air Force Training Squadron changes command
The 311th Training Squadron, part of the 517th Training Group, held a change of command ceremony July 20, welcoming Lt ... Read More

CAC general says communication is key
The Commanding General of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Lt. Gen. Milford Beagle, visited the ... Read More

The Singing Sifu
Language isn’t just a way to communicate, it’s a component of individual culture that makes it special, unique. One renowned ... Read More

Assistant Commandant change of command
Assistant Commandant Col. Jennifer L. Saraceno relinquished command to Col. Mark S. Jones, who will be taking charge of the ... Read More

Board of Visitors offers recommendations
Eight members of the Board of Visitors, tasked with providing advice on matters related to the Defense Language Institute Foreign ... Read More

Chinese Flagship Capstone Program Graduates
The Defense Language and National Security Education Office celebrated the graduation of five students from the Chinese Flagship Domestic Immersion ... Read More

Air Force begins second pilot: Linguist Next
The Air Force began another iteration of a pilot foreign language program called Linguist Next which intends to graduate students ... Read More

TRADOC commanding general’s first visit to DLIFLC
The commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Gen. Gary Brito, visited the Defense Language Institute Foreign ... Read More

DTRA graduates to face new challenges
Four students graduated from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Interpreting Course for Russian language February 15, a high-level interpretation course ... Read More

229th Military Intelligence Battalion receives new leader
Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Suppes assumed his position as Command Sergeant Major of the 229th Military Intelligence Battalion in a ... Read More