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
Future FAOs learn important lessons
More than 150 officers and their spouses attended the Joint Foreign Area Officer Course held at the Defense Language Institute ... Read More
DLI Foundation and Alumni Association hold homecoming
Nearly 40 Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center alumni, from the four branches of the services, attended a homecoming event ... Read More
DLIFLC celebrates Veterans Day
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held a Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 10th on the upper Presidio of ... Read More
DLIFLC Airmen celebrate 75th anniversary
The 517th Training Group hosted the Presidio of Monterey's 75th Anniversary Air Force Ball in the historic Club Del Monte ... Read More
Army & Navy take Command Language Program and Language Professional of the Year
More than 200 individuals participated in the Advanced Command Language Program Manager workshop this year, held from Aug. 23 to ... Read More
DLIFLC commandant visits Goodfellow AFB
Col. James A. Kievit, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center commandant, visited Goodfellow to discuss the continuation of training for ... Read More
Improving the linguist training pipeline
A multitude of high-level guests visited the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center June 30 to discuss in detail the ... Read More
Five Eye alliance visits DLIFLC
Members of the Five Eyes alliance, comprised of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, met ... 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
