DLIFLC News
Language Training Detachments globally engage in SAAPM
Every April, the Department of Defense observes Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, a chance to highlight the power of acts that can bolster prevention, increase reporting, and promote advocacy for a safer DoD community. This year, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s Language Training Detachments from across the globe ... Read More
Air Force steps up recruiting linguists
“The Air Force linguist corps has some unique challenges,” said Trefflich, chief military language instructor at the Korean schoolhouse, and ... Read More
DLIFLC gains new assistant commandant
Air Force Col. Stephanie R. Kelley accepted responsibility as the assistant commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center ... Read More
DLI and NCS sign agreement
DLIFLC leadership signed a memorandum of understanding with NCS, enabling service members to apply NCS completed coursework toward an Associate ... Read More
Students awarded in Russian essay contest
The students are tested on their listening, reading and speaking abilities. “In our program, we have classes like interpreting, translation ... Read More
Presidio honors fallen comrades for Memorial Day
“With the hectic lives we lead today, it might be easy to think of Memorial Day as merely a three-day ... Read More
Thousands come to Language Day and learn the international language of dance
Over 6,000 people attended Language Day, an annual event hosted by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held at ... Read More
The road to healing starts with teal
In Dawn Holmes' experience, people are using the military to get out of some ugly situations and improve the conditions ... Read More
Thinking outside the box for your AFSC
When you think of jobs that require foreign languages, air traffic controller is not usually first on that list. Especially ... Read More
A new old way of learning languages
If you were to ask the average service member, chances are they would not equate military classes with a flexible ... Read More
Be careful what you wish for
Be careful what you wish for if you’re a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate! You could easily end ... Read More
Three generations at DLIFLC help make history
It’s not often you can say you attended school with your future father-in-law. When Pete Weldon attended the Defense Language ... Read More
One man’s journey to freedom in the United States
The words inscribed at the feet of Lady Liberty, “"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to ... Read More
New barracks on Presidio of Monterey dedicated to fallen Marine
The Marine Corps Detachment hosted a memorialization ceremony March 1 to dedicate its new barracks to a fallen Marine and ... Read More
When signals intelligence meets field training
“This is a critical task,” Capt. Hughes explained, “because down range, a lot of our equipment won’t function correctly or ... Read More
Valentine’s Day Special: Fellow teachers meet and fall in love at DLI
They say life happens when you make plans. In the case of Michel Ashi and Marah Al-Masri, life happened when ... Read More
Life after a Ph.D.
With fluency in two foreign languages, a PhD in music arts and a possible Officer Training School appointment in his ... Read More
