by DLIFLC Public Affairs | Sep 26, 2025 | News
By 1st Lt. Tucker Chase VICENZA, Italy – When Chanson Benjamin started law school at the University of Minnesota, he never expected to trade his textbooks for civil affairs operations in Côte d’Ivoire. For the last six months, this Twin Cities resident has stepped...
by DLIFLC Public Affairs | Nov 8, 2024 | News
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s Persian Farsi school recently held an exercise for their students Nov. 7, 2024. The exercise focused on the selection, preparation and planning of a notional Forward Operating Base in Basrah, Iraq. The exercise...
by DLIFLC Public Affairs | Sep 12, 2024 | News
More than 350 individuals participated in the 30th anniversary of the Advanced Command Language Program Manager Workshop held Sep. 10-12 at the Presidio of Monterey’s Weckerling Center. The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s staff support CLPMs,...
by DLIFLC Public Affairs | Dec 20, 2023 | News
Dr. Seamus Rogan, Chief of Test Design and Analysis of DLI, passed away last year. He had been the chief psychometrician in the DLIFLC Language Proficiency Assessment Directorate (LPAD) since 2010. Rogan was also a U.S. military veteran. Psychometricians measure the...
by DLIFLC Public Affairs | Oct 23, 2023 | News
If there was ever a championship fighter, a true Rocky Balboa, for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, you wouldn’t need to look any further than Leon E. Panetta. “The Defense Language Institute [Foreign Language Center] is critical for our...
