Naturalization Ceremony at DLIFLC

Naturalization Ceremony at DLIFLC

By Leonardo Carrillo MONTEREY, Calif. – Fourteen staff, faculty and family members of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center achieved the dream of a lifetime by finally becoming American citizens during a naturalization ceremony held at the Presidio of...
A friendship reconnected at DLIFLC

A friendship reconnected at DLIFLC

By Tammy Cario “You started 50 years ago last week,” Jerry Spivey said to Vincent “Vinnie” Zinck who was sitting across a classroom full of students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Jan. 14, “and I started September or October of ‘68.” Despite...
Top Army attaché to China gives advice to FAOs

Top Army attaché to China gives advice to FAOs

By Natela Cutter The U.S. Army’s senior defense attaché at the American Embassy in Beijing, China had a few things to share with newly-minted Foreign Area Officers who are attending a week-long joint FAO course hosted by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language...