Air Force begins second pilot: Linguist Next

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 with higher proficiency scores by developing students’ learner autonomy through a more holistic approach to the very intensive Defense...
TRADOC commanding general’s first visit to DLIFLC

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 Language Center and the Presidio of Monterey on March 9, for the first time since he has been in command. Brito had the opportunity...
DTRA graduates to face new challenges

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 only offered by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California. The director of...
Future FAOs learn important lessons

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 Foreign Language Center’s Weckerling Center Jan. 17 to 20 at the Presidio of Monterey. The journey of becoming a foreign area officer begins...