Driven to succeed as a Boren Scholar

Driven to succeed as a Boren Scholar

By Tammy Cario Anna Sherman knew from a young age what she wanted to do. “I ended up doing this State Department funded national security scholarship twice while I was in high school,” she said. It was the National Security Language Initiative for Youth, a program run...
DLIFLC’s first all-virtual class graduates

DLIFLC’s first all-virtual class graduates

By Tammy Cario Things haven’t turned out exactly as Marine Lance Cpl. Marissa Dow planned since she walked into the recruiter’s office a few years ago. “The recruiter sold me on the values of the Marine Corps and then he asked me what I wanted to do. I wanted to do...
IWTC Monterey Suicide Prevention Stand Down

IWTC Monterey Suicide Prevention Stand Down

By Information Warfare Training Command Monterey MONTEREY, Calif. – Sailors attached to Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Monterey recently participated in a base-wide suicide prevention stand down, coordinated by the Defense Language Institute Foreign...
Social Injustice: a perspective from the ranks

Social Injustice: a perspective from the ranks

By Tammy Cario, Mission Public Affairs Less than six months into a global pandemic that saw entire nations come to a complete halt, social unrest sparked when George Perry Floyd Jr. was killed during a police arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota. What followed was a wave...
Board of Visitors meet virtually

Board of Visitors meet virtually

By Mission Public Affairs Members of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s Board of Visitors were briefed by DLIFLC leadership about the events that precipitated the current telework environment and other pressing issues during a virtual meeting...