New Cohort of Officers Embark on Specialized Training

New Cohort of Officers Embark on Specialized Training

More than 250 officers and their spouses gathered for the launch of Phase 1 of the Joint Foreign Area Officer Course at the Weckerling Center on the Presidio of Monterey June 23-27, 2025. This five-day event aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the Foreign...
Institute commemorates former commandant

Institute commemorates former commandant

The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center honored the memory and legacy of Col. Sue Ann Sandusky, a former commandant, during a special memorial ceremony held at the Weckerling Center June 17, 2025. The event not only paid tribute to Sandusky, who passed...
DLIFLC welcomes new assistant commandant

DLIFLC welcomes new assistant commandant

Assistant Commandant Col. Mark S. Jones relinquished command to Col. Jason Guyette, who took charge of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s second highest position on June 12, 2025. Jones, a 2010 DLIFLC graduate of Modern Standard Arabic and a...
Room dedicated to student killed in car accident

Room dedicated to student killed in car accident

The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center dedicated a conference room in the Russian schoolhouse March 6, 2025, to Pfc. Maddie Fletcher, a Russian language student who was killed late last year in a hit-and-run. “Today, as we rename this conference room...
Institute releases trailer for 85th anniversary

Institute releases trailer for 85th anniversary

The Public Affairs Office at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center released a trailer for a documentary in the making Friday, in anticipation of the 85th anniversary of the Institute coming November 2026. “The documentary tells the kind of hidden...