Learning language by doing with pottery

Learning language by doing with pottery

By Tammy Cario Pottery might not be the first thing you think of when someone says Persian Farsi, but for some Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center students, pottery class is a great way to build up their language. “I don’t know what I’m making at the...
Indonesian language graduate shines during exercise

Indonesian language graduate shines during exercise

By Tammy Cario The nature of the cryptolinguist’s work after training at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center is often shrouded in mystery because of the secrecy involved in the mission. Thankfully, sometimes the job takes the graduates to amazing...
Student Senate holds inaugural meeting

Student Senate holds inaugural meeting

By Tammy Cario   The Senate is “a venue and a platform for the free exchange of ideas, concerns and solutions in regard to daily student life here at DLI,” said Army Spec. Freddy Toscano, interim Student Senate president and DLIFLC student. “As far as...
Language Training Detachment receives SOCOM award

Language Training Detachment receives SOCOM award

By Tammy Cario The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s Hurlburt Field Language Training Detachment was presented with the Special Operation Command’s Command Language Program of the Year award on July 21, 2021, at McDill Air Force Base, Florida....