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...
ACLPM held virtually from Monterey

ACLPM held virtually from Monterey

By Natela Cutter, Mission Public Affairs Every year, the Advanced Command Language Program workshop is held at the Presidio of Monterey, home of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. But rather than cancel the event due to the pandemic, more than 230...
Technology to the rescue during pandemic

Technology to the rescue during pandemic

By Tammy Cario Never has the value of technology been so evident as in the time of a worldwide pandemic, when, for some, being able to telework from their own homes is the difference between life and death. For the faculty and staff at the Defense Language Institute...
Eighteen individuals naturalized

Eighteen individuals naturalized

By Natela Cutter Despite the global pandemic, a team from the San Jose office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services traveled to the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the Presidio of Monterey to naturalize 18 individuals on June 25. “I am...
The importance of sleep in military training

The importance of sleep in military training

By Tammy Cario In a recent town hall with Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center students that was sprinkled with survey questions about studies and stress, Col. Gary Hausman, DLIFLC commandant, asked them to respond to an unusual question: how much sleep...