HMX-1 gets a little help from the language community

HMX-1 gets a little help from the language community

By Tammy Cario If linguists are the unsung heroes of the intelligence world, then language managers are the support that keeps them going. Command Language Program Managers are responsible for linguists once they arrive at their new station. They help the linguists to...
Surviving World War II as a polyglot

Surviving World War II as a polyglot

By Tammy Cario Tadeusz Haska’s story reads like a movie straight out of Hollywood. Between his parents’ early deaths, his experiences in World War II Poland and the harrowing escapes he endured, the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center instructor’s...
Entire Levantine class aces final exam

Entire Levantine class aces final exam

By Tammy Cario Modern Standard Arabic, considered written standard for language across the Middle East, could be compared to the Queen’s English. When the students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center learn Arabic, they begin with MSA and then go...
Naturalization Ceremony at DLIFLC

Naturalization Ceremony at DLIFLC

By Leonardo Carrillo MONTEREY, Calif. – Fourteen staff, faculty and family members of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center achieved the dream of a lifetime by finally becoming American citizens during a naturalization ceremony held at the Presidio of...
Record attendance at CLPM workshop

Record attendance at CLPM workshop

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs More than 250 members of all four branches of the services and Department of Defense civilians attended a three-day Advanced Command Language Program Manager Workshop held at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center...
Marines’ holistic approach improves graduation rate

Marines’ holistic approach improves graduation rate

By Tammy Cario The holy grail of any big company is numbers. It’s a matter of practicality. Hard facts that don’t always tell the full story but look good for stakeholders and the bottom line. The best outcome happens when numbers and soft skills meet. That is what...