A new old way of learning languages

A new old way of learning languages

By Tammy Cario If you were to ask the average service member, chances are they would not equate military classes with a flexible learning system. The military, perhaps by definition, is rigid with rules and regulations. The Hebrew classroom here at the Defense...
Be careful what you wish for

Be careful what you wish for

By Natela Cutter Be careful what you wish for if you’re a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate! You could easily end up catapulted into a world crisis where leaders are clinging to your every word, making crucial national security decisions...
Three generations at DLIFLC help make history

Three generations at DLIFLC help make history

By Tammy Cario It’s not often you can say you attended school with your future father-in-law. When Pete Weldon attended the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language center to study Korean in 1957, he began dating Marcia Houston, only to discover her father, William...
One man’s journey to freedom in the United States

One man’s journey to freedom in the United States

By Tammy Cario The words inscribed at the feet of Lady Liberty, “”Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…,” might well have been written with someone like Waseem Abdo in mind. He, along with 24 other applicants, officially...
When signals intelligence meets field training

When signals intelligence meets field training

By Tammy Cario Languages aren’t the only thing being taught here at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Army Capt. Matthew Hughes, commander of Company C. 229th Military Intelligence Battalion at the Presidio of Monterey, believes his Soldiers with...