Going the extra mile: DLIFLC MLI of the Year

Going the extra mile: DLIFLC MLI of the Year

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – Most people who join the military don’t go into a recruiting station with the demand to pick a Military Occupational Specialty that has the longest training pipeline there is. Ten years ago, this is...
“Leadership principles of a loyal heretic”

“Leadership principles of a loyal heretic”

By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – Col. Wiley Barnes, the assistant commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and commander of the U.S. Air Force 517th Training Group, spoke at an institute leadership forum to...
Getting to 2+/2+/2: by 2022

Getting to 2+/2+/2: by 2022

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – After 9/11, one thing became abundantly clear to the intelligence community – there is a dire need for more and better qualified linguists. Seven months later, in April 2002, then National Security...