New Center for Leadership Development opens

New Center for Leadership Development opens

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – A new Center for Leadership Development opened at the Defense Language Institute Foreign language Center this March, as a result of a senior leadership summit held in summer of 2016, identifying the need...
Memorial Day Observance 2017

Memorial Day Observance 2017

By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center observed Memorial Day during a ceremony on Soldier Field at the Presidio of Monterey, California, May 25 and honored three fallen linguists from the...
Russian students bring home essay contest awards

Russian students bring home essay contest awards

By Master Sgt. Igor Poklad DTRA Linguist Liaison Office   MONTEREY, Calif. – Seven students at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Interpreting Course and one Advanced Russian student received awards from the American Council of Teachers of Russian for...
Defense Language Institute celebrates Language Day 2017

Defense Language Institute celebrates Language Day 2017

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. –  An estimated 5,000 people attended DLIFLC’s annual Language Day Open House event on Friday, May 12th, on the Presidio of Monterey. It was a fun-filled day with more than 40 cultural performances, dance,...
Students succeed again in Mandarin speech contest

Students succeed again in Mandarin speech contest

By Siyi (Lois) Gao DLIFLC Asian School I   SAN FRANCISCO – Sixty-eight Mandarin Chinese language students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center participated in the 42nd Annual Mandarin Speech contest in San Francisco April 22, with 31 DLI...
Impact most important about DLI, says general

Impact most important about DLI, says general

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – Lt. Gen. Michael Lundy, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, visited the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California April...