DLIFLC students win big in Mandarin speech contest

DLIFLC students win big in Mandarin speech contest

By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – Service members studying Mandarin Chinese at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center participated in the 41st Annual Mandarin Speech Contest in San Francisco April 23, with 36 DLIFLC...
Navy celebrates 40th anniversary of anchor drop

Navy celebrates 40th anniversary of anchor drop

By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – About 50 Sailors, leadership from the Center for Information Dominance Unit and Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center celebrated the 40th anniversary April 14 of the U.S. Navy dropping anchor...
DLIFLC opens new Language Training Detachment in Germany

DLIFLC opens new Language Training Detachment in Germany

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs   GRAFENWOEHR, Germany – The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, headquartered in Monterey, California, opened a new language training facility at the Combined Arms Training Center, or CATC, in Vilseck,...
Tagalog teacher favors DLIFLC after meeting linguists

Tagalog teacher favors DLIFLC after meeting linguists

By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – It is an unseasonably hot day in April on the Presidio of Monterey, California, and Marites Castro’s students are jumping off desks. The Tagalog language teacher does not discourage them. She shouts...
AETC commander visits linguists in Monterey

AETC commander visits linguists in Monterey

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs MONTEREY, Calif. – The commander of the Air Education and Training Command visited Airmen at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center March 29, as a part of a tour of one of the 23 major units he oversees in...