Rear Adm. Douglas J. Venlet, Director, International Engagement, center, speaks with Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Assistant Commandant Col. Laura Ryan about the changes that have taken pla More
Digital Art 2 - The Faculty's Commandant Col. Sue Ann Sandusky poses after winning one of her three gold medals in 1978 at the 42nd World Shooting Championship in Seoul, Korea, where she was a member of the U.S More
In an abandoned airplane hangar on Crissy Field at the Presidio of San Francisco, 58 Nisei and two Caucasian Soldiers began studying Japanese in November 1941. Today, that hangar is the home of the Military Int More
A day at the Beach 1st Lt. Joy Palmer and Pfc. Lingo, take time out from their busy schedules to go for Lingo’s first visit to the Pacific Ocean at Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove, California, Feb. 28, 2016. More
Photo 5 - In November 1941, a class of 58 Nisei and two Caucasian Soldiers began studying Japanese in a small school established in an abandoned airplane hangar within view of the Golden Gate Bridge at the Pres More
Spc. Kevin Chalkley, a U.S. Army Soldier in Afghanistan, speaks to children using Dari that he learned at a seven week class taught by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at Fort Carson, Colo More
Sgt Tyler Jiles, Arabic linguist with the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist), shares a traditional Omani breakfast after introductions for a collaborative, knowledge-sharing field training exercise More
Congressional Gold Medals are laid out prior to an award ceremony for WWII Nisei veterans at the Monterey Peninsula Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, in Monterey, Calif., March 4, 2012.
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center German instructor Wolfhild Wolf (left) shares her thoughts with Kazakh German instructor Assenowa Gulnar following a skit performed by German students outside More
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations meets with (from left) Richard Chastain, DLIFLC Deputy Chief of Staff for Resource Management, and Accrediting Commission More
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Assistant Commandant Air Force Col. Laura Ryan makes opening remarks before a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony, Tuesday, April More
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Commandant Col. Danial D. Pick speaks with Secretary of the Army John McHugh during a classroom observation on May 21 at the Presidio of Monterey.
A film crew from German production company Imbissfilm interviews Natela Cutter and Sgt. 1st Class Rebecca Doucette of the Defense Language Institute in front of slabs from the Berlin Wall, June 14, 2012, for th More
Spc. Alison Ramsey in front of the Royal Palace in Fes, Morocco, in June 2012.
Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb Moore (2nd from left), a Russian linguist for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, with two of his fellow service members and their Russian escort aboard the Russian Federation Shi More
Maj. Gen. Charles W. Hooper, director of strategic plans and programs for the U.S. Africa Command, was key-note speaker at the Joint Foreign Area Officer Conference held at the Defense Language Institute Foreig More
U.S. Army Col. Danial D. Pick, center, commandant and commander of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC), briefs Danish Army Lt. Col. Nicolas T. Veicherts, left, director of the Royal More
Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Training and Doctrine Command Lt. Gen. David Halverson observes an Arabic immersion class at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s facility in Seaside, C More
The director of Strategy, Plans and Policy Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G- 3/5/7, Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow, responds to questions after his briefing to Foreign Area Officers during a conference held More
Maj. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, speaks with Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center staff about foreign language teaching and stu More
Bryan Yagi, president of the National Japanese American Historical Society (center), cuts the ceremonial ribbon with Major Gen. Arthur Ishimoto, a native of Hawaii and first Japanese American to hold the rank More
U.S. Army deputy chief of staff for intelligence Lt. Gen. Mary Legere told foreign area officers participating in a conference at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center that they are “U.S. ambas More
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Stilwell addresses a group of foreign area officers at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Jan. 14, during a conference organized for FAOs studying at the Institute More
Assistant Commandant Col. Ginger Wallace congratulates Spc. Alexis Lavonsia Fyne, as the 10,000th AA degree recipient and graduate of the Persian Farsi language program on June 5, 2014, at the Presidio of Monte More
During the first day of the JFAOC course, Army Deputy Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy, G-3/5/7, who oversees the Army FAO program, Maj. Gen. Bryan Fenton, addressed Army FAOs and gave them via VTC an ove More
(Left to right) DLIFLC Assistant Commandant Col. Ginger Wallace listens to Congressman Sam Farr as he kicks off a meeting held at the Institute for Gov. Jerry Brown’s Military Council members. Farr’s co-chair, More
A student at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center performs a traditional Korean fan dance May 8. DLIFLC held Language Day 2015 at the Presidio of Monterey, Calif., to promote and encourage cul More
Gen. David Perkins, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Eustis, Va., speaks to students studying Arabic at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the More
Portrait 2 - Celebrity Challenge The 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Golf Tournament celebrated the military on February 10 during the Celebrity Challenge. The lineup this year included Bill Murray (pictured), C More
2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Golf Tournament The 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Golf Tournament celebrated the military on February 10 during the Celebrity Challenge. The lineup this year included Bill Murray ( More
Layout - Design 5 - Language Day 2016 This poster was created to market the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center's annual open house event called Language Day held on May 13, 2016. This is the onl More
The Colonel In preparation for DLIFLC's 75th Anniversary celebration on Nov. 5, 2016, the Institute's Mission Public Affairs team interviewed former DLIFLC Commandant (Ret) Col. Vladimir Sobichevsky, who served More
Final Good-Bye Veteran Vladimir Sobichevsky reflects on his part in the history of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language as a former commandant, during his final interview before passing away from can More
Series 1 - FAO program guest speaker on National Security Strategy Dr. Craig Whiteside, a professor at the Naval War College Monterey located on the campus of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, spoke ab More
DLIFLC Color Run SSG Jamal Malik gets hit with red chalk at the Color Run on Soldier Field April 29 hosted by the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) office for the Defense Language Insti More
Feature 2 - Language Day 2016 The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held their annual Language Day 2016 at the Presidio of Monterey, California, May 13 to promote and encourage cultural underst More
Portrait 3 - Language Capital of the World Festival 2016 Pvt. Ayana Griffin from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center gets prepared for her performance with other students from teh Middle East More
DLIFLC: On the crossroads of the world This infographic is a quick view of who the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center is and what we do. (Design by Amber K. Whittington)
Master Sgt. Mike Gabino, noncommissioned officer in charge of Undergraduate Education at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, smiles with the joint-service color guard in the background prior More
Change of Responsibility This illustration was created for a story in the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center's Globe Magazine for a Change of Responsibility, featuring the outgoing Command Serge More
Dr. Wade Huntley, academic director of the Regional Security Education Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, also in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Language Ins More
Kathleen Walsh, associate professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute, presented lectures on China at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Ce More
Ms. Diana Banks was escorted to the Korean language school on the Presidio of Monterey by DLIFLC Commandant Col. Phil Deppert and Command Sgt. Maj. Ryan Ramsey.
Full Immersion Arabic students are learning to interview local nationals in the target language they are studying at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center during an immersion training exercise More
DLIFLC 75th Anniversary Ball Tickets This marketing poster was created to promote ticket sales for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s 75th Anniversary Ball. The goal for this marketing pi More
Command Sergeant Major "Unleashed" The story of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Canter’s first Command Sergeant Major, appeared in DLIFLC’s 75th Anniversary Special Edition Globe magazine. (Phot More
DLIFLC 75th Anniversary Poster A commemorative poster created from 75 years of photos from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center with the 75th anniversary logo in the center.
Dr. Sharad Joshi, an assistant professor of nonproliferation and terrorism studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the De More
Dino Col. Danial (Dino) Pick, after retiring as the commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, continues to support DLIFLC, as the Deputy City Manager of Plans and Programs for the ci More
Col. Rhett Cox, 704th Military Intelligence Brigade commander from Fort Meade, Maryland, and Command Language Program Manager Selena Heckman hold the Department of Defense Command Language Program of the Year f More
Students watch as the best three videos are shown at an awards ceremony for the 14th Annual Korean Alphabet Day Video Contest Oct. 6 at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. (U.S. Army photo b More
Korean language students from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center had an isolated immersion opportunity Oct. 19-20 at the former Fort Ord in Seaside, California. The instructors prepared a sc More
Ryan Gingeras, associate professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Language Instit More
Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport (center), U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Command Sergeant Major, listens in on an Arabic class at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center during an info More
Picture Story - This is the photo story layout for the Keith L. Ware Awards. The Black Daggers, the official U.S. Army Special Operations Command parachute demonstration team, jumped into Soldier Field on the P More
Picture Story 1 - The Black Daggers The Black Daggers, the official U.S. Army Special Operations Command parachute demonstration team, jumped into Soldier Field on the Presidio of Monterey Nov. 4 in honor of th More
Dr. Christopher Darnton, an associate professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Language Institute F More
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center commandant, Col. Phil Deppert, welcoms FAOs to the biannual Joint Foreign Area Officer Conference Jan. 24. The conference ran until Jan. 27 to prepare new More
Dr. Guy Ziv, an associate professor at the American University School of International Service in Washington, D.C., spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Language Institute Foreign More
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, California’s 20th Congressional district representative, visits the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and Presidio of Monterey Feb. 22. Panetta learned about the foreign lan More
DLIFLC commandant, Col. Phil Deppert and Garrison commander, Col. Lawrence Brown, along with several volunteers came to the Presidio of Monterey Cemetery to place American flags at each of the headstones in hon More
The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion kicked off its week of intensive competition for the Platoon Sergeant of the Year at Fort Hunter Liggett's shooting range with a marksmanship assessment, followed by a More
Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport, the senior enlisted leader for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, poses with members of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Black Daggers Parachute Demonstratio More
Staff Sgt. Alex Rababah (right), an Arabic Military Language Instructor at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, shakes hands with Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport, the More
Josephine Petkovski teaches a Korean class Aug. 7 at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Asian School II, better known as the Korean School. She is also an alumnus of the Institute where she More
Dr. Wade Huntley, academic director of the Regional Security Education Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, California, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Langu More
CLPM's exchange ideas during the workshop. (U.S. Army photo by Natela Cutter)
The Joint-Service Choir at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California, sings the National Anthem at the Presidio Chapel Sept. 11. During a humble ceremony at the ch More
Nicholas Tomb, program manager of the Center for Civil-Military Relations Africa Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, spoke to U.S. Army Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defen More
For the first time in the history of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, two Military Language Instructors received the Army Instructor Badge, which puts them on par with their peers and ena More
Senior cadets from the Santa Clara University Army ROTC Battalion participated in the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Commandant’s Run at the Presidio of Monterey in October 2017 to represent More
Korean language students support their classmates during the 26th Annual Korean Language Writing Contest for Foreign Nationals and the 15th Annual Korean Alphabet Day Video Contest at the Defense Language Insti More
Staff Sgt. Mashal Shekib, a Military Language Instructor at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California, teaches the Institute’s mascot, Pfc. Lingo, to sit, heel and More
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, gave a talk titled “Leadership principles of a loy More
Students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center who are studying Chinese can also practice calligraphy as an extracurricular activity. As one of the oldest written scripts in the world, Chine More
Command Sgt. Maj. David Turnbull (left), the command sergeant major of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, spoke at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Feb.23, to More
Cadets from the University of California, Berkeley, Army ROTC Battalion prepare to listen to officers and NCOs from the 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, the U.S. Army element at the Defense Language Insti More
Waseem Abdo raises his right hand to swear his Oath of Allegiance to the United States in a naturalization ceremony held March 7, 2019, at DLIFLC. He, along with 24 other applicants, officially became citizens More
Mansour Hussein, an instructor with DLIFLC, takes advantage of the sunny morning to teach his Hebrew students outdoors.
Dawn Holmes, a sexual assault prevention and response victim advocate at DLIFLC, shows off her SASH t-shirt during a Color Run held April 26, 2019. Holmes was recently named Exceptional Military Victim Advocate More
Staff. Sgt. Steve Merkel, a representative from Goodfellow Air Force Base, answers questions as part of a panel during the Foreign Language Design Sprint event held Oct. 15-17 at the Presidio of Monterey. The d More
Army Sgt. Devin Clarke speaks to Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center students who, like himself, are a military occupational specialty known as human intelligence collectors. The talk was held at More
Airman 1st Class Kaleb Christiansen takes his DLIFLC language courses online at his desk from his home in Monterey, California. The virtual training and teleworking are just one part of DLIFLC’s modifications t More
Sgt. Janiece Marquez engages members of the Afghan Local Police in Kunar Province, Afghanistan in February 2011.
Chief Warrant Officer Four Gary Callister, Arabic linguist manager for the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist), shares a traditional Omani breakfast after introductions for a collaborative, knowledge More
WWII Military Intelligence Service veteran Ben Umeda salutes during the singing of the National Anthem by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Air Force Choir to begin the Congressional Gold M More
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center German students and Assenowa Gulnar (in red), a German exchange teacher from Kazakhstan, listen to feedback from DLIFLC German Instructor Wolfhild Wolf, follow More
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center faculty members Sohee Koo and a Persian Farsi instructor take the Oath of Allegiance to become United States citizens, as part of the first naturalization cere More
Secretary of the Army John McHugh sits in a Persian Farsi class as Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Seth Goodson translates for him during an observation May 21 at the Presidio of Monterey.
The Islamic madrassa (school) attached to the Mosque of King Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco.
Tech. Sgt. Gennadiy Treyger, a Russian linguist for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, waits on a U.S. ship prior to boarding an oiler to conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training, during RIMPAC 2012.
Director of the Royal Danish Defence College, Lt. Col. Nicolas T. Veicherts, and Maj. Astrid Bjerregaard, head of training, observe an immersion class of seven Danish linguists studying Pashto at the Defense La More
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Commandant Col. Danial Pick briefs Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Training and Doctrine Command Lt. Gen. David Halverson about the institute’s language More
The director of Strategy, Plans and Policy Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G- 3/5/7, Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow, speaks at the Foreign Area Officer Conference June 10 at the Defense Language Institute For More
Rear Adm. Douglas J. Venlet, Director, International Engagement, center, visits with students and staff at the Russian language schoolhouse at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center on board the More
Maj. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, walks with Middle East I School Dean Hiam Kanbar to observe a class of military service language students st More
Two Nisei veterans - Mas Kawaguchi (MIS) and Ken Nihei (442nd RCT) - search the MIS Honor Wall, containing the names of over 13,000 soldiers, instructors, support staff, and others who served alongside the MIS.
Foreign area officers participating in a conference at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Jan. 13, 2014, listen carefully to U.S. Army deputy chief of staff for intelligence Lt. Gen. Mary Le More
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Stilwell takes question from an audience of foreign area officers participating in a Joint FAO conference Jan. 14. Brig. Stilwell shared his overseas experience as a top U.S. military More