Crest of the Defense Language Institute The Defense Language Institute is an agency of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), which provides linguistic and cultural instruction to the Department of Defense, other Federal Agencies and numerous and varied other customers.
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC)
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the Presidio of Monterey, California (DLIFLC & POM) is the DoD's primary foreign language school. Military servicemembers study foreign languages at highly accelerated paces, completing the requirements for an associate degree in foreign language in courses ranging from twelve to 63 weeks in length. The Institute has Federal degree-granting authority from the United States Congress to issue Associate of Arts in Foreign Language degrees to qualified graduates of all basic programs.
Although the installation is an Army post, there are Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force presences on post, and all four branches provide students. Members of other Federal agencies may also receive training, and members of other law enforcement agencies may receive Spanish language training.
As of 2004, languages taught at the DLIFLC include:
DLI-Washington
The DLIFLC also maintains the DLI-Washington office in the Washington, DC area. The Washington office provides training in languages not taught at the Presidio of Monterey, such as "low-density languages" which do not require the same large volume of trained personnel. There is some overlap, however, as students from the Defense Attaché System (DAS) are given local training in languages also available at the Monterey location.
Training is carried out at at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the Department of State and by five commercial private-sector foreign language schools in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area.
Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC)
The DLIELC is a Department of Defense agency responsible for training international military and civilian personnel to speak and teach English. The agency also manages the English as a Second Language Program for the US military, and manages overseas English training programs.
International students must be sponsored by an agency of the Department of Defense, and commonly include personnel from NATO member countries.
The main campus is currently located on the grounds of Lackland Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas.
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