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Article: Training Arabic linguists.
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- Soldiers Magazine
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- May 1, 2004
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WHILE the Army's performance in operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom has repeatedly validated weapon systems and tactics, it's also highlighted a key shortage: that of Soldiers able to read and speak Arabic.
It's a need the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center is working to fill.
A Specialized School
Located at California's historic Presidio of Monterey, some 60 miles south of San Francisco, the DLIFLC produces linguists for the Department of Defense and, in smaller numbers, for other federal agencies and certain foreign governments.
The DLIFLC teaches 22 languages, which are categorized by their degree of ...