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Inside
Page 1
From the Top
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DLIFLC welcomes new commandant!
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USD P&R says DLIFLC should be Center of
Excellence
Page 6
Motivating airmen: Presidio airmen get
first look at Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaisance operations.
Page 7
Hebrew department pulls 2010 Allen Griffin
Award
DLIFLC dean of Field Support, Steve
Collins, congratulates Fort Drum N.Y.,
graduates of the Af-Pak General Purpose
Force Dari language program on July 23.
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Chief of Staff of the Army visits DLIFLC
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New programs prepare troops, civilians, for
language and culture found in Afghanistan,
Pakistan
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Af-Pak Hands –
a personal account from the field
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Soldiers graduate from Afghan language,
culture program
Commandant/Commander
Col. Danial D. Pick
Command Sergeant Major
Tracey L. Ballotte
Editor-in-Chief
Clare A. Bugary
Editor
Natela Cutter
Design
Deacon Westervelt
Photo Credits
Natela Cutter, Brian Lamar, Dusan
Tatomirovic, Deacon Westervelt,
and Hiro Chang
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Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division speak
Dari
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Training focuses on dialects
&
DLIFLC wins TRADOC Distance Learning
Maverick Award
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Af-Pak Hands begin immersion training
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DLIFLC graduates Iraqi Basic Course
students
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MLI of the Quarter Award
&
DLIFLC holds successful Langauge Day event
U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Gen. George
Casey Jr., observes a Persian Farsi
class at DLIFLC June 23. Casey says
servicemembers need to be culturally
astute to accomplish their mission, which
includes language studies.
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Ukrainian delegation puts DLIFLC Russian
students to the test
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Danish army students attend DLIFLC for
Dari language training
&
DLIFLC to roll out Very Low Range tests
for servicemembers
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Command Language Program of the Year
winners
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Defense Threat Reduction Agency Airman
named Language Professional of the Year
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DLIFLC learns from Umbrella Weeks
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DLIFLC hosts 6th Annual Chinese
LEARN Conference
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Vol. 33, No. 3, Summer/Fall 2010