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Become a DLIFLC fan on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monterey-CA/Defense-Language-Institute-Foreign-Language-Center/203259777762 Inside Page 1 From the Top Page 2 DLIFLC welcomes new commandant! Page 4 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. Page 9 Chief of Staff of the Army visits DLIFLC Page 10 New programs prepare troops, civilians, for language and culture found in Afghanistan, Pakistan Page 11 Af-Pak Hands – a personal account from the field Page 13 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 For editorial comments or suggestions please write to [email protected] Page 14 Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division speak Dari Page 15 Training focuses on dialects & DLIFLC wins TRADOC Distance Learning Maverick Award Page 16 Af-Pak Hands begin immersion training Page 18 DLIFLC graduates Iraqi Basic Course students Page 19 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. Page 20 Ukrainian delegation puts DLIFLC Russian students to the test Page 21 Danish army students attend DLIFLC for Dari language training & DLIFLC to roll out Very Low Range tests for servicemembers Page 22 Command Language Program of the Year winners Page 23 Defense Threat Reduction Agency Airman named Language Professional of the Year Page 24 DLIFLC learns from Umbrella Weeks Page 25 DLIFLC hosts 6th Annual Chinese LEARN Conference The GLOBE is an authorized publication under the provisions of AR 360-1 and the Associated Press Style Guide for members of the Department of Defense. Contents of the GLOBE are not necessarily official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, Department of the Army, or DLIFLC. It is published quarterly by the Strategic Communications Office, DLIFLC, Presidio of Monterey, CA 93944-5006, phone (831) 242-6015 or facsimile (831) 242-4630 (DSN 768). The GLOBE has a circulation of 3,000 and is printed by offset press. The Commandant, Editor-in-Chief and Editor reserve the right to edit materials as necessary to conform to GLOBE editorial policies. All photos, unless otherwise credited, are Department of Defense photos. Vol. 33, No. 3, Summer/Fall 2010