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Air Force invites community to serve as ambassadors to international students
August 24, 2021
Students talk with AMIGO volunteers outside.
DLIELC welcomes alumnus Hungarian Air Chief
August 2, 2021
Col. Schaefer joins Maj. Gen. Kilian at conference table.
DLIELC supports upcoming Puerto Rico Project Language
June 2, 2021
Air Force ROTC cadet takes aim during a field exercise in Puerto Rico.
DLIELC mobile training team support to Southeast Asia moves forward
May 26, 2021
DLIELC instructor Phil Reed shown in scenic photo in Hanoi, Vietnam.
DLIELC: Fighting through a pandemic
April 29, 2021
Armed with a copy of the American Language Course text, a cadet participates in an online class facilitated by a Defense Language Institute English Language Center Virtual Training Team (VTT) in July 2020. VTTs were used in collaboration with the U.S. Army to provide English language training to some of the U.S. Army Echo Trainees. Since the start of this curriculum, VTTs have also been used with some of DLIELC’s international partners, like Uzbekistan.
37th TRW Rising VI council hosts first immersion tour
March 25, 2021
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The 37th Training Wing Rising VI Council has an ambitious agenda despite being formed less than a year ago. Several of its members and other base personnel participated in the council’s first immersion tour March 18, in the hopes of being able to network with all mission partners.
DLIELC state-of-the-art labs give international students authentic experience
March 16, 2021
Three Chadian Air Force personnel are the first Defense Language Institute English Language Center students to take advantage of the newest curriculum at DLIELC. This curriculum, pairing the latest virtual reality and artificial intelligence technology, aims to familiarize international students with English communications during aviation scenarios.
'Fight Through' appropriate theme for 2020 37th TRW annual awards
March 9, 2021
The 37th TRW annual awards ceremony was held at the IAAFA auditorium, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 5, 2021.
Lieutenants at DLIELC first women in Chadian air force to become pilots
December 29, 2020
The Republic of Chad flag is shown on the uniform of one of the first two women in that service to become a pilot. They are attending General English Training at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
DLIELC delivers innovative English language training to Army trainees
December 28, 2020
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – More than 80 U.S. Army trainees at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, are completing English Language Training (ELT) without interruption thanks to a partnership between the Defense Language English Language Center and the Army post.
DLIELC unveils new Aviation Language Training Center
November 9, 2020
Commander demonstrates new aviation simulator at DLIELC.
DLIELC resumes mobile training teams after COVID-19 pause
October 13, 2020
The Defense Language Institute English Language Center is a world-renowned institution in the field of English Language Training with a mission is to teach, monitor and conduct the Defense English Language Program while providing a look into American culture.
DLIELC pilots virtual training team program with Puerto Rico
August 4, 2020
The Defense Language Institute English Language Center hosts a group discussion between instructors and cadets during a class conducted over Zoom July, 2020. This Virtual Training Team initiative is in its piloting stage and may prove to provide U.S. partners across the globe a viable hybrid distance learning option.
Air Force’s inaugural ECHO Flight Airmen share their experiences
June 26, 2020
U.S. Air Force basic training trainee Alexie Delgado Berrios goes through the Leadership Reaction Course
DLIELC international students receive generosity, support during COVID-19
June 16, 2020
Master Sgt. Jeanett Vielman displays one of the handmade masks she donated for the students at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
DLIELC hosts first female Lebanese air traffic controller
May 20, 2020
Airman Maria Abou Daher Maalouf from the Lebanese Air Force is the first female air traffic controller from her country to attend the Defense Language Institute English Language Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland for English language training.
Air Force English language beta test advances despite COVID-19
May 18, 2020
Air Force Echo Flight trainees attend their distance learning classes in the 737th Training Support Squadron learning lab, although separated physically from their classmates to due to COVID-19.
An Open Letter to the Warhawk Family
April 3, 2020
The 37th Training Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is the largest training wing in the United States Air Force. The Wing operates schools at nine locations throughout the United States with most of its training conducted at JBSA-Lackland. The Wing trains Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, government agencies, coalition partners from over 100 countries and military working dogs.
Language center students, instructors go the distance with distance learning
April 1, 2020
The current COVID-19 pandemic generated rapid growth and innovation at DLIELC, with the team being afforded the opportunity to test the implementation of open source and government technologies to continue their mission of language education, despite geographical separation for faculty and students. Until two weeks ago, all of DLIELC’s academic instruction was conducted in a classroom setting using printed books. Distance learning had never been part of the DLIELC framework, until now.
DLIELC increases English language training in Vietnam
March 9, 2020
Vietnamese officer