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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - For the first time in more than a decade, the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center opened its doors to the local community for its annual Language Day celebration.
Held May 11, on the open grounds of historic Soldier Field and surrounding classrooms, Language Day was a colorful celebration of foreign languages and cultural education highlighting the 26 different languages taught to military personnel at the Presidio of Monterey.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Department of Defense’s premier training institution for culturally based foreign language welcomed its newest commandant, as Col. David K. Chapman assumed command of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center during a ceremony on Presidio's Soldier Field May 22. Brig. Gen. Christopher P. Hughes, deputy commanding general for Leader Development and Education at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., officiated the ceremony. Chapman is a DLIFLC graduate with certificates in Russian, Serbian/Croatian and Greek languages, who also served as a second lieutenant 25 years ago at the former Fort Ord with the then-7th Infantry Division. www.army.mil/article/126684/New_leader_takes_reins_of_DLI...
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Department of Defense’s premier training institution for culturally based foreign language welcomed its newest commandant, as Col. David K. Chapman assumed command of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center during a ceremony on Presidio's Soldier Field May 22. Brig. Gen. Christopher P. Hughes, deputy commanding general for Leader Development and Education at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., officiated the ceremony. Chapman is a DLIFLC graduate with certificates in Russian, Serbian/Croatian and Greek languages, who also served as a second lieutenant 25 years ago at the former Fort Ord with the then-7th Infantry Division. www.army.mil/article/126684/New_leader_takes_reins_of_DLI...
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, California -- The 2017 Language Day celebration was held by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the Presidio of Monterey, May 12. Language Day is open to the public and attended by schools throughout the region to promote an understanding of diverse customs and cultures from around the world. Approximately 5,000 people attended the annual event featuring cultural displays, activities and international ethnic cuisine served by local vendors on Presidio’s Soldier Field.
The event featured a Vietnam War veterans recognition ceremony. Vietnam War lapel pins authorized by Congress were individually presented by POM Garrison Commander Col. Lawrence Brown and Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Roberto Marshall to approximately 75 Vietnam War veterans in attendance.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- More than 60 Soldiers from Company F, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, participated in military operations training with foreign language integration at an Army training site located on the former Fort Ord July 19. The Soldiers' primary objective at the Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) training site was to locate and recover service members from a simulated helicopter crash while traversing an approximately 1.5-mile course that had the squads gathering intelligence from locals in a variety of foreign languages, responding to direct and indirect fire, encountering improvised explosive devices and clearing buildings.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held its 73rd Anniversary Ball on Nov. 1st, with more than 350 faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends in attendance. The event, sponsored in part by the DLI Alumni Association and Foundation, was held at the Naval Postgraduate School's historic Herrmann Hall, in Monterey. The guest speaker for the event was Ambassador Daniel Smith, Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Research from the Department of State.
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- More than 60 Soldiers from Company F, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, participated in military operations training with foreign language integration at an Army training site located on the former Fort Ord July 19. The Soldiers' primary objective at the Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) training site was to locate and recover service members from a simulated helicopter crash while traversing an approximately 1.5-mile course that had the squads gathering intelligence from locals in a variety of foreign languages, responding to direct and indirect fire, encountering improvised explosive devices and clearing buildings.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Department of Defense’s premier training institution for culturally based foreign language welcomed its newest commandant, as Col. David K. Chapman assumed command of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center during a ceremony on Presidio's Soldier Field May 22. Brig. Gen. Christopher P. Hughes, deputy commanding general for Leader Development and Education at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., officiated the ceremony. Chapman is a DLIFLC graduate with certificates in Russian, Serbian/Croatian and Greek languages, who also served as a second lieutenant 25 years ago at the former Fort Ord with the then-7th Infantry Division. www.army.mil/article/126684/New_leader_takes_reins_of_DLI...
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s most colorful day of the year came May 8 as the Presidio opened its doors and welcomed a crowd estimated at more than 5,000 during its 31st hosting of Language Day. Attendees were treated to a diversity of songs, skits, dances, classroom demonstrations as well as food and wares that represented the cultures of 23 languages studied here at the military’s preeminent language training facility. Also in attendance were 54 combat veterans of the Vietnam War, honored guests during a “Welcome Home” ceremony led by Col. Paul Fellinger, Presidio of Monterey garrison commander, and Dan Presser, Military and Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee member, in commemoration of the war’s 50th anniversary.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s most colorful day of the year came May 8 as the Presidio opened its doors and welcomed a crowd estimated at more than 5,000 during its 31st hosting of Language Day. Attendees were treated to a diversity of songs, skits, dances, classroom demonstrations as well as food and wares that represented the cultures of 23 languages studied here at the military’s preeminent language training facility. Also in attendance were 54 combat veterans of the Vietnam War, honored guests during a “Welcome Home” ceremony led by Col. Paul Fellinger, Presidio of Monterey garrison commander, and Dan Presser, Military and Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee member, in commemoration of the war’s 50th anniversary.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Department of Defense’s premier training institution for culturally based foreign language welcomed its newest commandant, as Col. David K. Chapman assumed command of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center during a ceremony on Presidio's Soldier Field May 22. Brig. Gen. Christopher P. Hughes, deputy commanding general for Leader Development and Education at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., officiated the ceremony. Chapman is a DLIFLC graduate with certificates in Russian, Serbian/Croatian and Greek languages, who also served as a second lieutenant 25 years ago at the former Fort Ord with the then-7th Infantry Division. www.army.mil/article/126684/New_leader_takes_reins_of_DLI...
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
A teacher teaches the Korean alphabet to kindergarten and first-grade students in a dual-language immersion class. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held its 73rd Anniversary Ball on Nov. 1st, with more than 350 faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends in attendance. The event, sponsored in part by the DLI Alumni Association and Foundation, was held at the Naval Postgraduate School's historic Herrmann Hall, in Monterey. The guest speaker for the event was Ambassador Daniel Smith, Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Research from the Department of State.
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Foxtrot Company, 229th Military Intelligence Bn., brought the SPCA of Monterey County "Hug a Pet" team and a hot dog lunch to Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center students and staff at the to Presidio of Monterey's Hilltop Track Nov. 9, 2016. Three dogs adopted from the shelter, two certified therapy dogs, and Pfc. Lingo - the school's mascot - spread "puppy love" to raise morale for service members, many of whom live in the barracks where they are not allowed to care for pets while completing military language training at the school. DoD photo by Catherine Caruso, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
Hand stitched words - Je t'aime - I love you in French, and Ich liebe dich - I love you in German. Each framed in a 3" hoop.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – More than 3,000 students from across California visited the Presidio of Monterey on May 13 for DLIFLC’s Language Day. Students, educators and other participants were treated to stage performances, classroom displays and ethnic cuisine, highlighting the cultures of the many foreign languages taught here.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – More than 3,000 students from across California visited the Presidio of Monterey on May 13 for DLIFLC’s Language Day. Students, educators and other participants were treated to stage performances, classroom displays and ethnic cuisine, highlighting the cultures of the many foreign languages taught here.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Presidio and Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held a Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the POM Chapel, Dec. 3. DLIFLC Commandant Col. Phillip Deppert presided over the event. The ceremony included musical performances by the DLIFLC Joint Service Choir and Jazz Ensemble as well as a visit from Santa Claus who arrived in a POM Fire Department engine. Two receptions were held after the lighting, one for families at the Chapel Annex and a Leader's Reception inside the Weckerling Center.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
An elementary school teacher helps a student with a writing activity in a dual-language immersion class. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - A retirement ceremony attended by more than 250 faculty, staff, and distinguished guests was held for the provost of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Dr. Donald Fischer, inside the Presidio's Tin Barn on Dec. 20. Fischer also served as DLIFLC commandant from 1989 to 1993 and is credited for placing a heavy emphasis on technology in the classrooms and in the hands of students and faculty.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held its 73rd Anniversary Ball on Nov. 1st, with more than 350 faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends in attendance. The event, sponsored in part by the DLI Alumni Association and Foundation, was held at the Naval Postgraduate School's historic Herrmann Hall, in Monterey. The guest speaker for the event was Ambassador Daniel Smith, Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Research from the Department of State.
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PHOTO by Lopez Photography
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PreK through 9th Grade International school including Foreign Languages and Music instruction with a 6:1 student to teacher ratio.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- More than 60 Soldiers from Company F, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, participated in military operations training with foreign language integration at an Army training site located on the former Fort Ord July 19. The Soldiers' primary objective at the Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) training site was to locate and recover service members from a simulated helicopter crash while traversing an approximately 1.5-mile course that had the squads gathering intelligence from locals in a variety of foreign languages, responding to direct and indirect fire, encountering improvised explosive devices and clearing buildings.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. – The U.S. Army Garrison Presidio of Monterey's Col. Paul W. Fellinger and Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew J. Wynn visit the construction site of the Presidio's new dining facility to speak with contractors and survey the progress of construction June 19. While on site, Fellinger spoke with construction workers on the progress of the new facility and took advantage of an offer to lend a hand in the demolition of some of the obsolete buildings scheduled for destruction that day. When completed near the end of 2015, the new facility will be able to accommodate and serve more than 1,300 personnel in just less than 90 minute, three times a day. The new 26,000 square-foot, one-story dining facility is being constructed to replace Combs Hall, built in 1966, which is currently operating at over capacity in support of service member students of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Photo by Michael Beaton, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held its 73rd Anniversary Ball on Nov. 1st, with more than 350 faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends in attendance. The event, sponsored in part by the DLI Alumni Association and Foundation, was held at the Naval Postgraduate School's historic Herrmann Hall, in Monterey. The guest speaker for the event was Ambassador Daniel Smith, Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Research from the Department of State.
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PHOTO by Lopez Photography
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion celebrated the U.S. Army's 239th birthday by hosting the Army Birthday Ball at the Monterey Hyatt Regency June 7. The evening blended Army traditions with celebration and included a cake-cutting event, musical and theatrical performances, fine dining and dancing. The theme for this year's ball was "Lineage, Language, Leadership."
Center for International Security and Cooperation Senior Military Fellow Col. Tracy L. Roou was the evening's guest speaker. Rouu is a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate of the Russian Basic Course and previously served as Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan from 2011-2013.
The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, and is a profession of standards and discipline, customs and traditions, military expertise and trust.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- More than 60 Soldiers from Company F, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, participated in military operations training with foreign language integration at an Army training site located on the former Fort Ord July 19. The Soldiers' primary objective at the Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) training site was to locate and recover service members from a simulated helicopter crash while traversing an approximately 1.5-mile course that had the squads gathering intelligence from locals in a variety of foreign languages, responding to direct and indirect fire, encountering improvised explosive devices and clearing buildings.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
Foxtrot Company, 229th Military Intelligence Bn., brought the SPCA of Monterey County "Hug a Pet" team and a hot dog lunch to Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center students and staff at the to Presidio of Monterey's Hilltop Track Nov. 9, 2016. Three dogs adopted from the shelter, two certified therapy dogs, and Pfc. Lingo - the school's mascot - spread "puppy love" to raise morale for service members, many of whom live in the barracks where they are not allowed to care for pets while completing military language training at the school. DoD photo by Catherine Caruso, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- More than 60 Soldiers from Company F, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, participated in military operations training with foreign language integration at an Army training site located on the former Fort Ord July 19. The Soldiers' primary objective at the Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) training site was to locate and recover service members from a simulated helicopter crash while traversing an approximately 1.5-mile course that had the squads gathering intelligence from locals in a variety of foreign languages, responding to direct and indirect fire, encountering improvised explosive devices and clearing buildings.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- More than 60 Soldiers from Company F, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, participated in military operations training with foreign language integration at an Army training site located on the former Fort Ord July 19. The Soldiers' primary objective at the Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) training site was to locate and recover service members from a simulated helicopter crash while traversing an approximately 1.5-mile course that had the squads gathering intelligence from locals in a variety of foreign languages, responding to direct and indirect fire, encountering improvised explosive devices and clearing buildings.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- More than 60 Soldiers from Company F, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, participated in military operations training with foreign language integration at an Army training site located on the former Fort Ord July 19. The Soldiers' primary objective at the Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) training site was to locate and recover service members from a simulated helicopter crash while traversing an approximately 1.5-mile course that had the squads gathering intelligence from locals in a variety of foreign languages, responding to direct and indirect fire, encountering improvised explosive devices and clearing buildings.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, California -- The 2017 Language Day celebration was held by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the Presidio of Monterey, May 12. Language Day is open to the public and attended by schools throughout the region to promote an understanding of diverse customs and cultures from around the world. Approximately 5,000 people attended the annual event featuring cultural displays, activities and international ethnic cuisine served by local vendors on Presidio’s Soldier Field.
The event featured a Vietnam War veterans recognition ceremony. Vietnam War lapel pins authorized by Congress were individually presented by POM Garrison Commander Col. Lawrence Brown and Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Roberto Marshall to approximately 75 Vietnam War veterans in attendance.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held its 73rd Anniversary Ball on Nov. 1st, with more than 350 faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends in attendance. The event, sponsored in part by the DLI Alumni Association and Foundation, was held at the Naval Postgraduate School's historic Herrmann Hall, in Monterey. The guest speaker for the event was Ambassador Daniel Smith, Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Research from the Department of State.
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PHOTO by Lopez Photography