Editing Defense Language Institute (section)

{{Short description|Educational agency of the U.S. Department of Defense}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox university
|name = Defense Language Institute
|motto =
|established = 1954 (DLIELC)<br/>1963 (DLIFLC)
|head_label = [[Commandant]]
|head = [[Lieutenant Colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] Marvin Mark (DLIELC)<ref>{{cite web|title=DLIELC - Welcome |url=https://www.dlielc.edu/welcome/ |publisher=DLIELC |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref> <br/>
{{nowrap|[[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] Christy Whitfield (DLIFLC)<ref>{{cite web|title=Colonel, Christy Whitfield, U.S. Army |url=https://www.dliflc.edu/administration/command-group/ |publisher=DLIFLC |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref>}}
|undergrad =
|postgrad =
|city =DLIELC: [[Joint Base San Antonio|Joint Base San Antonio, Texas]] <br /> DLIFLC: [[Presidio of Monterey, California]] 
|state =
|country = U.S.
|campus =DLIELC, DLIFLC
|athletics =
|website = [http://www.dlielc.edu English Language Center], [http://www.dliflc.edu Foreign Language Center]
|image_name = Defense Language Institute copy.png
|affiliations =
|administrative_staff =
|colors =
}}

The '''Defense Language Institute''' ('''DLI''') is a [[United States Department of Defense]] (DoD) educational and research institution consisting of two separate entities which provide linguistic and cultural instruction to the Department of Defense, other federal agencies and numerous customers around the world. The Defense Language Institute is responsible for the Defense Language Program, and the bulk of the Defense Language Institute's activities involve educating DoD members in assigned languages, and international personnel in English. Other functions include planning, curriculum development, and research in [[second-language acquisition]].