Editing Defense Language Institute (section)

==Schools and locations==

===English Language Center (DLIELC)===
The DLIELC is a Department of Defense agency operated by the [[U.S. Air Force]]'s [[37th Training Wing]], and is responsible for training international military and civilian personnel to speak and teach English. The agency also manages the English as a Second Language Program for the [[US military]], and manages overseas English training programs. International students must be sponsored by an agency of the Department of Defense, and commonly include personnel from [[NATO]] member countries. Over 100 countries are represented among the student body at DLIELC at any given time. The main campus is currently located on the grounds of [[Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland Air Force Base]], in [[San Antonio, Texas]]. DLIELC acculturates and trains international personnel to communicate in English and to instruct English language programs in their country, trains United States military personnel in English as a second language, and deploys English Language Training programs around the world in support of the Defense Department.

===Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC)===
The DLIFLC at the [[Presidio of Monterey, California]] (DLIFLC & POM) is the DoD's primary foreign language school. Military service members study foreign languages at highly accelerated paces in courses ranging from 24 to 64 weeks in length.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dliflc.edu/academics/academic_affairs/dli_catalog/resident.htm |title=DLI catalog |publisher=Dliflc.edu |access-date=2011-06-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606210438/http://www.dliflc.edu/academics/academic_affairs/dli_catalog/resident.htm |archive-date=6 June 2011}}</ref> In October 2001, the Institute received Federal degree-granting authority to issue [[Associate of Arts]] in Foreign Language degrees to qualified graduates of all basic programs. As of 2022, DLIFLC also offers bachelor's degrees to graduates of DLI accredited Intermediate and Advanced courses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dliflc.edu|title=Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center - Monterey, Ca|website=dliflc.edu|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>

Although the property is under the jurisdiction of the [[United States Army]], there are [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]], [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]], and [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] presences on post, and all four branches provide students and instructors. Members of other Federal agencies and military services of other countries may also receive training, and members of other [[law enforcement agency|law enforcement agencies]] may receive Spanish language training.

As of 2015, a number of languages are taught at the DLIFLC including Afrikaans in Washington, DC and the following in Monterey: 
Modern Standard Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish.

===DLI-Washington===
The DLIFLC also maintains the DLI-Washington office in the Washington, D.C. area. The Washington office provides training in languages not taught at the [[Presidio of Monterey]], such as "low-density languages" which do not require the same large volume of trained personnel. There is some overlap, however, as students from the [[Defense Attaché System]] (DAS) are given local training in languages also available at the Monterey location.

Language training through DLI-Washington is conducted at the [[National Foreign Affairs Training Center]] (NFATC) of the [[United States Department of State]], and at various contracted foreign language schools in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.