Talk:Defense Language Institute/Archive 1

This article needs to be changed
Read it serious wikipedia contributor. It compares institute to Narnia and is clearly written by someone with an ax to grind. 132.72.138.1 09:48, 5 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Everything you complained about was added in the most recent edit, which happened on July 4, 2007. Using the page history would have made this clear, and made it easy for you, an anonymous user, to correct. However, thank you for bringing this case of vandalism to our attention so that it could be fixed. Gentgeen 10:30, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

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Corrections/Additions to page re: DLIFLC in the mid 1970s
I was graduated from DLI in 1976 at the POM with a certification in Chinese Mandarin. This article states under the section entitled 'Consolidation', "There were only enlisted male and female students at the Presidio, primarily from the Military Occupational Specialty's [sic] of Military Intelligence and Military Police with a small number of Army Special Forces". This statement is somewhat untrue. My Mandarin class included at least 6 commissioned officers (in addition to the enlisted members) and one civilian. I was aware of Reserve Officers studying at DLI also.

There were basically two types of classes, those which taught students the ability to speak and read a Foreign language. These classes also included an hour of cultural instruction each day. This type of class was primarily limited to enlisted members of Military Intelligence (mostly Interrogators like myself and a handful of Counter Intelligence Agents) and a few Special Forces members, in addition to many commissioned officers who were destined for overseas duty, especially in embassies. There was also a contingency of Marines who were chosen for overseas embassy duty. These classes also occasionally included employees of the CIA, FBI and State Department.

There was a second teaching track that consisted entirely of members of the various signal security agencies such as the Army Security Agency(ASA), Naval Security Group, Air Force Security Service and non-military members of the National Security Agency (NSA). These students were referred to as ears, since they were only taught to listen to signal intercepts and phonetically transcribe what they heard. The actual translations were performed by machines. In 1976(?) a group of those students started legal action against the DOD because they felt they were mislead by recruiters having been given the impression they would actually learn to speak the languages.

I have no actual documentation or citations of these facts, other than my own personal experience. I am unsure how my statements would fit into Wikipedia's requirement for verified citations, but I feel the page should accurately reflect the more extensive mission of DLIFLC at the time.BandyRooster (talk) 06:14, 23 December 2018 (UTC)