Audio by Tamara Cario | The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 06.08.2019
Jerry Spivey and Vinnie Zinck began their Army careers during the Vietnam era. Back then, the draft was alive and well, their unofficial title was "lingies," and Asian languages were a hot commodity. This is their podumentary....
Audio by Tamara Cario | The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 06.15.2019
John Sullivan served 4 years in the Army as a Russian linguist in the late 70s and early 80s, a time when the Soviet Union was alive and well and very active. Some of the historical events John brushed up against back then still reverberate today....
Audio by Tamara Cario | The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 06.22.2019
As if it being a military linguist wasn't challenge enough, Sgt. First Class Matthew Peterson took it a step further by becoming an Army Ranger. Now he's back at DLIFLC for a third round, this time as a Military Language Instructor, passing on his Pashto knowledge and experiences in Afghanistan....
Audio by Tamara Cario | The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 06.29.2019
On the outset of the Iranian Revolution of 1978/1979, there were only a few Persian Farsi military linguists ready to jump into action. Michael Ruhm, Michael Sherman and Don Huntington, recent graduates of Persian Farsi, were working for Thom Chesno, when the embassy hostage crisis began....
Audio by Tamara Cario | The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 07.06.2019
When the Navy called for a Persian Farsi linguist to deploy to the Persian Gulf and cover the Iranian revolution in late 1979, the only options Tom Chesno had to offer were three Airmen who had just finished their schooling. This is their story....
Audio by Tamara Cario | The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 01.04.2020
In 1985, Lana Al Mudhaffar and her family moved from the peace of northern England to a war zone in Basra, Iraq. Over 30 years later, Lana shares her experiences living in Iraq and the journey that led her to DLIFLC....
Audio by Tamara Cario | The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 01.11.2020
Kamola Umarova was born and raised in Uzbekistan, speaking both Uzbek and Russian with her family. A former Army linguist herself, Kamola talks about life before and after the Soviet Union, and what brought her to DLIFLC....
Audio by Tamara Cario | The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 01.18.2020
Baghdad wasn't always a war-torn city. To hear native-born Atoor Lawandow tell it, the Iraqi city is the center of the world. For more about Baghdad and how Atoor's journey brought her to Monterey, listen to the latest episode in our podcast, DLIFLC Lingo....
