More than 200 members of all four branches of the services and Department of Defense civilians attended a three-day Advanced Command Language Program Manager Workshop held at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Aug. 29-31.
The large gathering of military and civilian foreign language community managers and leaders served as a perfect venue to give awards for the DOD Command Language Professional of the Year and the Command Language Program of the Year.
The winner of the DOD's best Command Language Program of the Year for 2016 was the Navy Information Operations Command, Maryland. The award was received by the incoming CLPM Chief Petty Officer Vernon "Duke" Smith, who accepted the cup on behalf of the work of CLPM Chief Petty Officer Kate Greifzu and her commander, Capt. J.S. Scheidt.
DOD winner of the best Command Language Professional of the year went to Air Force Staff Sgt. Monica Helling, who works for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) at Travis Air Force Base as a Russian Linguist.
The 2016 U.S. Army Language Professional of the Year was Sgt. Auday Alamery of the 513th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Gordon, Georgia, the U.S. Marine Corps Language Professional of the Year was Sgt. Kyle Morgan, of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Europe, and the U.S. Navy Language Professional of the Year was Cryptologic Technician - Interpretative 1 Brian Blacher.
Finalists for the DOD Command Language Program of the Year were the 500th Military Intelligence Brigade, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, the 2nd Radio Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and the 34th Intelligence Squadron, Fort Meade, Maryland. (U.S. Army photo by Natela Cutter)
| Date Taken: | 08.29.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 09.14.2017 14:48 |
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| VIRIN: | 170829-A-LN562-046 |
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| Location: | PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, CA, US |
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