Courtesy Story | George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies | 08.14.2025
U.S. Army Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, visited the Marshall Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Aug. 14, 2025, for a professional development session with Foreign Area Officers enrolled in the Eurasian Foreign Area Officer Program....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class ShaTyra Reed-Cox | U.S. Army South | 05.02.2025
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Army South (USARSOUTH) brought together over 50 military and Civilian leaders for the USARSOUTH Engagement and Coordination (ARSEC) Symposium from April 28 to May 1. The purpose of the ARSEC Symposium was to enhance synchronization efforts across the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR). “The information provided will help......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet | 12.06.2024
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S.4th Fleet hosted its annual Maritime Synchronization Symposium onboard Naval Station Mayport, Fla., Dec. 3-6, 2024....
Courtesy Story | Naval Postgraduate School | 08.09.2024
MONTEREY, Calif. - U.S. Marines attended the Joint Foreign Area Officer Course (JFAOC), Phase I, at the Naval Postgraduate School and U.S. Army Garrison Presidio of Monterey, California, June 24-28, 2024....
Story by AFCLC Maxwell | Air Force Culture and Language Center | 04.25.2023
Congratulations to Language Enabled Airmen Program Scholars recently selected to the Foreign Area Officer career field! The International Affairs Development Team boarded and selected 22 officers for deliberate development and re-core as FAOs. Of the 22 selectees, 16 are LEAP Scholars, a 73% selection rate from LEAP....
Story by Patrick Bray | USAG Humphreys | 02.10.2023
Approximately 60 U.S. Army officers from around the Korean peninsula attended an information briefing at Eighth Army Headquarters Feb. 7 to learn more about a little-known Army-career field: the foreign area officer program....
Story by Mikala McCurry | Air Force Culture and Language Center | 05.02.2022
The 16F/16Z Development Team boarded and selected 39 officers for deliberate development and re-core as FAOs. Of the 39 selectees, 28 are LEAP Scholars, a 72% selection rate from LEAP....
Story by AFCLC Maxwell | Air Force Culture and Language Center | 01.14.2022
"The ability of AFCLC to be forward-thinking and enable USAF students to flex their curriculum to anticipate future DOD needs is highly important. The bottom-up nature of the Language Enabled Airman Program allows students to be more agile in matching their interests and capabilities to emerging DOD needs more than a top-down, requirements-based bureaucracy could ever be," LEAP Scholar and FAO......
