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Language and Culture Quick Guide


This guide was developed by DANTES to provide education center personnel and Service members with an easy-to-use resource. Foreign language and regional expertise are considered critical competencies essential to DoD’s mission. Suggestions for changes or updates can be made by contacting the DANTES Distance Learning Manager at DantesDL@navy.mil.

DOD Language Institute Foreign Language CenterLanguage Institute Foreign Language Center
Language Institute Foreign Language Center
DoD Directive 5160.41E
Army Army Language Programs
Army Language Programs
AR 350-20
Marine Corps Language Institute Foreign Language Center
Marine Corps Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning
Marine Corps Order 1550.4D
Navy
Center for Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture
(authorized users can access through Navy Knowledge Online)
OPNAVINST 1550.7B
Air Force US Air Force Culture and Language Center US Air Force Culture and Language Center
US Air Force Culture and Language Center
AFJI 14-107
Coast Guard
Foreign Language Testing Program
FAQs on Coast Guard Language Program
ALCOAST 585/05
DANTES
Distance Learning Catalogs
G.L.O.S.S.
Global Language Online Support System
HASC Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Building Language Skills and Cultural Competencies in the Military
Interagency Language Roundtable
Interagency Language Roundtable
Non-Government Web sites

Many non-government Web sites contain useful foreign language and culture information.
Following is a small sample:

Foreign Service Institute
Language courses developed by the U.S. government now in the public domain
Joint Language University
Co-operative effort between agencies of the Federal Government, the Department of Defense, and Academic institutions
SCOLA
Non-profit educational organization that re-transmits television programming from around the world in native languages
Internet Language Resources
Web site created by a University of Northern Iowa Professor Emeritus


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