Oct. 24, 2018 Call for proposals: Take part in Air University’s LREC Symposium! The Air Force Culture and Language Center is seeking presenters and proposals for Air University’s 4th annual Language, Regional Expertise and Culture (LREC) symposium. The symposium provides a platform for academic exchange on topics specific to culture and language education in the military. This
Oct. 23, 2018 LEAP Perspective: Returning home to Kenya Staring into the eyes of more than a dozen children at Mogra Children’s Centre and orphanage, Second Lieutenant Levi Mburu realized his life had come full circle---from Kenya to the United States and back to his homeland again. Once a young Kenyan boy, he was now a man and was at the orphanage
Oct. 15, 2018 Diversity Summit 2018: Embracing diversity in the military Dr. Angelle Khachadoorian is a self-described “unicorn” in the Department of Defense. An anthropologist with knowledge on indigenous and tribal cultures, she has been called upon by the Air Force years ago to use her expertise at the Air Force Culture and Language Center at Air University.
Oct. 4, 2018 Making Hay While the Sun Shines Recently, I read a story in BBC’s travel section by an English woman who had moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Not long after she arrived, she was invited to a party at the home of a new friend, and on the appointed evening showed up on her friend’s doorstep a few minutes after the party was
Sept. 11, 2018 Ukraine The printed version of the Ukrainian Field Guide is obsolete and should not be distributed.
Sept. 10, 2018 Expeditionary Culture Field Guides The Expeditionary Culture Field Guides (ECFGs) are pocket-size handbooks packed with invaluable cultural information.
Sept. 10, 2018 WSJ salutes Air Force Culture and Language Center’s mobile field guides, app Titled “Six Indispensable Apps for Business Travelers,” a recent Wall Street Journal article describes the Air Force Culture and Language Center’s app as a “must have” for globe-trotters seeking worldly etiquette.
Sept. 10, 2018 LEAP Spotlight: 1st Lt Gorge Hernandez-Rodriguez When 1st Lieutenant Gorge Hernandez-Rodriguez enlisted in 2008, he was living in Puerto Rico, struggling financially, and looking for a way to support himself through college. Rodriguez knew the Air Force would afford him those opportunities, but he had no idea that his commitment and his language
Sept. 9, 2018 LEAP Spotlight: Maj. Reni Angelova The Language Enabled Airman Program, or LEAP, is a career-spanning program designed to identify, develop, and sustain America's foreign language and cultural capabilities to cultivate cross-culturally competent leaders who can meet Air Force global mission requirements. In this feature, LEAP
Sept. 4, 2018 The role language and culture played in the dramatic Thai cave rescue When the final child was pulled from the cave in Thailand, the crowd cheered, and the rescuers let out a deep sigh of relief. It was a non-verbal cue that was clear in every language: this terrifying ordeal was over.
