Feb. 8, 2022 LEAP Scholars: Equipped with Skills that Cannot be “Just-in-Time” Trained With events happening around the world at a moment’s notice, Airmen and Guardians must always be ready for the fight. Not unlike the skills built over time by a pilot, the culture, language, and regional expertise the total force needs for critical missions cannot be “just-in-time” trained.
Dec. 30, 2021 AFCLC and DPAA: A Partnership for Mission Success Since 2012, Language Enabled Airman Program Scholars and Foreign Area Officers from the Air Force Culture and Language Center have helped to support the Defense POW/MIA Agency’s mission. What started as linguistic support for DPAA’s Short-term Individual Augmentee Sourcing Conference has now
Dec. 20, 2021 AFCLC Hosts Its Largest PAC for 3rd Air Force Command Chiefs In November, the Air Force Culture and Language Center completed its largest and perhaps most ambitious three-day virtual Pre-Acculturation Course for eight Command Chiefs with the 3rd Air Force. The CHIEFPAC covered the history, culture, and strategic issues of Europe, Africa, Russia, Ukraine, the
Dec. 17, 2021 AFCLC Co-Sponsors Squadron Officer School “Think Tank” Event The Air Force Culture and Language Center collaborated with the Squadron Officer School to launch its 22A Think Tank initiative. The 22A Think Tank, which took place from 8 November 2021 to 15 December 2021, was an opportunity for a select group of students to tackle a major issue and present
Nov. 15, 2021 Going the Extra Mile in Language Learning Although new to the Language Enabled Airman Program, Japanese LEAP Scholar Maj. Jacob McCauley is not a newcomer to the realm of language training. Since childhood, he studied to become proficient in both linguist and technical languages.
Oct. 28, 2021 AFCLC, Air University’s Sixth Annual LREC Centers around “Great Power of Culture” This October, the Air Force Culture and Language Center and Air University hosted the second virtual Language, Regional Expertise and Culture Symposium. Scholars and practitioners from across the Department of Defense and the LREC community worldwide came together online to share ideas.
Oct. 20, 2021 305 Active Duty Officer and Enlisted Airmen and Space Guardians Selected for AFCLC’s Language Enabled Airman Program Following a virtual selection board process this summer, the Air Force Culture and Language Center selected 305 Airmen and Guardians for the Language Enabled Airman Program. The LEAP selection board and AFCLC received 1,175 applications for the 2021 cycle.
Oct. 15, 2021 AFCLC launches updated culture guide app, introduces new educational course with certificate Airmen now have at their fingertips the opportunity to receive credit for learning about another country’s culture while simultaneously meeting the chief of staff of the Air Force’s action order to understand the nation’s strategic competitors. This can be achieved by accessing the latest version of
Oct. 1, 2021 What Happens If You Don’t Speak the Language? When Maj. Alex Watkins deployed to Turkey, it may not have been Language Enabled Airman Program-oriented, but she used her specialized skill set in ways that could help her redefine her career path.
Sept. 16, 2021 Training Partnership Request: A Strategic Method for LEAP and FAO Utilization The Air Force Culture and Language Center’s Language Enabled Airman Program deliberately develops language enabled, cross-cultural service members across the Air Force and Space Force with working-level foreign language proficiency to better support the application of air and space power through
