April 6, 2021 LEAP Scholar Provides Language Support to 2d SFAB Arabic LEAP scholar Staff Sgt. Abdullah Azzam is providing language support to the U.S. Army’s 2d Security Force Assistance Brigade in North Africa through the Air Force Culture and Language’s Training Partnership Request program, creating a significant impact to the initial rapport-building phase
April 1, 2021 LEAP Spotlight: Capt. Byron Muhlenberg The Language Enabled Airman Program is an indispensable program that enables our Airmen to expand their cultural understanding and make operational and strategic impacts well beyond their immediate career field. My journey as a LEAP scholar began as a freshman at the U.S. Air Force Academy, but the
March 31, 2021 Vietnamese LEAP Scholars Receive Letters of Appreciation Vietnamese LEAP scholars Lt. Col. Thai Le and Master Sgt. Ngoc Hanh Le were recently presented with Letters of Appreciation from former Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett.
March 30, 2021 AFCLC Faculty Teach Intro to American Culture to Incoming International Officers The Air Force Culture and Language Center’s Dr. Angelle Khachadoorian recently taught Squadron Officer School’s incoming class of International Officers via teleconference on the morning of 8 March. Dr. Khachadoorian, the AFCLC’s Professor of Anthropology, offered a light-hearted but informative
March 24, 2021 Enrollment Open for Introduction to Cross-Cultural Communication – 6-12 April In response to the Department of Defense and Air Force guidance to provide cultural education and awareness to the enlisted corps, the Community College of the Air Force and the Air Force Culture and Language Center are offering a Distance Learning Course, Introduction to Cross-Cultural
March 24, 2021 eMentor Spotlight: Capt. Brady Gough In 2009, I began studying at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona. I wasn’t just a student but also a cadet in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps.
March 23, 2021 LEAP Scholars Assist DPAA in Recovery of Remains During conflicts, not all of our service members make it home. In Vietnam, 1,245 U.S. service members are still missing. Vietnamese LEAP scholars Maj. Son Nguyen, Maj. Vu Le, and Staff Sgt. Oanh Von Behr are currently providing language support to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in Vietnam to
March 17, 2021 LEAP Spotlight: Capt. Fiona Akoth “My story starts in a rural town in western Kenya, which is on the eastern side of Africa. I grew up in Kisumu City, right off the coast of Lake Victoria, and when I was 13, we moved to the United States. I went to middle and high school in Texas, and it was at that time that I learned about the
March 16, 2021 AFCLC’s Language Enabled Airman Program: A strategy for improving pilot retention In 2016, retired Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein publicly called the United States Air Force’s pilot shortage a crisis. At the time, the Air Force was reportedly short 1,500 pilots. According to reports, the Air Force still needs an estimated 2,100 pilots – and many say that number
March 2, 2021 LEAP Spotlight: SSgt Giancarlo Cintron “I am Staff Sergeant Giancarlo Cintron, and I am an Aircraft Hydraulics Systems Regional Training Center Instructor at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
