Feb. 17, 2021 LEAP Spotlight: Capt Richard Scherl Capt. Richard Scherl is an 11M (Mobility Pilot) who has been a Spanish Language Enabled Airman Program scholar since 2017.
Feb. 3, 2021 LEAP Spotlight: MSgt Svetlana Alviar Watch as Air Force Research Laboratory MSgt Svetlana Alviar shares her LEAP experiences.
Feb. 2, 2021 LEAP Spotlight: Capt Christine Martinez “Currently, I am so lucky to be a Spanish and Portuguese instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. We talk to our cadets often about the Language Enabled Airman Program and the opportunities it provides.
Jan. 26, 2021 CMSgt Angel Milan: “LEAP is the weapons school for languages.” CMSgt Angel Milan will soon celebrate 25 years of service in the U.S. Air Force. With more than eight years in the Air Force Culture and Language Center’s Language Enabled Airman Program, he couldn’t imagine doing anything else. He said he has the perfect job.
Jan. 25, 2021 AFCLC Meets NATO AEW&C Force in International Aircrew Cultural Training Recently, the Air Force Culture and Language Center faculty worked with the NATO AWACS unit at Geilenkirchen on a course to enhance interoperability across a crew force of 17 nations, which the team calls International Aircrew Cultural Training or INTERACT.
Jan. 19, 2021 LEAP Spotlight: Lt Col Daniel Schoeni From August 2017 to August 2019, Spanish LEAP scholar and JAG officer Lt Col Daniel Schoeni was the Chief of Security Cooperation at 12 AF (AFSOUTH)/JA, and participated in 17 TDYs held in Latin America.
Jan. 11, 2021 LEAP Scholars Bridge Interpretation Gap in JIATF-S In November 2018, the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S) International Affairs Division Chief, U.S. Navy Cmdr. John Picco, found his team in dire need of two qualified translators/interpreters.
Jan. 11, 2021 Language Enabled Airman Program (LEAP) accepting cadet applications The Language Enabled Airman Program is accepting cadet applications now until 5 March.
Jan. 8, 2021 LEAP Spotlight: TSgt Nikola Bozic, Capt Daniel Bergstresser, and Capt Victoria Villa Hundreds of Airmen across Joint Base San Antonio are currently enrolled in the Language Enabled Airman Program.
Jan. 6, 2021 LEAP Spotlight: Maj Adam Bergoo “I was born in Sweden and grew up speaking the language at home. I started learning Spanish in middle school and continued to develop it as a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy, where I met my wife. She was an exchange cadet from Colombia, so that was one of the things that first drew us
