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2 unusual facts about Defense Language Institute


Korean language

For instance, the United States' Defense Language Institute places Korean in Category IV, which also includes Arabic, Japanese, and Chinese.

Lo Hsien-che

Being proficient in languages, he also studied in the United States Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California.


Fayez Banihammad

After the attacks it was reported by ABC News that somebody with the same name had attended the Defense Language Institute at Lackland Air Force Base - a claim that may have been born of a false address Banihammad had used.

Michael B. Donley

He attended the Army’s Intelligence School (1972), Airborne school (1974), and Defense Language Institute (1973).

Tony Lagouranis

He was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and graduated from high school in 1987 in New York City, going on to study Ancient Greek as part of his degree program at St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Arabic at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California.


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