There are other places, but a lot less likely. I was an Airborne linguist, and most of us end up in Nebraska and Arizona. The Asian languages will likely see Hawaii, I know Russian goes to Alaska - the others I'm not sure. If you can't keep up with the one you've got, they won't send you back for another. Maintain your target language though to better your chances. Typically, if you're in a lower-flow language, one not as high in demand or overmanned, you may get the chance to go back to DLI. Yes, you will eventually have the opportunity to "re-language," but not everyone will be accepted. I would definitely say count on something other than Japanese, though. That's something you'll have to look into at Monterey. I'm no longer a linguist, and I'm not sure what changes have been made to the foreign language proficiency pay regulations in the last two years, but you may or may not get paid for it depending on your score. Once you're out of BMT and attending DLI, you can opt to take the DLPT in Japanese. Odds are you'll be sent to one of those if you score high enough. The higher your score, the more likely you are to learn one of the Asian (Korean, Chinese) or Southwest Asian (Arabic, Dari, etc) languages. I'm not sure how true this is in practice, however. You will take (or have taken) the DLAB in which your score supposedly determines which languages you qualify to learn. From everything I've heard, Japanese is in fact "officer only." It's just not in demand/targeted enough to train the enlisted force for intelligence purposes. I'm assuming you're going in as a 1N3X1 - the ground linguist, vice Airborne Cryptologic Linguist. Is that true? If I pass the DLPT will I end up learning a different language anyway? I would not mind a few years in Monterey learning a new language at all, this is just curiosity.ĭo linguists have the opportunity to learn a new language and transfer somewhere new? For example, if I didn't like the language or country I ended up in, after X amount of years would I be able to learn Korean and move over there?ĭo most linguists end up outside the country or do they mostly stay stateside? If stateside, what bases usually have linguists? I hear from some that it is an officer-only language. I hear mixed things about Japanese in the military. I enjoyed my time in Japan, I just didn't enjoy working for Japanese companies and thought it might be nice to go back some day. I am joining at 25 after spending 3 years in Japan working as a translator/interpreter/general wage slave. I recently signed my Cryptologic Linguist contract and will be heading to basic training on Dec. I'll start off by saying I already spoke with my recruiter about some of this, but he suggested I try elsewhere because he didn't know much about the position. Troll and spam posts/comments will be deleted.Īll Airmen from any Air Force are welcome here, though we are overwhelmingly from the US! No making fun of people based on their appearance or personal attacks. Other photos of people in uniform should have their face and name tape obscured in some way. Photos of people in uniform should be a public figure, or related to a news article or current event. Violators are subject to the UCMJ, Article 93 (Cruelty and Maltreatment towards others).
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