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    AFCLC Faculty Enhances Introduction to Cross-Cultural Communication Course

    In response to the Department of Defense and Air Force guidance to provide cultural education and awareness to the enlisted corps, the Air Force Culture and Language Center offers participants in the Community College of the Air Force program a distance learning course, Introduction to Cross-Cultural Communication, to provide knowledge and skills associated with cross‐cultural communication in an applied context. Recently, the CCC course received major enhancements from course instructors Dr. John Miller, Adjunct Instructor and Dr. Susan Steen, professor of record for CCC and AFCLC’s Faculty and Region Division Chief.
  • Judi Goodall (left) and Marsha Russell (right) handle all student-related matters for the Air Force Culture and Language Center’s Community College of the Air Force courses, Introduction to Culture and Introduction to Cross-Cultural Communication.

    AFCLC’s Educational Student Support Team: Judi Goodall and Marsha Russell

    The Air Force Culture and Language Center has a unique team of individuals whose mission is the administration of the Center’s two courses that each receive three semester hours of credit through the Community College of the Air Force. Part of that team consists of Judi Goodall and Marsha Russell, who handle all student-related matters from course registration to reminding students of assignment deadlines.
  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Alfredo Miranda Rosales (far right) and Master Sgt. Carlo Estrada Oquendo (third from left) were the first Language Enabled Airman Program Scholars and among the first U.S. Airmen to attend the new Inter-American Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy course. The course was implemented in the fall of 2021 to help address partner nation needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa R. Adame)

    LEAP Scholars Attend New SNCO Academy Course at IAAFA to Address Partner Nation Needs

    Spanish Language Enabled Airman Program Scholars Master Sgt. Alfredo Miranda Rosales and Master Sgt. Carlo Estrada Oquendo were among the first U.S. participants and Language Enabled Airman Program Scholars selected to attend the new Inter-American Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy course.
  • Language Enabled Airman Program Scholar and Foreign Area Officer Maj. Timothy Bettis shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during Secretary Austin’s visit to the 2021 Manama Dialogue, the largest security conference in the Middle East. Maj. Bettis provided language and tactical support to the U.S. embassy for the event.

    LEAP Spotlight: Maj. Timothy Bettis

    "The ability of AFCLC to be forward-thinking and enable USAF students to flex their curriculum to anticipate future DOD needs is highly important. The bottom-up nature of the Language Enabled Airman Program allows students to be more agile in matching their interests and capabilities to emerging DOD needs more than a top-down, requirements-based bureaucracy could ever be," LEAP Scholar and FAO Maj. Timothy Bettis said.
  • Major Marie Gaudreault (pictured left) and Captain Liana Gaudreault (pictured right) are sibling pilots in the Air Force and French Scholars in the Language Enabled Airman Program. (Courtesy photo)

    Siblings of LEAP: Major Marie and Captain Liana Gaudreault

    Growing up in a military home with Air Force parents, Maj. Marie Gaudreault and Capt. Liana Gaudreault both continued the legacy by joining the Air Force. As sibling pilots in the Air Force and French Scholars in the Language Enabled Airman Program, the Gaudreaults are living out their life journeys separately but together.
  • LEAP is a career-spanning program to sustain and improve Airmen’s and U.S. Space Force Guardian’s language and cultural capabilities. Managed by AFCLC, LEAP develops cross-culturally competent leaders who meet air and space force mission requirements.

    LEAP Accepting Cadet Applications 10 January through 7 March

    The Air Force Culture and Language Center announced the Language Enabled Airman Program will accept U.S. Air Force Academy and Air Force ROTC Cadet applications beginning 10 January through 7 March for the 2022 application cycle. LEAP is a career-spanning program to sustain and improve Airmen’s and U.S. Space Force Guardian’s language and cultural capabilities. Managed by AFCLC, LEAP develops cross-culturally competent leaders who meet air and space force mission requirements.
  • LEAP Spotlight: Major Nichole Ayers

    LEAP Spotlight: Maj. Nichole Ayers

    Air Force Major Nichole Ayers, a Russian Language Enabled Airman Program Scholar who was recently selected to become a NASA astronaut candidate, said, “It’s important for us as humans going to space together and working together to understand each other’s cultures. I feel like I have already gotten experience in that and will further my experience with NASA after building that base with USAFA, LEAP and the Air Force Culture and Language Center. I’ve taken full advantage of every opportunity given to me by the Air Force to achieve my lifelong goal of becoming an astronaut.”
  • AFCLC’s Culture Guide app is available to all military service members and civilians through the App Store and Google Play, and it is safe for Department of Defense mobile devices. More than 20,000 individuals are already utilizing the app, and for those individuals, an update is now available.

    AFCLC Launches New Introduction to China, Russia Courses with Certificates on Culture Guide App

    The Air Force Culture and Language Center recently added Introduction to China, Introduction to Russia Culture courses, and a video library to its newly updated, free Culture Guide mobile app. The addition of the courses moves lock-step with Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.’s strategic initiative, Accelerate Change or Lose, outlining four Action Orders and focusing on people, decision-making, competition, and adapting to change.
  • Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team dig in an excavation unit during a DPAA recovery mission in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry)

    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 developed into life-changing language, cultural and tactical support in helping DPAA connect with families of missing personnel.
  • SAF/IAPA and AFCLC staff joined seven LEAP scholars who completed a two-week French language ISO-Immersion course focused on Chinese and Russian influence in Africa. The course has prepared these LEAP scholars to partner effectively within the AFRICOM AOR to employ air and space power. (Courtesy Photo)

    French LEAP Scholars Participate in ISO Immersion Course for Integrated Deterrence

    The Air Force Culture and Language Center developed a two-week isolated immersion course to better prepare LEAP Scholars for integrated deterrence and partner interoperability. During this immersion, the Scholars were in a real-world isolated environment. They lived together and utilized their target language 100 percent of the time during their stay, including during excursions and outings. They discussed strategic topics related to integrated deterrence and completed excursions within the community related to the target language. Seven French LEAP Scholars were hand-selected by AFCLC Language Development Coordinators based on their language proficiency, experience, and overall LEAP level to participate in the course.

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