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  • DLIELC welcomes Vietnamese alumni

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Over 50 years ago, three officers from the South Vietnamese Air Force attended the Defense Language Institute English Language Center.Henry Tran, Thu Nguyen, and Phuong Nguyen studied and learned English while attending DLIELC. They also received their

  • DLIELC graduates first Coast Guard recruits

    The journey is just beginning for two United States Coast Guard recruits who joined U.S. Army Echo Company to study English at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center.

  • Goodfellow | Sí, puedo

    The Air Force family is made up of people from every walk of life. Regardless of race, gender, creed, and origin, once the oath of enlistment is taken, individuals are inducted into the Air Force way of life. For Airman 1st Class Branden Valle, the journey of becoming an Airman was one of personal

  • Why Afghan refugees met 37th Training Wing instructors

    The wind whipped sand across her face and a generator hummed in the background as Davina Farrell stepped off the plane. It was October 2021, and Farrell, an English as a Second Language/English as a Foreign Language instructor, and seven of her colleagues, had a mission.

  • New 2d Air Force commander tours the Gateway Wing

    The Gateway Wing had the opportunity to showcase its mission and people last week to provide the new 2d Air Force commander an up-close and in-depth look into the 37th Training Wing mission.