It gave me a lot of time to familiarize myself with the environment, and get a head start on the classwork,” said Jazaerle, “I knew nothing about Korean before I got started, so I started familiarizing myself with the alphabet so that I could pronounce words, even if I didn’t know what I was saying yet.”ĭLIFLC is one of the most mentally demanding training environments the DoD has to offer, training students from all branches in 15 different languages from across the globe. “For the first 20 days, I was on details. Jazaerle began studying Korean as soon as he arrived at POM, even before he had officially started class. When asked what he liked most about the Korean language, Jazaelre launched into an excited speech about how the language’s structure functions, and how much he enjoys the strict pattern of speech. “Although I was hoping to be assigned a language I already spoke in order to brush up on my skills, Korean has been a blessing in disguise for me because now I get to pick up a fifth language.”Īfter growing up in trilingual households in both Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, Jazaerle said his passion for learning languages continues to grow in the training environment. “I already speak Arabic, French, Spanish, and English,” said Airman 1st Class Omar Jazaerle, 314th Training Squadron linguist student. Linguist students begin their technical training at DLIFLC where they are put through an intensive language learning course before graduating and moving on to their next step of intelligence training at Goodfellow Air Force Base.Īlthough learning Korean is a new journey for Jazaerle, studying forging languages is not. Jazaerle is attending DLIFLC as a student within the 314th Training Squadron where he studies to become an airborne cryptologic linguist. Although the blend of tongues may be nothing more than a confusing barrage of international conversations for some, in the case of Airman 1st Class Omar Jazaerle it’s an exercise in memory.Īs home to the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, the Presidio of Monterey trains all linguists across the Department of Defense. At the Aiso Library, it’s common to see students chattering away in all manner of languages found across the globe. Multiple languages can be heard amongst the gentle sweep of turning pages and the scrape of pencils on paper.
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