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  • LEAP Spotlight: Maj. Kealey Patterson

    "As we operate in a strategic environment across the world, it is necessary to understand our adversaries to better support our partners and allies in matters that are important to all of us and effect world stability," Russian LEAP Scholar Maj. Kealey Patterson said.

  • LEAP to FAO Spotlight: Lt. Col. Michael Ball

    "I owe the last six years and all my future career success to LEAP. Without LEAP, I would not be here today, building global relationships with 80 countries as a Division Chief at the International Officer School at Maxwell AFB, AL, and future FAO challenges I hope to meet as well," LEAP Scholar Lt.

  • Language-enabled Airmen strengthen commitment to regional Allies

    Two Japanese Language Enabled Airman Program Scholars worked alongside U.S. Air Force airfield experts to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific through the exchange of skills with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force partners during Exercise Cope North 2023 (CN23), which

  • Air University’s Resilience RTF teaches belonging as a key to resiliency

    The AU Resilience Research Task Force has been busier than usual this year, which culminated with a briefing at the Pentagon for Brig. Gen. Debra Lovette, Director, Air Force Integrated Resilience, and later held a special briefing at the Air Force Culture and Language Center for Gen. Mike Minihan,

  • LEAP Spotlight: Master Sgt. Ricardo Cepeda Pastrana

    "LEAP has helped me see the value of coming in with LREC skills, particularly now that there is a great emphasis on the Multi-Capable Airmen concept. If you’re a LEAP Scholar, consider yourself a screened and well-qualified MCA with a unique skillset that can’t be gained in a few weeks’ course,"

  • LEAP Spotlight: 1st Lt. Emmanuel Parushev

    "I particularly appreciated the holistic ethos of language acquisition adopted by LEAP. The emphasis on continual reinforcement of languages ... is an aspect of language acquisition I resonate with: there is no “end date” to improving language knowledge," French LEAP Scholar 1st Lt. Emmanuel

  • Language enabled Airmen support inaugural Vietnam senior leader course

    The National Defense Strategy identifies the Indo-Pacific as the priority theater for the United States Air Force to invest time, energy, and resources into building alliances and strengthening partnerships for integrated deterrence. To demonstrate the U.S. commitment to a free and open

  • Montgomery McFate, Ph.D.

    Cultural anthropologist and professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department at the US Naval War College.

  • LEAP Spotlight: Capt. Briana Winslow

    "Not only have I met like-minded Airmen through LEAP, but I have also been given the opportunity to continue learning in a way compatible with my day-to-day military job. My language skills have opened some incredible doors for me since I commissioned, and I can’t imagine what the past six years

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