June 2, 2022 Barnes Center incorporates AFCLC’s mobile China, Russia courses in enlisted PME Always on the lookout for inventive ways to equip service members with the tools necessary to win in a high-end fight, the Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education recently partnered with the Air Force Culture and Language Center to employ AFCLC’s Culture Guide mobile app as part of its
Nov. 22, 2021 AFCLC TV: AFCLC to Feature Programs and Staff on Facebook Live The Air Force Culture and Language Center is launching a new program, AFCLC TV, to showcase the Center’s products, innovative teaching and learning strategies, and tactics developed to leverage language and cultural expertise in a global mission for enhancing partner interoperability and adversary
June 23, 2021 Speaking Air-Forcefully: “I’m a Dot” Metaphors can make people into so many different things – objects (little pitchers), animals (night owl) and even agricultural products (apple of your eye). Today’s Air Forceful term is a metaphor in which an individual uses to erase themselves: “I’m a dot.”
March 30, 2021 AFCLC Faculty Teach Intro to American Culture to Incoming International Officers The Air Force Culture and Language Center’s Dr. Angelle Khachadoorian recently taught Squadron Officer School’s incoming class of International Officers via teleconference on the morning of 8 March. Dr. Khachadoorian, the AFCLC’s Professor of Anthropology, offered a light-hearted but informative
April 28, 2020 Speaking Air Forcefully: REBLUE The Air Force is blue – a crisp, bright lapis. If an Airman’s blue hue fades a bit or gets “rusty” from too much time in a joint assignment, it is recommended that they reconnect with their Air Force community and their identity as an Airman. They must, like a weapon that has lost its protective
Feb. 6, 2020 Speaking Air-Forcefully: Defining “Cage / Re-Cage” When you finished getting spun up on gyroscopes and Air Force slang, you probably thought, “This information really re-caged my assumptions!” Actually, unless you’re in the Air Force, especially in the flying business, you are unlikely to use the word “re-cage.” The first time I heard this highly
Aug. 1, 2018 Get to know: Air Force Times’ Airman of the Year and LEAP Scholar Capt Gluck Air Force Captain Julian Gluck has a few copies of the Air Force Times at his home that he has been giving to family. The newspapers and a large wooden American flag serve as keepsakes for the B-52 long-range bomber pilot who has been named the publication’s Airman of the Year. At just 27-years-old,
March 22, 2018 Get to Know: AFCLC’S FAO In-Region Training Consultant Jessica Carroll Jessica Carroll’s desk is a collage of colorful artwork and family photos. At the Air Force Culture and Language Center, Carroll is the In-Region Training Consultant for the Foreign Area Officers. In her official duties, she helps the FAOs make travel arrangements for their language, culture, and
