Aug. 12, 2020 LEAP Duo: The Assignment of a Lifetime Long before they were captains in the Air Force, Wayne Mowery and Shaharazad Purvis were in high school when they met and fell in love.
July 31, 2020 A Conversation with AFCLC’s Senior LEAP Scholar – Maj Gen Patrick Higby During its 10-year history, the Air Force Culture and Language Center’s (AFCLC) Language Enabled Airman Program (LEAP) has produced thousands of LEAP scholars utilized in exercises around the world.
June 25, 2020 LEAP Spotlight: Maj Evgenia Peduzzi We would like to congratulate our LEAP Scholar Maj Evgenia “Hazel” Peduzzi, who not only just promoted from Captain to Major on Friday, 29 May 2020, but she’s also about to begin her new job as Aide de Camp to the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, the second
June 24, 2020 95 Cadets Selected for AFCLC’s Language Enabled Airman Program After a virtual selection board process this spring due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Air Force Culture and Language Center (AFCLC) selected 95 Airmen for the Language Enabled Airman Program (LEAP) out of 208 applicants. This year also marked the first year candidates were selected for LEAP from a
June 24, 2020 LEAP Spotlight: Capt Thien Duong Recently, an overseas unit lost an Airman of Vietnamese heritage. Due to the proximity of the Airman’s family, Barksdale AFB Mortuary Affairs was responsible for assisting the family through the ordeal.
May 8, 2020 LEAP Spotlight: 1st Lt Stefan Curcic I encourage anyone who has a gift with a certain language set to check out the Language Enabled Airman Program (LEAP)
Dec. 19, 2019 When Busy Schedules Get in the Way Finding an educational program with flexibility to wait for an applicant is nearly impossible, according to Capt. Huston Matheus. So imagine his surprise when he discovered the Air Force Culture and Language Center’s Language Enabled Airman Program would wait for him and his busy schedule?
Dec. 4, 2019 AFCLC’s Bangladesh Expeditionary Culture Field Guide Available Now The Air Force Culture and Language Center at Air University’s latest Expeditionary Culture Field Guides has been released. This month, Bangladesh has been added to the Center’s growing collection of field guides.
Dec. 3, 2019 LEAP Scholars Forge New Ground during SOUTHAM Conference The Language Enabled Airmen Program develops foreign language and cross-cultural skills in Airmen who can better support the application of airpower through strengthening partnerships and interoperability.
Nov. 1, 2019 251 Active Duty Airmen Selected for AFCLC’s Language Enabled Airman Program After a rigorous selection board process this summer, the Air Force Culture and Language Center selected 251 Airmen for the Language Enabled Airman Program. The Active Duty selection board and AFCLC received a record number of more than 1,200 applications for the program.
