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Digital Art 2 - The Faculty's Commandant Col. Sue Ann Sandusky poses after winning one of her three gold medals in 1978 at the 42nd World Shooting Championship in Seoul, Korea, where she was a member of the U.S... More
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A day at the Beach 1st Lt. Joy Palmer and Pfc. Lingo, take time out from their busy schedules to go for Lingo’s first visit to the Pacific Ocean at Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove, California, Feb. 28, 2016. ... More
Photo 5 - In November 1941, a class of 58 Nisei and
Photo 5 - In November 1941, a class of 58 Nisei and two Caucasian Soldiers began studying Japanese in a small school established in an abandoned airplane hangar within view of the Golden Gate Bridge at the Pres... More
Rising above the hills of the Presidio of Monterey
Rising above the hills of the Presidio of Monterey is the Defense Language Institute’s new general instruction building (GIB), completed in September 2010 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District... More
Staff and student sailors from the Center for Information
Staff and student sailors from the Center for Information Dominance Detachment Monterey participate in a 2-mile command run at the Defense Language Institute. The command run is a monthly event to promote cohes... More
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Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center German instructor Wolfhild Wolf (left) shares her thoughts with Kazakh German instructor Assenowa Gulnar following a skit performed by German students outside ... More
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Assistant Commandant Air Force Col. Laura Ryan makes opening remarks before a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony, Tuesday, April... More
Maj. Gen. Charles W. Hooper, director of strategic
Maj. Gen. Charles W. Hooper, director of strategic plans and programs for the U.S. Africa Command, was key-note speaker at the Joint Foreign Area Officer Conference held at the Defense Language Institute Foreig... More
U.S. Army Col. Danial D. Pick, center, commandant and
U.S. Army Col. Danial D. Pick, center, commandant and commander of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC), briefs Danish Army Lt. Col. Nicolas T. Veicherts, left, director of the Royal ... More
Tech. Sgt. David Lavallee, 517th Training Group executive
Tech. Sgt. David Lavallee, 517th Training Group executive support section chief, was selected for the Senior Leader Enlisted Commissioning Program at Presidio of Monterey, California. SLECP is a commissioning p... More
Service members listen to opening remarks during the
Service members listen to opening remarks during the Cook Hall dedication ceremony aboard Presidio of Monterey, Oct. 17, 2014. The ceremony was held to honor Col. Donald G. Cook and his acts of valor during the... More
Sook Kim, former Korean ambassador to the United Nations,
Sook Kim, former Korean ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to Korean language students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, about the nuclearization issue in No... More
Chapman says farewell as Deppert assumes command
Col. Phillip J. Deppert assumed command of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, Calif., July 29.
First Lt. Calvin Schoonover, an environmental science
First Lt. Calvin Schoonover, an environmental science officer for the California Medical Detachment, Presidio of Monterey, maneuvers through an obstacle at the confidence course during the Best Medic Team Compe... More
The winner of the Department of Defense Best Command
The winner of the Department of Defense Best Command Language Program of the Year for 2015 is the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command’s 500th Military Intelligence Brigade stationed at Schofield Barrac... More
Lt. Gen. Kevin W. Mangum, the deputy commanding general
Lt. Gen. Kevin W. Mangum, the deputy commanding general and chief of staff of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Eustis, Va., speaks to Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center studen... More
Maj. Gen. Jeffery Snow, commanding general of U.S.
Maj. Gen. Jeffery Snow, commanding general of U.S. Army Recruiting Command, is greeted by Dr. Marina Cobb (left), dean of the Korean School at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the Presi... More
Maj. Gen. James A. Adkins, a 1976 Defense Language
Maj. Gen. James A. Adkins, a 1976 Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center graduate in Russian, spoke to current Russian students at the institute’s European and Latin American School Oct. 23. Adkins ... More
Foreign Area Officers attending the Defense Language
Foreign Area Officers attending the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center practice listening to Arabic in their classroom at the institute’s Middle East School II Jan. 27. Retired U.S. Army Brig. G... More
Gen. David Perkins, the commanding general of the U.S.
Gen. David Perkins, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Eustis, Va., speaks to students studying Arabic at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the... More
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2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Golf Tournament The 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Golf Tournament celebrated the military on February 10 during the Celebrity Challenge. The lineup this year included Bill Murray (... More
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Portrait 2 - Celebrity Challenge The 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Golf Tournament celebrated the military on February 10 during the Celebrity Challenge. The lineup this year included Bill Murray (pictured), C... More
Retired Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Seo-young interacts with
Retired Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Seo-young interacts with students studying Korean at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Feb. 10. Lee is a professor at the Korea National Defense University and ... More
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Layout - Design 5 - Language Day 2016 This poster was created to market the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center's annual open house event called Language Day held on May 13, 2016. This is the onl... More
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Final Good-Bye Veteran Vladimir Sobichevsky reflects on his part in the history of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language as a former commandant, during his final interview before passing away from can... More
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The Colonel In preparation for DLIFLC's 75th Anniversary celebration on Nov. 5, 2016, the Institute's Mission Public Affairs team interviewed former DLIFLC Commandant (Ret) Col. Vladimir Sobichevsky, who served... More
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Series 1 - FAO program guest speaker on National Security Strategy Dr. Craig Whiteside, a professor at the Naval War College Monterey located on the campus of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, spoke ab... More
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center instructors Kevin Yang and Yunhua Zhang participated as judges in the 41st Annual Mandarin Speech Contest in San Francisco April 23, though they did not judge ... More
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DLIFLC Color Run SSG Jamal Malik gets hit with red chalk at the Color Run on Soldier Field April 29 hosted by the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) office for the Defense Language Insti... More
Local members of Monterey’s Vietnamese community performed
Local members of Monterey’s Vietnamese community performed a wedding dance known as Dam Cuoi Nha Binh during Language Day 2016 at the Presidio of Monterey, California, May 13. Language Day is an annual open-hou... More
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Feature 2 - Language Day 2016 The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center held their annual Language Day 2016 at the Presidio of Monterey, California, May 13 to promote and encourage cultural underst... More
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Portrait 3 - Language Capital of the World Festival 2016 Pvt. Ayana Griffin from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center gets prepared for her performance with other students from teh Middle East... More
Lt. Col. Stephen Suhr, the professor of military science
Lt. Col. Stephen Suhr, the professor of military science at the University of California, Berkeley, opens the Army ROTC commissioning ceremony May 14. The commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign La... More
Daniel Eizenga, a doctoral candidate at the University
Daniel Eizenga, a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida and a researcher with Sahel Research Group, shared his understanding of Boko Haram with Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defens... More
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DLIFLC: On the crossroads of the world This infographic is a quick view of who the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center is and what we do. (Design by Amber K. Whittington)
Master Sgt. Mike Gabino, noncommissioned officer in
Master Sgt. Mike Gabino, noncommissioned officer in charge of Undergraduate Education at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, smiles with the joint-service color guard in the background prior... More
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Change of Responsibility This illustration was created for a story in the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center's Globe Magazine for a Change of Responsibility, featuring the outgoing Command Serge... More
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Dr. Wade Huntley, academic director of the Regional Security Education Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, also in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Language Ins... More
Asian School II students perform a Korean song during
Asian School II students perform a Korean song during the 14th Annual Korean Speech Contest June 23 at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.
Dr. Christine Campbell, associate provost for continuing
Dr. Christine Campbell, associate provost for continuing education, speaks during the graduation of five Airmen from the intermediate Persian-Farsi course at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Cent... More
Col. Greg Ebner, head of the Department of Foreign
Col. Greg Ebner, head of the Department of Foreign Languages at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, assists Spc. Tauhid Davis July 6 with his Arabic assignment at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Lan... More
Naval War College professor discusses China at Monterey language schoo...
Kathleen Walsh, associate professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute, presented lectures on China at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Ce... More
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Kathleen Walsh, associate professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute, presented lectures on China at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Ce... More
Ms. Diana Banks was escorted to the Korean language
Ms. Diana Banks was escorted to the Korean language school on the Presidio of Monterey by DLIFLC Commandant Col. Phil Deppert and Command Sgt. Maj. Ryan Ramsey.
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Full Immersion Arabic students are learning to interview local nationals in the target language they are studying at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center during an immersion training exercise ... More
The Kukkiwon Taekwondo Demonstration Team from Korea
The Kukkiwon Taekwondo Demonstration Team from Korea performed a traditional martial arts demonstration at the Presidio of Monterey, California, Price Fitness Center Aug. 3. The Defense Language Institute Forei... More
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DLIFLC 75th Anniversary Ball Tickets This marketing poster was created to promote ticket sales for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s 75th Anniversary Ball. The goal for this marketing pi... More
Frank Archibald, the former director of the Central
Frank Archibald, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency National Clandestine Service from May 2013 to January 2015, spoke to faculty and staff at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language ... More
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Command Sergeant Major "Unleashed" The story of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Canter’s first Command Sergeant Major, appeared in DLIFLC’s 75th Anniversary Special Edition Globe magazine. (Phot... More
Dr. Sharad Joshi, an assistant professor of nonproliferation
Dr. Sharad Joshi, an assistant professor of nonproliferation and terrorism studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the De... More
704th MI takes Command Language Program of the Year
Col. Rhett Cox, 704th Military Intelligence Brigade commander from Fort Meade, Maryland, and Command Language Program Manager Selena Heckman hold the Department of Defense Command Language Program of the Year f... More
Students watch as the best three videos are shown at
Students watch as the best three videos are shown at an awards ceremony for the 14th Annual Korean Alphabet Day Video Contest Oct. 6 at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. (U.S. Army photo b... More
Korean language students from the Defense Language
Korean language students from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center had an isolated immersion opportunity Oct. 19-20 at the former Fort Ord in Seaside, California. The instructors prepared a sc... More
FAO program guest speaker on developments in Turkey
Ryan Gingeras, associate professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Language Instit... More
Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport (center), U.S. Army
Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport (center), U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Command Sergeant Major, listens in on an Arabic class at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center during an info... More
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Picture Story - This is the photo story layout for the Keith L. Ware Awards. The Black Daggers, the official U.S. Army Special Operations Command parachute demonstration team, jumped into Soldier Field on the P... More
Picture Story 1 - The Black Daggers The Black Daggers,
Picture Story 1 - The Black Daggers The Black Daggers, the official U.S. Army Special Operations Command parachute demonstration team, jumped into Soldier Field on the Presidio of Monterey Nov. 4 in honor of th... More
Dr. Christopher Darnton, an associate professor of
Dr. Christopher Darnton, an associate professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Language Institute F... More
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center commandant, Col. Phil Deppert, welcoms FAOs to the biannual Joint Foreign Area Officer Conference Jan. 24. The conference ran until Jan. 27 to prepare new ... More
FAO program guest speaker on U.S. – Israeli policy
Dr. Guy Ziv, an associate professor at the American University School of International Service in Washington, D.C., spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Language Institute Foreign ... More
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, California’s 20th Congressional
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, California’s 20th Congressional district representative, visits the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and Presidio of Monterey Feb. 22. Panetta learned about the foreign lan... More
Sailors salute the flag during a memorialization of
Sailors salute the flag during a memorialization of the Kent Navy Yard at the Presidio of Monterey, California, Aug. 21, 2019. The Kent Navy Yard is named after Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, a Navy l... More
A Marine assigned to 'Academic' Company applies face
A Marine assigned to 'Academic' Company applies face paint during battle skills training at the Presidio of Monterey, California, Aug. 30, 2019.
DLIFLC commandant, Col. Phil Deppert and Garrison commander,
DLIFLC commandant, Col. Phil Deppert and Garrison commander, Col. Lawrence Brown, along with several volunteers came to the Presidio of Monterey Cemetery to place American flags at each of the headstones in hon... More
The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion kicked off
The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion kicked off its week of intensive competition for the Platoon Sergeant of the Year at Fort Hunter Liggett's shooting range with a marksmanship assessment, followed by a ... More
Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport, the senior enlisted
Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport, the senior enlisted leader for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, poses with members of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Black Daggers Parachute Demonstratio... More
Staff Sgt. Alex Rababah (right), an Arabic Military
Staff Sgt. Alex Rababah (right), an Arabic Military Language Instructor at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, shakes hands with Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport, the ... More
Josephine Petkovski teaches a Korean class Aug. 7 at
Josephine Petkovski teaches a Korean class Aug. 7 at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Asian School II, better known as the Korean School. She is also an alumnus of the Institute where she ... More
Dr. Wade Huntley, academic director of the Regional
Dr. Wade Huntley, academic director of the Regional Security Education Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, California, spoke to Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defense Langu... More
CLPM's exchange ideas during the workshop. (U.S. Army
CLPM's exchange ideas during the workshop. (U.S. Army photo by Natela Cutter)
The Joint-Service Choir at the Defense Language Institute
The Joint-Service Choir at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California, sings the National Anthem at the Presidio Chapel Sept. 11. During a humble ceremony at the ch... More
FAO program guest speaker discusses democracy issues in Africa
Nicholas Tomb, program manager of the Center for Civil-Military Relations Africa Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, spoke to U.S. Army Foreign Area Officers in language training at the Defen... More
For the first time in the history of the Defense Language
For the first time in the history of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, two Military Language Instructors received the Army Instructor Badge, which puts them on par with their peers and ena... More
Senior cadets from the Santa Clara University Army
Senior cadets from the Santa Clara University Army ROTC Battalion participated in the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Commandant’s Run at the Presidio of Monterey in October 2017 to represent... More
Korean language students support their classmates during
Korean language students support their classmates during the 26th Annual Korean Language Writing Contest for Foreign Nationals and the 15th Annual Korean Alphabet Day Video Contest at the Defense Language Insti... More
Staff Sgt. Mashal Shekib, a Military Language Instructor
Staff Sgt. Mashal Shekib, a Military Language Instructor at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California, teaches the Institute’s mascot, Pfc. Lingo, to sit, heel and... More
“Leadership principles of a loyal heretic”
Col. Wiley Barnes, the assistant commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and commander of the U.S. Air Force 517th Training Group, gave a talk titled “Leadership principles of a loy... More
Students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign
Students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center who are studying Chinese can also practice calligraphy as an extracurricular activity. As one of the oldest written scripts in the world, Chine... More
Command Sgt. Maj. David Turnbull (left), the command
Command Sgt. Maj. David Turnbull (left), the command sergeant major of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, spoke at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Feb.23, to... More
Cadets from the University of California, Berkeley,
Cadets from the University of California, Berkeley, Army ROTC Battalion prepare to listen to officers and NCOs from the 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, the U.S. Army element at the Defense Language Insti... More
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, California -- 229th Military
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, California -- 229th Military Intelligence Battalion Soldiers competed in the Warrior Challenge at the Price Fitness Center field May 2. The grueling team competition challenged Soldiers' p... More
Fleet and Force Master Chiefs Visit IWTC Monterey
180613-N-XX082-0001 PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. (June 13, 2018) Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education Fleet Master Chief Russell Smith (back) and Naval Education and Training Command Force Master Chief K... More
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Presidio of Monterey's
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Presidio of Monterey's Salute to the Nation featured an artillery (blank) round being fired as each state's name and its date of statehood was read. Firing the cannons were U... More
World War II veteran Ray Morasca poses in front of
World War II veteran Ray Morasca poses in front of the Sentimental Journey before he boarded the B-17 bomber for a flight over Salinas Valley Sept. 25.
IWTC Monterey Commemorates 243rd Navy Birthday
181005-N-XX082-0001 PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. (Oct. 5, 2018) Capt. James Adkisson III speaks during Information Warfare Training Command Monterey's Navy birthday ceremony. Oct. 13 marks the Navy's 243rd birt... More
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- Marines from the Marine
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- Marines from the Marine Corps Detachment, Presidio of Monterey, participated in a six-mile log run Nov. 9 on Del Monte Beach in Monterey -- coordinated to celebrate the 243rd Mar... More
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif.-- Dignitaries, business
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif.-- Dignitaries, business owners and local community members gathered in Old Town Salinas to honor military veterans at the 8th annual Monterey County Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11. Cap... More
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- Service members and
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- Service members and DoD civilian fathers treated their daughters to a special night of dancing, fun and a lot of laughs at the Butterfly Ball, daddy-daughter dance, Feb. 9 at the... More
Waseem Abdo raises his right hand to swear his Oath
Waseem Abdo raises his right hand to swear his Oath of Allegiance to the United States in a naturalization ceremony held March 7, 2019, at DLIFLC. He, along with 24 other applicants, officially became citizens ... More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. John T. Preston, outgoing commander
U.S. Army Lt. Col. John T. Preston, outgoing commander of the 340th Brigade Support Battalion, 115th Regional Support Group, California Army National Guard, passes the unit guidon to Col. Jesse L. Miller, 115th... More
Mansour Hussein, an instructor with DLIFLC, takes advantage
Mansour Hussein, an instructor with DLIFLC, takes advantage of the sunny morning to teach his Hebrew students outdoors.
Memorial Day at the Presidio of Monterey
Military families joined the Presidio of Monterey command team today to place flags at the graves of fallen service members buried in the Presidio’s cemetery, Monterey, California, May 23. Approximately 445 fla... More
Guests arrive at Herrmann Hall, Naval Support Activity
Guests arrive at Herrmann Hall, Naval Support Activity Monterey, California, to celebrate the 244th Army birthday, Saturday, June 15, 2019. The birthday bash was hosted by the Presidio of Monterey's 229th Milit... More
POM resident saves infant daughters life thanks to CPR course
Presidio of Monterey garrison commander, Col. Greg Ford(left), presents Presidio firefighter Keith Fulton and local resident, Kristin Martin with awards for a June 6 rescue of Martin's infant daughter, June 17,... More
Col. Stephanie Kelley, Col. Wiley Barnes, incoming
Col. Stephanie Kelley, Col. Wiley Barnes, incoming and outgoing commanders of the 517th Training Group at the Presidio of Monterey, Calif., and Col. Ricky Mills, commander, 17th Training Wing from Goodfellow Ai... More
Pvt. Charlie Santamaria, 19, East-Long, Mi., speaks
Pvt. Charlie Santamaria, 19, East-Long, Mi., speaks during an LGBT observance at the Presidio of Monterey, Thursday, June 27, 2019.
Border Patrol Explorers from Explorer Scout Post 1326,
Border Patrol Explorers from Explorer Scout Post 1326, Chula Vista, Calif., eat lunch at the Presidio of Monterey, Monday, July 1, 2019. The Explorers are part of a cooperative program between the Boy Scouts an... More
Staff Sgt. Matthew Mubarak and Staff Sgt. Patrick Dunn,
Staff Sgt. Matthew Mubarak and Staff Sgt. Patrick Dunn, drill sergeants at the 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, race off for the medical portion of the Defense Language Institute's Drill Sergeant of the Y... More
Service members from the Presidio of Monterey hold
Service members from the Presidio of Monterey hold hands around a redwood on a spiritual hike to Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Fulton, California, July 27, 2019. Maj. Everett Zachary, Family Life Chaplain f... More
A competitor twirls a rifle during the annual Presidio
A competitor twirls a rifle during the annual Presidio has Mad Talent competition at the Presidio of Monterey, California, Sept. 6, 2019.