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Do you speak other languages?
Department of Defense (DoD) has an urgent and growing need for Americans with foreign language skills critical to national security and defense. Some examples of foreign languages in demand: Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Pashto, Persian-Farsi, Tagalog and other Philippine languages, Russian, Somali, Turkish and Urdu/Punjabi.
Language training opportunities
Members of DoD have opportunities to further enhance their language proficiency through online training and other educational opportunities. Individuals must meet high standards to develop functional language skills for professional use in real-world communication situations.
Opportunities for Language Students
The National Security Education Program (NSEP) - David L. Boren Scholarship Program
The NSEP Scholarships offer a unique opportunity for U.S. undergraduates to study abroad. NSEP awards scholarships to American students for study of world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Middle East and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. It draws on a broad definition of national security applied by the President in his annual National Security Strategy, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including: sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness.
http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/undergraduate/default.htm
The NSEP - David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships
The NSEP enable U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased proficiency. Boren Fellowships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. national security. NSEP is especially designed to support students who will make a commitment to Federal service. Recipients of NSEP scholarships and fellowships incur an obligation to work either for an office or agency of the Federal Government involved in national security affairs (broadly defined) or in higher education.
http://www.ndu.edu/nsep
National Flagship Language Initiative (NFLI) Fellowships
The NFLI represents the nation's first major partnership between the Federal government and higher institutions of education to implement a national system of programs designed to produce advanced language proficiency in languages critical to the nation's security. NFLI programs have been developed at several U.S. institutions of higher education for advanced language training in Arabic, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, and Russian. These Flagship Programs, coupled with directed and targeted fellowships for individual students, have produced graduates, many of whom will be candidates for employment with agencies and offices of the Federal government, across a broad range of disciplines with advanced levels of proficiency in languages critical to national security.
http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/
For additional career opportunities for individuals with language skills please visit:
www.intelligence.gov
