The Language Magazine features the National Language Service Corps

Last week, the Language Magazine released an article written by David Edwards which spotlights the past year’s growth of the National Language Service Corps (NLSC) -- one of ten language and cultural initiatives of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO). The NLSC is praised as a civilian volunteer program that addresses the government’s language policy by maintaining a talented pool of U.S. citizens with language and cultural knowledge. These citizens can fulfill national security needs of many Federal agencies.

The article comments on the continuous growth of NLSC’s membership over 2012. The program’s growth can be attributed to increased requests from Federal agencies, and the interest of U.S. citizens to join an organization that serves as a foreign language and regional resource for the government. With the transformation from a pilot program to a permanent program, the NLSC has received an influx of requests for the services of NLSC members. Read about this accomplishment here. Today, the permanent program’s membership exceeds 4,200 with over 270 languages represented.