2013 was
a good year for the National Language Service Corps (NLSC) beginning with The
President of the United States signing the 2013 National Defense Authorization
Act which established the NLSC as a permanent program within the Department of
Defense. NLSC Members are grateful for the opportunity to grow as a language
resource serving government agencies.
Throughout
the past year NLSC Members provided foreign language and cultural support for
several Department of Defense (DoD) and non-DoD agencies as the program
expanded its membership to over 4,600 Members covering over 300 languages. The
NLSC supported missions including seven overseas assignments spanning four
continents. Members worked side by side with their government counterparts,
distinguished visitors, and law enforcement providing much needed short-term foreign
language services during a time when fiscal responsibility was first and
foremost on everyone’s mind.
Language demand and language support have
grown dramatically since the program’s inception, and is expected to increase
in 2014.The NLSC looks forward to using our linguistically talented Members to
support the government’s language needs.
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