The NLSC Reaches New Milestones

The NLSC continues to manage its incoming volunteer membership as well as facilitate the appointment of Members as federal employees to support language and cultural demands of future clients.

Member Supports U.S. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)

In preparation for any assignment, the NLSC Operations team searches the membership for the ideal person(s) to provide language support to the client agency. Recently, the NLSC was asked by the U.S. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) to provide Vietnamese language support during a six-week mission to search for Americans that remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. The type of person JPAC was looking for would be willing to volunteer tireless hours, work in hot and humid conditions, interpret and translate from English to Vietnamese and Vietnamese to English, and even pitch in with the field work. The requirements of the assignment trickled in, but the NLSC Vietnamese candidates stood by for more details. The nature of NLSC assignments can change as clients learn the full capabilities of the NLSC’s Members. That is, Members are not simply interpreters or translators; some are former government employees with language skills; others are teachers or professionals who simply want to help when a need arises.