 The Defense Language Institute provides language training to military personnel so that they can conduct operations. At the Information Warfare Training Command, we also provide sailor professionalization to enhance their language training so that they conduct operations out of the fleet. Back in 1941, it was recognized that we needed a foreign language capability within our armed forces. And so the first language school was developed up at Crissickville, the city of San Francisco. During the World War II period, the school moved a couple of times, and after World War II, the school finally settled here at the city of Monterey where it remains today. Marjaba, Esmeralda, Tifek, Brubiet, Niho, Marjaban, Salam, Brubiet, Strasbourg, Marjaba. Salam, Esmeralda, Tifek, Brubiet, Niho, Marjaban, Tifek, Brubiet, Strasbourg, Marjaban. I always thought it was really cool when other people spoke different languages. I'm from Southern California, so most people are bilingual. And in high school, we had to take Spanish, but it wasn't really something that I got too into. But, yeah, I had no idea what Farsi was. Because I didn't even know where they spoke that before I got here. The language training ranges anywhere from nine months to 64 weeks, depending on the difficulty of the language. We have them in class about seven to nine hours a day. And then after that, they can have up to three hours of homework. And that's not even including the study time. So study time, one to two hours on top of three hours of homework, they have to spit that in between their PT schedules and any other requirements, which is GMPs that we have for them. It's all about time management here and really being motivated to keep up that drive. Especially now that we're in third semester, we're not supposed to speak English in the halls. We're not supposed to speak English in the classrooms. So they kind of force you to be comfortable with speaking the language. So as CTIs, we are at the forefront of intelligence gathering, both at the point of collection and the point of dissemination. So information warfare is what we specialize in. Every day we are reminded by our CO here that we are here to deliver a war fighting skill, not just to teach a language.