What’s everyone’s thoughts on Language day? Whether you’ve been here for another one or not.
Personally I think there wasn’t enough to do to keep that quantity of people busy for that long. It was cool, activities were cool, but it was just kinda tight. It was my first so I have no comparison point of “what could’ve been.” 🤷♂️
Enlisted here, I’m reclassing in the reserves and am interested in DLI for a 3rd language. I’m a heritage Spanish speaker and have a 3/3 in it so DLI is currently voluntary for me regarding my reclass. Korean is a language I’m interested in but I heard it’s a very demanding course, is there anything I can do to prepare? I’m not a strong studier and I don’t really expect to learn Korean a year ahead of the course but realistically what could I do to help prepare within about a years time?
I go to basic on Monday and already submitted my list of preferred languages. My top two are Arabic and Persian/Farsi. Any insight on if I would actually get those languages?
Was scheduled to take DLAB Tuesday and I finally got a communication from my recruiter that all special testing is suspended at the moment and they just now got MEPS back up for general processing applicants. Anyone hear the same? I only had to rearrange my work schedule a bunch for this. :(
This probably gets asked regularly, and sorry if so. I am thinking about enlisting and I’ve been told you can submit some language preferences for DLI. Is this true? If so, what are the chances this actually results in getting your top language. If relevant, I have a 99 ASVAB and 112 DLAB and I think I’m hoping for Mandarin. With everything going on, I would assume they are throwing everyone at Farsi but I really have no idea what I’m talking about. Anyone have a realistic likelihood of getting Mandarin? I wouldn’t be at DLI until early 2026.
Edit: With a 112, I barely “passed” for Mandarin. Should I take to mean I would really really struggle with it and I should move down a category or 2? Or am I putting too much stock in the DLAB’s ability to predict aptitude?
Hello,
As a disclaimer, I am not a military official, nor do I have any affiliation with the US military. I'm simply a teenager with an interest in learning languages.
I discovered the https://hs2.dliflc.edu/ resource online many months ago, and began using it to learn Russian (I stopped for a while because it's hard, but things are hard sometimes, and what better way to learn a language than by the world's strongest military?), and I came back to find that they had developed a system to store login information so you can learn across browsers and devices. Great! (Especially great for me as I once deleted all my progress accidentally by resetting my browser.) So, I try to sign up under the new system. Whenever I try to make an account, it tells me that:
"Your password must be between 12 and 50 characters long and include at least two uppercase letters, two lowercase letters, and two numbers. Please try again with a valid password."
Which does not make sense, as I've created a password with all of the above requirements. I have also tried changing the password and adding and deleting characters and nothing has changed. I checked to see if maybe the system already had an account with my email, it did not.
I tried using a different email, and that did not work. I attempted also to sign up using a different browser. This, likewise, did not help. My only thoughts are that maybe this is a glitch in the new system or that they're trying to keep civilians from using the service by locking it down according to IP addresses or email domains. I have not tried using the local downloaded version, but I would much prefer to use the online edition. I assume that most on this subreddit are military or military affiliated personnel. Is this also an issue with your devices, email addresses, and locations, or is this a glitch unique to me? I have not tried using a different device altogether, but I will after posting this and edit with an update.
Thank you.
I so desperately want to learn Russian. Is it still in high demand? What are the chances i would get Russian over Farsi or Mandarin?
Boingo WiFi is extremely expensive and consistently fails to provide what you pay for, it can't hold a connection for more than five minutes at most times and has a lot of extended outages. Boingo is known for being crappy and cutting corners just to make a quick buck off of their customers and don't care who it is. The best way we can get this changed is by filing out complaints whenever it goes down or if you're not getting what you paid for, eventually they'll get tired of ignoring us and just update the infrastructure to handle the amount of people. Otherwise a bunch of us could cancel our subscriptions and use the library instead. I am fed up with boingo and I know most of you are as well. As the customer it is our responsibility to make this known. Some notes, do not harass the customer support, they have nothing to do with how corporate runs it, all you need to do is respectfully file the complaint so it's documented and they can come up with a better solution, also don't use not paying for the wifi as an excuse to not do your homework as there's the library as well as this magical thing called a book. One last thing I want to reiterate is don't harass anyone, it's not ethical and customer support doesn't deserve it. Thank you for your time.
And if he’s looking to sell it