“Analysts learn to make decisions on the battlefield under time-sensitive situations and under a lot of pressure,” said Douglas, whose rank and last name are also not being used for security concerns.Ī linguist himself, Douglas said they are trained to analyze meaning. “But in order to truly grasp the adversary's intent, they must first understand their culture, and we deliberately include that in their training.” “The most important thing for our analysts is to try to figure out the enemy's intent,” Ganster said. Responsible for translating and analyzing messages, linguists search for, identify and intercept communications that will provide crucial intelligence to leaders and decision-makers. “Rather than be overwhelmed or apprehensive, I was confident because I had already experienced realistic training.” “The training I received at Goodfellow made me feel incredibly capable when I began my actual mission work,” he said. Justin, who has a long family history of military service, first learned Russian and is now teaching Spanish to other service members. Justin’s rank and last name are being withheld for security reasons. “Eight hours of work per day learning a language, with several hours of homework after that. On top of the work there are constant evaluations, so you are studying individually or in groups almost every night.” “The workload is intense,” said Justin, a linguist at Goodfellow. Service members must score 110 or higher out of 140 to become a linguist. The DLAB takes about 2.5 hours to complete and involves both reading and listening portions. As part of the vigorous training, linguists are required to take the Defense Language Aptitude Battery, or DLAB test, to measure their potential to successfully learn another language.
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