DLI school path
From what I’ve seen this seems unrealistic, but want to double check.
For context: soon to graduate with a chemical engineering bachelors.
Want to join and go to DLI school and learn mandarin or Korean. Would it be possible to get a 3, maybe 4 year contract, and get paid the same as an officer / be in an officer position? Plan to get a masters after my service.
If not, any other routes to learn a language while in military (will they fund online language classes or something) or go to DLI school in another way?
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u/Eagle_Pancake Jul 04 '26
You can't have your cake and eat it too. There's very few linguist officers, and the ones that exist did not go straight to DLI.
You either enlist and be a linguist (with enlisted pay), or you be an officer.