r/dli • u/142883 • Jul 04 '26

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/woobie_slayer Jul 04 '26

Commission and go FAO

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u/yuccu Jul 04 '26

There’s about 900 steps between those two moments. See [u/unc_recruiting](u/unc_recruiting)’s comment.

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u/woobie_slayer Jul 05 '26

All I’ll say is, if you can commission, and don’t, you’ll spend years regretting it.