A language, regional expertise, and cultural (LREC) triad for Joint Foreign Area Officer education and training.
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Monterey, California serves as the nexus for the Depertment of Defense's (DoD's) effort to educate and train its corps of Joint Foreign Area Officers (FAOs). A serenedipitous triad of language, regional expertise, and cultural (LREC) educational institutions offers a transitioning FAO the opportunity to fulfill an officer's requirement for a graduate degree in regional studies, a foreign language, and service-level intermdiate college (ILC). The National Security Affairs (NSA) Department at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) (https://www.nps.edu), the Defense Language Institute (DLI) (https:www.dliflc) and the Naval War College - Monterey Campus (NWC - Monterey) (http://nps.edu/Academics/Programs/NWC) offer the most relevant and cost-effective initial training and education program for any service building new FAOs.
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