Do you get to pick what language to learn at the Defense Language Institute, or do they pick one for you after you take the DLAB? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-get-to-pick-what-language-to-learn-at-the-defense-language-institute-or-do-they-pick-one-for-you-after-you-take-the-dlab <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:23:17 -0400 Do you get to pick what language to learn at the Defense Language Institute, or do they pick one for you after you take the DLAB? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-get-to-pick-what-language-to-learn-at-the-defense-language-institute-or-do-they-pick-one-for-you-after-you-take-the-dlab <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> PFC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:23:17 -0400 2020-10-21T15:23:17-04:00 Response by SGT Javier Silva made Oct 21 at 2020 3:53 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-get-to-pick-what-language-to-learn-at-the-defense-language-institute-or-do-they-pick-one-for-you-after-you-take-the-dlab?n=6425236&urlhash=6425236 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You take the DLAB to verify how fluent you are in the the language that you say you are fluent in. Defense Language Institute is where they train to learn a language you choose, as long as the language is considered a critical shortage language. SGT Javier Silva Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:53:14 -0400 2020-10-21T15:53:14-04:00 Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 21 at 2020 3:57 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-get-to-pick-what-language-to-learn-at-the-defense-language-institute-or-do-they-pick-one-for-you-after-you-take-the-dlab?n=6425242&urlhash=6425242 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You don&#39;t go to DLI just because you take the DLAB. You need to be in or going into a language dependent MOS SFC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:57:46 -0400 2020-10-21T15:57:46-04:00 Response by SSG Dale London made Oct 23 at 2020 5:42 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-get-to-pick-what-language-to-learn-at-the-defense-language-institute-or-do-they-pick-one-for-you-after-you-take-the-dlab?n=6432282&urlhash=6432282 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It depends on the needs of the army. If there is a significant shortage in, say, Arabic linguists and you want to study, say, Serbo-Croatian, you might find they will do the picking for you. On the other hand, if you pick another language that is also in shortage but not as undermanned as Arabic, you might get your choice. SSG Dale London Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:42:56 -0400 2020-10-23T17:42:56-04:00 Response by Sgt Dennis Doty made Oct 28 at 2020 11:32 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-get-to-pick-what-language-to-learn-at-the-defense-language-institute-or-do-they-pick-one-for-you-after-you-take-the-dlab?n=6448824&urlhash=6448824 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was given first, second and third choices. Then the Corps assigned the language they needed. Sgt Dennis Doty Wed, 28 Oct 2020 23:32:26 -0400 2020-10-28T23:32:26-04:00 2020-10-21T15:23:17-04:00