CPT Private RallyPoint Member 8131243 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Let&#39;s say I learn Mandarin and get a 3+/3+ on DLPT to have it on my ORB. Would this help with my future promotion at all? Do board members consider this? 2023-02-12T16:14:55-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 8131243

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Let&#39;s say I learn Mandarin and get a 3+/3+ on DLPT to have it on my ORB. Would this help with my future promotion at all? Do board members consider this?

2023-02-12T16:14:55-05:00 2023-02-12T16:14:55-05:00 COL Vincent Stoneking 8131298

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It won&#39;t matter in a &quot;fully qualified&quot; board - unless in some future timeline, being multi-lingual becomes a promotion requirement. <br /><br />In a &quot;best qualified&quot; board - Honestly, it depends and you&#39;ll likely never know... But it will come down to the instructions given the specific board, the competitiveness of the cohort, and the members of the board&#39;s views. IF I were sitting on a general purpose board, I would -personally- give it NO weight whatsoever, unless the board instructions told me to do so, and even then I&#39;d likely downplay it. If it were a FAO board, or one limited to MI branch, I might well give it great weight in a competitive cohort. I could see it being of weight for various special-purpose boards.<br /><br />That said, I made a point of getting a DLPT rating for French on my ORB, because you never can tell. I have no idea if it made a difference. I expect that it made none whatsoever.

2023-02-12T16:35:08-05:00 2023-02-12T16:35:08-05:00 COL Randall C. 8131328

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Completely agree with <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="71914" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/71914-col-vincent-stoneking">COL Vincent Stoneking</a>. For the promotion boards I&#39;ve been on I can honestly say that language proficiency has never come up once.<br /><br />I was involved once in a selection board for enlisted linguists where language proficiency was considered, but that was a special case and it wasn&#39;t for promotion.<br /><br />Your Mandarin might get you an edge in an assignment, but not promotion.

2023-02-12T16:51:04-05:00 2023-02-12T16:51:04-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 8131377

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Some languages open up the ability for foreign schools. I know there are multiple programs to get ILE through foreign schools if you are proficient in French.

2023-02-12T17:22:25-05:00 2023-02-12T17:22:25-05:00 SGM Bill Frazer 8135555

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Maybe if you plan on going SF

2023-02-15T14:49:15-05:00 2023-02-15T14:49:15-05:00 2023-02-12T16:14:55-05:00