https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-any-benefit-to-having-taken-the-dlab-outside-of-the-military <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-40537"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-there-any-benefit-to-having-taken-the-dlab-outside-of-the-military%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Is+there+any+benefit+to+having+taken+the+DLAB+outside+of+the+military%3F%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-there-any-benefit-to-having-taken-the-dlab-outside-of-the-military&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AIs there any benefit to having taken the DLAB outside of the military??%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-any-benefit-to-having-taken-the-dlab-outside-of-the-military" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="5d4ddae99947fee4e88066e1457e0ad0" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/040/537/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/040/537/large_v3/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div></div>When I initially joined I took the DLAB, back in 2010, and scored a 117. I was told this was a pretty good score, but never had or took advantage of any classes requiring the DLAB. Is there anything in the civilian world that uses this score? Was it a wasted opportunity? Thu, 14 May 2015 13:11:55 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-any-benefit-to-having-taken-the-dlab-outside-of-the-military <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-40537"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-there-any-benefit-to-having-taken-the-dlab-outside-of-the-military%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Is+there+any+benefit+to+having+taken+the+DLAB+outside+of+the+military%3F%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-there-any-benefit-to-having-taken-the-dlab-outside-of-the-military&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AIs there any benefit to having taken the DLAB outside of the military??%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-any-benefit-to-having-taken-the-dlab-outside-of-the-military" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="29c7ee04f9c99b1b76260816c254fc0b" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/040/537/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/040/537/large_v3/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div></div>When I initially joined I took the DLAB, back in 2010, and scored a 117. I was told this was a pretty good score, but never had or took advantage of any classes requiring the DLAB. Is there anything in the civilian world that uses this score? Was it a wasted opportunity? SPC Chad Kolod Thu, 14 May 2015 13:11:55 -0400 2015-05-14T13:11:55-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-any-benefit-to-having-taken-the-dlab-outside-of-the-military?n=667712&urlhash=667712 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Have you checked with the Department of State? They do a lot of language training for their overseas positions ... GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad Thu, 14 May 2015 13:16:46 -0400 2015-05-14T13:16:46-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-any-benefit-to-having-taken-the-dlab-outside-of-the-military?n=667754&urlhash=667754 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Government jobs/federal jobs, nothing that I know of in civilian sector. When i was applying with FBI, I had to take the test again. Sgt Sasha Cruz Thu, 14 May 2015 13:28:54 -0400 2015-05-14T13:28:54-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-any-benefit-to-having-taken-the-dlab-outside-of-the-military?n=668627&urlhash=668627 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes! Some colleges will accept your scores and transfer them into college semester hours towards your foreign language requirements or electives. Every college/university is different. SSG Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 14 May 2015 18:09:39 -0400 2015-05-14T18:09:39-04:00 2015-05-14T13:11:55-04:00