The Navy Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Office (OPNAV N13F) is seeking nominations for the Fiscal Year 2017 Language Professional of the Year (LPOY), Linguist of the Year (LOY), and Command Language Program of the Year (CLPOY).

LOY and LPOY are awards presented to active duty, reserve, and civilian members with foreign language capabilities who have distinguished themselves in support of the Navy's LREC mission. The CLPOY award recognizes the year's top command language program in the Navy.
Nomination procedures are outlined in OPNAV Instruction 1650.31 for the command language program and in OPNAV Instruction 1650.32 for language professional and linguist awards. All packages for language professional and linguist awards must include an essay written by the nominee.

The essay should describe a language program that would raise the minimum standard Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) score of unit linguists to 3/3 (listening and reading). Submissions shall address training gaps and describe language training plans that would be provided to a command team. Plans should include training mechanisms to maintain and increase the DLPT scores of future linguists who will graduate at the new minimum 2+/2+ from the Defense Language Institute and provide training programs to increase the DLPT scores for legacy linguists who graduated at the 2/2 level.

The essay can be no more than five double-spaced, typewritten pages, not including references or footnotes.

The deadline to submit nomination packages to OPNAV N13F is March 30. Packages can be emailed to ALTN_N13F1@navy.mil. Questions may be directed to Master Chief Petty Officer David Gutierrez at (703) 604-5519 or via email at ALTN_N13F1@navy.mil.

For more information on language and culture programs, visit www.public.navy.mil/BUPERS-NPC/career/language_culture/pages/default2.aspx.

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