Summary Conclusions and Recommendations
• The end state is a “globalized total force,” with defined organic capabilities supported by force multipliers based on outsourcing, localization, and reach-back.
• The core to this capability, the Defense Language Transformation Roadmap (
DLTR), must be completed and its funding and programs maintained or enhanced.
• Successful recruitment depends ultimately on vastly improved language education at the K-12 level, and the DoD should continue to support and serve as the “bully pulpit” for improvement in the nation’s schools, colleges, and universities.
• A national coordination point for language, similar to the Office for Science and Technology Policy, should be created in the White House and charged to provide guidance in integrating the national architecture upon which this end state depends.
• A network-based language and culture resource access system should be developed that is capable of locating and providing needed language and
cultural resources anytime and anywhere, leveraging the extensive USG investments in language and culture as well the resources of academe, industry, and the nation’s heritage communities.
• A concentrated effort should be made in the areas of African and Asian languages and cultures.
• Finally, a short term solution should be a priority, specifically the creation of the. network-based language and culture resource access system.
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