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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> The Department of Defense announced today an increase in Foreign Language Proficiency Pay (FLPP) for military personnel who qualify effective June 1.</p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> The Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense Authorization Act authorizes the Secretary of Defense to increase FLPP pay from a maximum of $300 per month to a maximum of $1,000 per month for qualified active duty members and offer a $6,000 per year bonus for qualified Guard and reserve members.</p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> Enhancing the department's FLPP program is a critical facet of the overall Defense Language Transformation initiative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> The purpose of the program is to:</p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Encourage people with a language capability to self-identify</span> in order to employ the language skills existing in the force.</p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> E<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ncourage more people to study a language</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> The Defense Language Program must stimulate the acquisition of language skills and be able to maintain language skills of strategic importance to the department.</p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Encourage people to increase their language proficiency to</span> create a cadre of language professionals operating at an advanced level of proficiency.</p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Increase the capability in languages of strategic need to the department.</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span> The enhanced program will emphasize languages needed to support the Global War on Terror, the recommendations of the Quadrennial Defense Review, and those of strategic importance to the Department of Defense.</span></p>
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