US: Navy overhauls foreign language bonus program

[Harold Schiffman]

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Stars and Stripes



Navy overhauls foreign language bonus program



Parlez-vous Francais? A "yes" from a U.S. sailor could mean an extra
$500 a month. The Navy made changes to its Foreign Language
Proficiency Bonus Program, tripling the payout for some languages,
recategorizing others and opening the program to all sailors who use
language skills in their work, not just those in fields such as
cryptology or intelligence, said Mark Neighbors, director of the Navy
Foreign Language Program Office. That means, for example, sailors who
test proficient in French on the Defense Language Proficiency Test
could earn as much as $500 a month for using their language skills
during the Navy's new missions in western Africa, Neighbors said.



Full story:

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=52556




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