Reading and studying the languages in context has helped Iles, and it’s advice he has passed on to others. In Chinese, he’s studied kung fu novels and for Korean, he’s learned more about the social differences in North Korea. To keep up his Korean and Chinese language skills, Iles said he’s looked for resources that hold his interest. Indonesian classes have been cancelled due to reduced funding on the DoD level, and Phillabaum said units would need to begin thinking of creative ways to facilitate foreign language training. “Budget cuts have already affected our ability to send Marines to language training,” Phillabaum said. The conference honoring Iles and other top linguists may not occur this year due to reductions in their budget. and other military units with foreign language components are facing stiff financial budgets, Phillabaum said. Iles’ win comes at a time when 3rd Radio Bn. “The average North Korean believes that the Korean War is the result of American aggression because that’s what they’re taught in school.” “North Korea is very sensitive about their security and their place in the world and their reputation,” he said. Since studying North Korean resources, Iles said he’s noticed the country’s government reacts strongly to any negative criticism. As he reads through current political commentary, the Marine linguist said Chinese media condemns North Korea’s recent nuclear test but also blames tensions on the United States for extensive combined exercises with the South Koreans. Since his college days, Iles studied Mandarin Chinese and is intrigued by Chinese literature. “I find the Western media is very lazy when it comes to reporting from foreign media.” “I can read not only what the Western media is saying, but read the original press releases from North and South Korea, as well as commentary made by China,” he said. He went out and actively sought out the hardest languages to learn.”Īlthough much of his work is classified, Iles said he’s learned a lot of cultural background information from unclassified sources in their native languages. “The fact that he learned Korean in 18 months, and Chinese largely through immersion, is a testament to his work ethic,” he said. Phillabaum said it was both Iles’ significant contribution to intelligence and his high proficiency scores in two challenging languages that set him apart from others. Devin Phillabaum, Alpha Company commander, 3rd Radio Bn. His language skills are vital to processing and analyzing collected intelligence information, said Capt.
Within the short amount of time he was there, he accomplished quite a bit.”
“He completed every bit of training he needed to do and every time he could go up for advancement, he did. Kenneth Nienhuser, who is another Asian-Pacific cryptologic linguist with 3rd Radio Bn. “From the time we got there, we hit the ground running,” said Sgt. Army service members processing intelligence reports. He’s served as a translator during joint efforts of the Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercises and alongside Republic of Korea and U.S. Iles gained proficiency in Korean after less than two years of training and deployed for eight months during the last fiscal year. “I went from knowing just kimchi and hello in Korean to being able to understand newspaper articles and television news.” “The program at the Defense Language Institute is great,” said Iles, a native of Grand Rapids, Mich. He is a non-native speaker of Mandarin Chinese and became proficient in Korean through DoD training.
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Iles, an Asia-Pacific cryptologic linguist with 3rd Radio Battalion, prevailed among his armed services colleagues and was recently named the Department of Defense’s Language Professional of the Year. Marine Corps Base Hawaii - Breaking past language barriers is a challenge, but it’s one Sgt.
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