While they might not be the first Soldiers mentioned when discussing Army deployments, cryptologic linguists play a vital role whether at home or abroad. Thanks to their years of specialized language ...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- For the Marines of 2nd Radio Battalion, Task Force Belleau Wood, communication is the key in determining whether or not people they see every day in Afghanistan are ...

Buena High School students enrolled in language courses attended a 30-minute cryptologic linguist presentation Feb. 12 taught by Soldiers with a foreign language military occupational specialty, or ...

Ssgt. Adam Krauland, a cryptologic analyst in the U.S. Army, photographed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Krauland won the 2021 U.S. Army Best Warrior ...

Not much can be shared about one of the most important jobs in the military, but what can be revealed is how vital the training to become a cryptologic linguist analyst is. The job is demanding and ...

Marine Corps Base Hawaii -- Breaking past language barriers is a challenge, but it’s one Sgt. Miguel Iles meets every day. Iles, an Asia-Pacific cryptologic linguist with 3rd Radio Battalion, ...

Fritz holds nothing back in this raw and engrossing debut memoir about his experiences in Afghanistan as a cryptologic linguist for the U.S. Air Force. Raised by his single mother in Lake City, Fla., ...

A black granite wall inside the National Security Agency lists 176 military and civilian cryptologists — the code-makers and code-breakers that protect U.S. communications and crack adversaries’ ...

Every year, troops from around the world compete against one another in the Army’s “Best Warrior” competition — a battery of mental and physical challenges that is something like a martial cross ...