The 637th Training Group, also known as the Defense Language Institute English Language Center, is the leader in English language training for the Department of Defense. The "Gateway to America," builds security cooperation capability through English language training and cultural immersion for more the 3,500 students annually worldwide. 

The Defense English Language Program provides English language training to international military and civilian personnel in addition to the U.S. Army and U.S. Coast Guard pre-Basic Combat Training trainees. By fostering English language proficiency on the DLIELC campus and worldwide, we strengthen alliances, nurture new and aspiring partnerships, and engage in meaningful regional activities through enhanced interoperability. 

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Mission

Provide targeted English language instruction, curriculum, testing and support for DoD security cooperation missions.

Vision

Educate, equip, and inspire U.S. and international students to take the English language to the fight.

 

  • FY25 Course Catalog and Handbook

 

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JBSA-Lackland, TX

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332nd Training Squadron

 

637th International Support Squadron

 

637th Training Support Squadron

 

 

637TH TRAINING GROUP IN THE NEWS

  • DLIELC welcomes Vietnamese alumni

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Over 50 years ago, three officers from the South Vietnamese Air Force attended the Defense Language Institute English Language Center.Henry Tran, Thu Nguyen, and Phuong Nguyen studied and learned English while attending DLIELC. They also received their

  • DLIELC graduates first Coast Guard recruits

    The journey is just beginning for two United States Coast Guard recruits who joined U.S. Army Echo Company to study English at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center.

  • Why Afghan refugees met 37th Training Wing instructors

    The wind whipped sand across her face and a generator hummed in the background as Davina Farrell stepped off the plane. It was October 2021, and Farrell, an English as a Second Language/English as a Foreign Language instructor, and seven of her colleagues, had a mission.