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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, G-2
1000 ARMY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20310-1000

5/29/24
DAMI-OIO (525)

MEMORANDUM FOR SEE DISTRIBUTION

SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 2024 Department of the Army General Purpose Forces Strategic
Language List

1. References:

a. Department of Defense Instruction 1340.27 (Military Foreign Language Skill Proficiency

Bonuse)

b. Army Regulation (AR) 11-6 (Army Foreign Language Program)

c. Department of the Army Pamphlet 11-8 (Army Foreign Language Program Handbook)

d. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2, DAMI-OIO memorandum (Fiscal Year 2023
Department of the Army General Purpose Forces Strategic Language List), 21 February 2023,
hereby superseded

e. MILPER 23-069, AHRC-EPB-M (Implementation of Foreign Language Proficiency

Bonus (FLPB) Pay by Modality Table and Requirements for New FLPB Written Agreement).

2. The Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) General Purpose Forces (GPF) Strategic Language List (SLL)
(enclosure 1) and Implementation Guidance (enclosure 2) is provided below and is in effect until
superseded. The purpose of the SLL is to provide the Army and the Department of Defense with
Soldiers who are proficient in critical foreign languages.

3. My point of contact for this memorandum is Mr. Timothy P. McGovern, DAMI-OIO,

available at (703) 695-1286 or [email protected].
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Lieutenant General, GS
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2

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DISTRIBUTION:
PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS OF HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
COMMANDER
U.S. ARMY FORCES COMMAND
U.S. ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND
U.S. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND
U.S. ARMY FUTURES COMMAND
U.S. ARMY PACIFIC
U.S. ARMY EUROPE AND AFRICA
U.S. ARMY CENTRAL
U.S. ARMY NORTH
U.S. ARMY SOUTH
U.S. ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
MILITARY SURFACE DEPLOYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION COMMAND
U.S. ARMY SPACE AND MISSLE DEFENSE COMMAND/ARMY STRATEGIC
COMMAND
U.S. ARMY CYBER COMMAND
U.S. ARMY MEDICAL COMMAND
U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
U.S. ARMY MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
U.S. ARMY TEST AND EVALUATION COMMAND
U.S. ARMY HUMAN RESOURCES COMMAND
U.S. ARMY CORRECTIONS COMMAND
U.S. ARMY RECRUITING COMMAND
SUPERINTENDENT, U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY
COMMANDANT, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE
DIRECTOR, U.S. ARMY CIVILIAN HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MILITARY POSTAL SERVICE AGENCY
DIRECTOR, U.S. ARMY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION
DIRECTOR, CIVILIAN PROTECTION CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
DIRECTOR, U.S. ARMY JOINT COUNTER-SMALL UNMANNER AIRCRAFT SYSTEM
OFFICE
SUPERINTENDENT, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
DIRECTOR, U.S. ARMY ACQUISITION SUPPORT CENTER

CF:
PRINCIPAL CYBER ADVISOR
DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ANALYTICS INTEGRATION
COMMANDER, EIGHTH ARMY

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FISCAL YEAR 2024 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY GENERAL PURPOSE FORCES

STRATEGIC LANGUAGE LIST

IMMEDIATE INVESTMENT LANGUAGES

Authorized for all Military Occupation Specialty (MOS)/Branches
LANGUAGE: DIGRAPH CODE: TRIGRAPH CODE:
NONE N/A N/A

EMERGING LANGUAGES
Authorized for all MOS/Branches
LANGUAGE: DIGRAPH CODE: TRIGRAPH CODE:
NONE N/A N/A

ENDURING LANGUAGES
**Authorized ONLY for language-dependent and language-capable MOSs/Branchs**
LANGUAGE: DIGRAPH CODE: TRIGRAPH CODE:
Arabic-Egyptian AE ARZ
Arabic-Iraqi QI QAI
Arabic-Levantine QL QAV
Arabic-Yemeni AU QAY
Arabic-Modern Standard AD ARB
Arabic-Sudanese AV APD
Chinese-Amoy YD/CD NAN
Chinese-Cantonese CC YUE
Chinese-Mandarin CM CMN
Korean KP KOR
Persian-Iranian (Farsi) PF PES
Russian RU RUS
Ukrainian UK UKR

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SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 2024 Department of the Army General Purpose Forces Strategic
Language List

IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
FISCAL YEAR 2024 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY GENERAL PURPOSE FORCES
STRATEGIC LANGUAGE LIST

1. The fiscal year 2024 (FY24) Army General Purpose Forces (GPF) Strategic Language List
(SLL) is published in accordance with AR 11-6, paragraph 1-12f (reference b).

2. This policy letter does not supersede reference b.

3. Pay Foreign Language Proficiency Bonus (FLPB) for languages on the Enduring Languages
List to Soldiers serving in a language-dependent or language-capable Military Occupation
Specialty (MOS)/ Area of Concentration (AOC) ONLY. Refer to reference b, paragraph 4-6 for
the list of language capable and language dependent AOCs and MOSs.

4. Soldiers must be proficient in their control language and meet minimum language
proficiency standards to receive additional FLPB for GPF SLL languages. Minimum language
proficiency is defined in reference b, chapter 2-5.

5. All Soldiers testing in another dialect must comply with the testing requirements in reference
b, paragraph 4-3 to receive FLPB. Soldiers who score the minimum on the Listening modality of
the dialect are eligible to receive additional FLPB in accordance wtih reference b, paragraph 4-3.

6. In accordance with reference b, Soldiers may not receive more than $1,000.00 per month for
multiple languages.

7. Eligible Soldiers with a valid Defense Language Profiency (DLPT) score for one of the
languages added to the FY24 Army GPF SLL become eligible as of the date of this
memorandum. This is not retroactive.

8. Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) Soldiers (Career Management Fields, MOSs, and
AOCs 18, 37, 38R, 38W, 38S, 38Z, and 180A Warrant Officers) serving in GPF units will refer
to the FY24 ARSOF SLL to determine their eligibility for additional FLPB.

9. All non-ARSOF language-dependent and language-capable Soldiers assigned to an ARSOF

unit will use the FY24 GPF SLL to determine their eligibility for additional FLPB.

10. The U.S. Army Reserve AOCs and MOSs 37, 38A, 38B, and 38G Soldiers will use the
Army GPF SLL to determine their eligibility for additional FLPB.

11. Soldiers receiving FLPB for languages removed from the FY24 Army GPF SLL, will
continue to receive FLPB until their current written agreement expires. Upon termination of
their current FLPB written agreement, Soldiers proficient in a language removed from the FY24
Army GPF SLL are no longer eligible for FLPB, regardless of DLPT score.
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