DLIELC Unveils New Aviation Language Training Center
Col. Kouji Gillis, Defense Language Institute English Language Center commandant, assisted by George Gagnon, Director of International Training and Education, Air Education and Training Command, and Patricia Watkins, cuts the ribbon dedicating the new Sirois Aviation Training Simulation Lab and Watkins Aviation Language Preparation Room at DLIELC on Nov. 6, 2020. The Watkins Aviation Language Preparation Room was named after Watkins’ late husband, James A. Watkins, an aviation subject matter expert who devoted the last 10 years of his life to educating aviation students at DLIELC, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Spencer Berry)