Unclassified

Section II
Qualification via the Defense Language Aptitude Battery
3–3. Description
a. The Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) provides a quantitative estimate of the aptitude of a person to
learn a foreign language in a formal training program. The minimum qualifying DLAB score is determined by
language difficulty category (LDC). Within their respective components, AHRC, the Director, Army National Guard
(ARNG), and the Chief, Army Reserve (CAR) will ensure compliance with DLAB entry requirements. The service
program manager (SPM), (DCS, G–2 (DAMI–PIO)), is the sole approval authority for all DLAB waivers. Requests for
waivers should include mitigating factors such as evidence of prior foreign language training or experience, especially
in the language to be trained. Qualifying DLAB scores by LDC are:
(1) Category (CAT) I: 95 or higher.
(2) CAT II: 100 or higher.
(3) CAT III: 105 or higher.
(4) CAT IV: 110 or higher.
b. U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) sets the qualifying DLAB scores for special operations
forces (SOF) Soldiers selected for nonresident Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) basic
language courses.