Unclassified

G–2. Department of the Army Intelligence Information Service language and cultural portals
The DA Intelligence Information Service (IIS) language and culture resources portals provide open source aids for over
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100 languages and over 200 countries to enhance overall language and cultural proficiency. The cultural portal
provides information spanning the world which contains links to official Government, academia, and commercial Web
sites. The language resource portal featuring ethnic and language information are displayed by AOR, to include
regional dialects of interest to linguists. These sites are available as follows:
a. SIPRNET–Culture: http://fvey.daiis.mi.army.smil.mil/iis/culture/default.aspx.
b. SIPRNET–Language http:// fvey.daiis.mi.army.smil.mil/foriegnlang/default.aspx.
c. Army Knowledge Online (AKO): https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/190527.
d. Army Open Source Portal: https://daiis.mi.army.mil/iis/osint/default.aspx.
e. Hermes: https://daiis.mi.army.mil/iis/hermes/Pages/Default.aspx.