Unclassified

5–2. Initial evaluation
As an initial evaluation, personnel are given the DLPT for any language in which they were trained or recruited for
their language capability at Government expense (excluding Gateway and Headstart courses or similar “survival level”
courses and college foreign language courses) or for which proficiency is claimed. For languages in which there is no
DLPT, Defense Language Reading Proficiency Test (DLRPT), or other DOD approved proficiency test, personnel will
take OPIs according to the guidance found in AR 11–6, provided certified testers are available.
5–3. Failure to meet minimum proficiency levels at Defense Language Institute Foreign Language