Tactical Iraqi wins 2007 I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase & Challenge

Tactical Iraqi wins DARPA's 2005 Award for Significant Technical Achievement

"I can best summarize Tactical Iraqi's success by quoting one soldier's words: 'I learned more Arabic in one day with it than I learned in my whole tour in Iraq.'"
Dr. Anthony J. Tether, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

"The idea is to put behind every steering wheel and behind every trigger finger in a foreign country a little bit of that culture and language....I'll be happy if this could save just one life by preventing a misunderstanding."
Dr. Ralph Chatham, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Tactical Language Training LLC wins contract to develop Tactical Dari Language & Culture System

News release
September 11, 2007

The United States Army has contracted Tactical Language Training LLC to develop the Tactical Dari Language & Culture Training System.

When released in 2008, it will join the company's courses for Iraqi Arabic, Pashto and French. Dari is one of Afghanistan's two major languages; Pashto is the other.

Dari is spoken in the country's northern and western regions, and the capital Kabul. About half of the population of Afghanistan speaks Dari natively, though many are bilingual. It serves as the means of communication between Afghanistan's speakers of different languages.

The course will prepare the American military to work with Afghan leaders and army personnel for training and reconstruction purposes. Cultural education will include sensitive issues such as communicating with members of the opposite sex, and giving constructive criticism without offending.

The United States Army Combined Arms Center in Ft. Leavenworth (Kan.) and the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) support the project in cooperation with the 1st Infantry Division in Ft. Riley (Kan.), which is already using the Tactical Iraqi course extensively to train military advisors headed for Iraq. The United States Marine Corps Program Manager for Training Systems (PM TRASYS) will manage the program.