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Defence Language Proficency Test (DLPT)
Foreign Language Proficency Pay (FLPP)

Purpose

  1. The main purpose of the Foreign Language Proficiency Pay Program is to inform DA of service members who can speak a foreign language and then add that information to the databases.
  2. A secondary purpose of the program is to provide income that the soldier could receive in the civilian sector based on the fact that they are multi-lingual.
  3. Receiving Foreign Language Proficiency Pay is a two-step process. First the soldier must take the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) to determine how well the soldier understands the language. Once this ability is determined, then the request for Pay.
  4. The DLPT must be within twelve (12) months (Para 6-3b(2)).

Approving Authority
DLPT: Company Commander
FLPP: Battalion Commander

Supporting Documents
DLPT: None
FLPP: Results from DLPT

References
AR 611-6 Army Linguist Management

Work Flow
Who What
Soldier Request DLPT
Unit Prepares DA 4187 for DLPT for soldiers and commanders signature
S1 Receives certification from PSB that the soldier has not taken the test in the last 6 months.
Ed Center Administers Test
Soldier Provides test results to ops
Unit Prepares DA 4187 for FLPP for soldiers and commanders signature
S1 Prepares orders for Bn Cdr signature
Finance Starts FLPP

Example
Example DLPT (fillable PDF)
Example FLPP(fillable PDF)