09L

09L (pronounced "Zero Nine Lima") is a Military Occupational Specialty in the United States army involving translators/interpreters.

History

09L began in February 2003 as a pilot program for recruiting Arabic, Dari Persian, and Pushto speakers. It became an official Military Occupational Specialty in February 2006.

Current demand

The languages/dialects needed are:
* Arabic-Modern Standard
* Arabic-Gulf-Iraqi
* Arabic-Egyptian
* Arabic-Jordanian
* Arabic-Syrian
* Arabic-Lebanese
* Arabic-Yemeni
* Arabic-Sudanese
* Arabic-Maghrebi
* Arabic-Algerian
* Arabic-Libyan
* Arabic-Moroccan
* Arabic-Tunisian
* Pushtu/Pashto/Pachto
* Pushtu-Afghan
* Kurdish
* Kurmanji Kurdish
* Sorani Kurdish
* Dari Persian
* Iranian Persian

References

* [http://www.goarmy.com/JobDetail.do?id=342 Interpreter/Translator (09L)]
* [http://www.armyinterpreters-09l.com/ official site]

ee also

*33W
*68W
*List of United States Army MOS