09L
09L (pronounced "Oh-Nine Lima") is a Military Occupational Specialty in the United States army involving translators/interpreters.
History
09L began in Feb 2003 as a pilot program for recruiting Arabic, Dari Persian, and Pashto speakers. It became an official Military Occupational Specialty in March 2006.[1]
Current demand
The languages/dialects needed are:
- Pushtu/Pashto/Pachto
- Pushtu-Afghan
- Persian-Afghan (Dari)
- Persian-Iranian (Farsi)
- Arabic-Modern Standard
- Arabic-Gulf-Iraqi
- Arabic-Egyptian
- Arabic-Levantine
- Arabic-Libyan
- Arabic-Moroccan
- Arabic-Tunisian[2]