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Air Force Airman 1st Class Wendy Walden, left, and Air Force Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Strang, center, listen as their instructor, Ramsis Shenouda, speaks in Arabic on Oct. 22, 2008. The two students, in their third semester of Arabic language study at Defense Language Foreign Language Center in Monterey, Calif., were participating in a three-day immersion activity. DoD photo by Samantha L. Quigley

Air Force Airman 1st Class Wendy Walden, left, and Air Force Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Strang, center, listen as their instructor, Ramsis Shenouda, speaks in Arabic on Oct. 22, 2008. The two students, in their third semester of Arabic language study at Defense Language Foreign Language Center in Monterey, Calif., were participating in a three-day immersion activity. DoD photo by Samantha L. Quigley

Air Force Airman 1st Class Wendy Walden, left, and Air Force Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Strang, center, listen as their instructor, Ramsis Shenouda, speaks in Arabic on Oct. 22, 2008. The two students, in their third semester of Arabic language study at Defense Language Foreign Language Center in Monterey, Calif., were participating in a three-day immersion activity. DoD photo by Samantha L. Quigley

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