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UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 526/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/CANCELLATION OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE TRANSPARENT LANGUAGES CL-150 LANGUAGE LEARNING SOFTWARE//
REF/A/YMD:20081025/MSGID:DOC/SUPPORT CONTRACT//
REF/B/YMD:20120130/MSGID:DOC/NAVMC//
NARR/REF A IS THE TRANSPARENT LANGUAGES SUPPORT CONTRACT ESTABLISHING THE SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION.  REF B IS NAVMC 3500.65A THE USMC OPERATIONAL CULTURE AND LANGUAGE TRAINING AND READINESS MANUAL.//
POC/A. C. SAMSEL/MAJ/CAOCL/EMAIL: AARON.SAMSEL(AT)USMC.MIL/TEL: COMM (703)432-1449//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  EFFECTIVE 26 SEPTEMBER 2012, ACCESS TO THE TRANSPARENT LANGUAGES CL-150 LANGUAGE LEARNING SOFTWARE WILL EXPIRE FOR ALL MARINE USERS VIA ALL MEANS OF ELECTRONIC ACCESS, EXCEPT MARINES ASSIGNED TO MARSOC AND MCIA; MARINE FOREIGN AREA OFFICERS WHO DESIRE CONTINUED ACCESS SHOULD CONTACT DC PPO (PLU-8). ON 26 SEPTEMBER 2012, LINKS TO CL-150 ON MARINENET WILL BE REMOVED, ALL CURRENTLY ENROLLED MARINENET STUDENTS WILL BE DISENROLLED, AND THE COURSES WILL BE DISABLED PREVENTING FUTURE ENROLLMENTS. CL-150 FUNCTIONALITY WILL ALSO CEASE FOR MARINES WHO HAVE DOWNLOADED CL-150 PRODUCTS OR APPLICATIONS TO THEIR PERSONAL OR GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS AND HANDHELD DIGITAL DEVICES.
2.  AVAILABILITY OF BASIC RECREATIONAL LEARNING AND EDUCATION LANGUAGE COURSES PROVIDED BY TRANSPARENT LANGUAGES ONLINE VIA MCCS THROUGH MARINE CORPS INSTALLATION LIBRARIES PER MARADMIN 620/11 IS NOT IMPACTED BY THE EXPIRATION OF REF A.  HOWEVER, ACCESS TO COURSES AND WORD/PHRASE LISTS FOCUSED ON TACTICAL LANGUAGE IN CL-150 ARE NOT AVAILABLE VIA THE MCCS CONTRACT.
3.  THE MARINE CORPS PROVIDED TRANSPARENT LANGUAGES CL-150 LANGUAGE LEARNING SOFTWARE TO ADDRESS LANGUAGE FAMILIARIZATION REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE GENERAL PURPOSE FORCE (GPF).  ENHANCEMENTS IN THE AVAILABILITY AND TACTICAL LANGUAGE FOCUS OF GOVERNMENT DEVELOPED LANGUAGE SOFTWARE, COMBINED WITH PROJECTED FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, HAVE PROMPTED A SHIFT TO ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING SOFTWARE.  THE MARINE CORPS HAS NOW TRANSITIONED TO THE DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (DLI) PRODUCT LINE IN SUPPORT OF GPF TACTICAL LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS.  THIS TRANSITION RESULTS IN SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS WHILE STILL MEETING THE LANGUAGE FAMILIARIZATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE GPF.
4.  THE MARINE CORPS WILL RETAIN A PERPETUAL LICENSE TO AN OLDER VERSION OF THE CL-150 RAPID ROTE PROGRAM, WHICH CONSISTS OF ELECTRONIC FLASHCARDS WITH AUDIO FILES FOR TACTICAL WORDS AND PHRASES IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES.  THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED OPERATIONAL CULTURE LEARNING (CAOCL) IS CURRENTLY TESTING THE OLDER VERSION OF RAPID ROTE IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY ANY LIMITATIONS ON UTILITY FOR MARINE USERS.  THIS SOFTWARE IN ADDITION TO OTHER RESOURCES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE CAOCL WEBSITE AT HTTP:(DOUBLEBACKSLASH)WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/CAOCL.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN (SEL) W. F. MULLEN III; PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//