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NEW SKILL IDENTIFIERS FOR LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
The Army deputy chief of staff Gl has approved personnel development skill identifier, or PDSI, codes to be used for identifying Soldiers who have advanced language skills.
The codes will be used for ISA (Special Forces), 37A (Psychological Operations) and 38A (Civil Affairs) officers; Special Forces warrant officers; and enlisted Soldiers in careermanagement fields 18 (SF), 37 (PSYOP) and 38 (CA). Soldiers in a nondeployable status will not be authorized award of the PDSI.
To qualify for PDSI D5E (intermediate-level language skills), Soldiers must maintain a minimum score ?? 2/2 (listening and speaking) on the Oral Proficiency Interview, as documented on a current DA Form 330, Language Proficiency Questionnaire, in the target language.
To qualify for PDSI D5F (advanced-level language skills), Soldiers must maintain a minimum score of 3/3 (listening and reading) on the Defense Language Proficiency Test and 3/3 (listening and speaking) on the Oral Proficiency Interview, as documented on a current DA Form 330, in the target language.
To request that their Soldiers be granted the new PDSIs, units must submit their requests to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command; Attn: AOOPTID; 2929 Desert Storm Drive (Stop...