LANGCON2025 and Best Linguist Competition
Join us at the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City on Friday, February 7, 2025 for LangCon2025 - we're anticipating the largest number of participants ever!
LangCon is the premier conference for organizational collaboration and information sharing within the U.S. Defense Language Enterprise. First held 36 years ago, LangCon, hosted by the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade (LING), stands as the nation’s largest gathering for military, intelligence, national security, and academic institutions dedicated to training and employing Intelligence Linguists.
The LangCon2025 theme is “Linguists on the New Front Line.” Today’s front lines are no longer confined to distant locations—they now extend into the virtual domains of multi-domain operations. U.S. adversaries not only challenge us in the Gray Zone but engage in constant conflict within cyberspace. The National Security community urgently needs Intelligence Linguists equipped with the skills and training to confront threats from these virtual foxholes on this evolving New Front Line.
Our keynote speaker at this year’s LANGCON is Lieutenant General Tony Hale, the Army’s senior Intelligence Officer. As General Hale often says: “The United States could be at war tomorrow.” With the current fragile state of global security, conflict literally could ignite at any time. And when it does, it won’t resemble the counterinsurgency operations of the past two decades. Instead, it will be Large-Scale Combat against near-peer adversaries—and it will be conflict on a devastating scale. Intelligence Linguists will be with the very first who will answer the call, “Always Out Front” in any coming conflict.
Join us in Salt Lake City for LangCon2025 and prepare to take your place in the virtual foxhole, ready to defend and serve on the New Front Line!
WELCOME TO THE 300TH MI BRIGADE ASSOCIATION
A 501(c) organization intended to unite current and former members of the Brigade, their families, and prospective members, in order to help foster ongoing associations and relationships.
MISSION AND OBJECTIVES
PERPETUATE THE COMARADERIE WE ENJOYED AS MEMBERS OF THE 300TH MI BRIGADE UNITS
PRESERVE THE BRIGADE'S HISTORY AND CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THE UNIT'S LEGACY
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER AND FAMILIES
PROVIDE SERVICES TO CURRENT AND FORMER SOLDIERS
CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT IN SUPPORTING THE BRIGADE
PROMOTE THE BRIGADE'S IMAGE
Welcome to the official website for the 300th MI Brigade (LING) Association! We are thrilled for the opportunity to provide ongoing support to members, past and present.
Join us - connect with other association members, participate in events that bring us together, help connect members and families to services and care, and much more to come!
Jeff Mitchell
President, 300th MI Brigade (Ling) Association
HOW DO I JOIN?
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Visit our Membership page to sign up for your free account.
Interested in being involved with the Association?
Email us at [email protected] to find out more!
300th MI BRIGADE (LING) ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
COL (RET) JEFF MITCHELL
PRESIDENT
Jeff Mitchell retired after 30 years in the National Guard (Utah, Florida, and Idaho) and three in the Army Reserve. He is the former Commander of the 300th MI BDE (Linguist), served as the Army National Guard Senior Intelligence Officer, and continues to work linguist issues at the Federal level in his civilian career.
CSM (RET) KODY NELSON
SECRETARY
Kody Nelson retired in 2020 after over 22 years in the Utah National Guard, about 18 of which were in the 300th MI Brigade, culminating as the 142nd MI BN CSM
1SG (RET) JOSEPH SCHMOLKE
TREASURER
Joe Schmolke retired in 2017 after nearly 22 years in the Utah National Guard, nearly all of which were in the 300th MI Brigade. He served in various positions in the 141st MI BN, 142nd MI BN, and HHC, 300th MI BDE, including as First Sergeant in a 141st MI BN line company and HHC, 300th MI BDE.
WE NEED YOU...JOIN US TO GET INVOLVED!
