The first bulletin in a series dealing with international issues in language instruction in the military, this publication presents articles focusing on educational objectives and standards of the contributing member countries. Articles include: (1) "L'Enseignement des langues dans la fonction publique du Canada"/"Language Training in the Canadian Armed Forces," (2) "Organization and Objectives of Service Language Training within the Federal Armed Forces"/"Organisation et objectifs de l'enseignement militaire des langues dans l'armee francaise," (3) "Report on the Study of Foreign Languages in the Italian Armed Forces," (4) "Language Training in the British Armed Forces," and (5) "Defense Language Institute (DLI)." Articles 1 and 2 are in both French and English, and Articles 4 and 5 appear in English with summaries in French. (RL)