Naval Academy to push foreign language study

Responding to the military's demands, the Naval Academy wants to expand its instruction in foreign languages, Dean William C. Miller said yesterday.

At the academy Board of Visitors' quarterly meeting in Washington, Mr. Miller said he would like to "double or triple" the number of midshipmen who study abroad in the "total immersion" language program.

He said he is talking with military academies in "a number of countries" about a possible student exchange program similar to what exists between service academies in this country.

"We think it important that our graduates think about their Naval Academy experience not as...