Every summer, students from around the world come to Dahlonega to immerse themselves in weeks of all-day, immersive study of foreign languages — but they don’t begin their day with classes. Instead, they wake up to a rigorous session of military-style physical training. The students are participants in the University of North Georgia’s Federal Service Language Academy, which receives a portion of its funding from the U.S. Department of Defense and is designed to prepare students for future careers in international affairs or with federal service organizations such as the U.S. Department of State.