E-Learning has lately become one of the most common of the numerous technology enhanced learning modes. Foreign languages education at the Armed Forces Academy of Gen. M. R. Stefanik in Slovakia is an important aspect of the future officers? education, thus it is being modernized and enhanced regularly. In this paper selected past and present linguistic research activities aimed at optimizing and improving learning / teaching / testing languages for military purposes in Slovakia are presented. Selected qualitative and quantitative methods, such as interview, observation, comparison, and corpus linguistics have been used to identify the role of and incorporate e-Learning solutions within the language education of (future) military officers. Digitalisation of the language education within the higher military education in Slovakia has opened up a world of opportunities for cadets, as well as more experienced professional soldiers and officers. The focus lies on English and German for military purposes. The results show the effectiveness of this process and its usefulness in developing and improving the language skills of professional soldiers. Finally, the findings suggest new methods, techniques, approaches, sources and trends in language education within the military by means of combining on-site learning with e-Learning solutions. Foreign language acquisition is a dynamic process, further studies in the language education within the military are expected to build on these conclusions.

language education; e-Learning; language for military purposes; digitalisation