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Realities of Foreign Service Life Vol. 1

Realities of Foreign Service Life Vol. 2

Realities of Foreign Service Life, Volumes 1 and 2: Writers from the Foreign Service community share their first-hand experiences and insights through essays on Foreign Service life. A great gift for newcomers or veterans of the Foreign Service and especially useful for anyone considering a Foreign Service career! Read more about Realities of Foreign Service Life here and order your copy!

 

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Life in the Foreign Service in our own words.

We also provide links to Foreign Service blogs on this page.

Thanks for Your Service...Now Here's Your Pay Cut (5/08) a Foreign Service spouse reflects on the logic of cutting hardship differentials at very unhealthy posts. By Donna Scaramastra Gorman. Originally published in the Foreign Service Journal.

Keeping the Foreign Service Family Friendly (4/07) What AAFSW is doing for you.

Who Needs College When You've Got a Driver's License? (4/06) TCK Douglas Garrison tells why he deferred college for a year to travel the U.S.

Getting to Know America: a Parents' Perspective. (4/06) Douglas Garrison's father provides his own perspective on his son's cross-country journey.

AAFSW in the 21st Century (12/04) A brief summary of our activities from 2000 onward.

When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth (2/04) A newcomer explores Main State's Ralph J. Bunche library.

Why Would I Want to Go There? (10/02) A Foreign Service spouse questions her family's "worldwide availability."

Spoused! (7/02) Longtime Foreign Service spouse Kelly Bembry Midura offers a new verb for the Foreign Service lexicon.

Reactions to the Events of September 11, 2001 from Posts Around the World (10/01)

Eighteen Cups (6/00) Hilarious article about certain between-post M/Med requirements.

A Century of Women in the Foreign Service (2/00) Remarks by then-AAFSW President Mette Beecroft reviewing the history of women in the Foreign Service.

Foreign Service Life Is... (1/00) Different perspectives on FS life.

How the Foreign Service Lowered My Blood Pressure (2/99) How the FS has changed one spouse's perspective.

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