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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!

 

Returning "Home"

Coping with reverse culture shock, financial stresses, and so on.

Leaving the Foreign Service (5/09) Former FSO Andrea McCarley's lighthearted look at reverse culture shock.

Home for the Holidays (12/08) New lyrics to the holiday standard provided by Foreign Service spouse Francesca Kelly.

An Exploration of Factors Associated with Reentry Adjustment of U.S. Foreign Service Spouses (PDF document). (6/08) Graduate thesis by Foreign Service spouse Sharon Maybarduk.

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.

Fighting the Phone (10/03)

Home Leave is No Vacation (6/03)

The Cyberspouse Stays at Home (5/03) Choosing to stay home in DC and overseas.

A Year and a Half Later... (3/01) One story about adapting to a "home" assignment.

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