January 4, 2018
Mike Senko describes rocket-propelled grenades exploding outside his office, driving a car at gunpoint, and the reason Foreign Service Officers volunt
December 27, 2017
Tom Miller discusses the decapitation of Greece's November 17 terrorist group, and reminds us that life in the Foreign Service can be very dangerous.
December 21, 2017
Tom Miller assists refugees and reports on the opium and heroin trade in Asia's golden triangle.
December 13, 2017
Jett explains that many Americans are not aware that other countries' laws apply to them, and shares the personal rewards of a Foreign Service career.
December 6, 2017
Dennis Jett describes three warring factions in Liberia, evacuations and a flotilla of Marines off the African coast.
November 28, 2017
From Vietnam to Afghanistan, from infantry to embassy - how were these two wars the same, and how were they different?
November 22, 2017
Service in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Nicaragua, all leading up to plans for US immigration reform that are stopped short by 9/11.
November 14, 2017
Lino Gutierrez experiences the Cuban revolution, Columbian "Violencia", and the American struggle for civil rights first hand, all before he is nine y
November 7, 2017
Says Tim: "Nobody foresaw ISIS.  Nobody foresaw the failure to deal with the chasm between the Sunnis and the Shia.
November 7, 2017

Says Tim: “Nobody foresaw ISIS.  Nobody foresaw the failure to deal with the chasm between the Sunnis and the Shia.

October 31, 2017
Religious police stop Gina and terrorists attack the consulate general in Jeddah.  
October 31, 2017

Religious police stop Gina and terrorists attack the consulate general in Jeddah.  

October 26, 2017
Vietnam, Cambodia, Haiti, South Africa - Tim was part of each country's inflection point; some got better, and some got much worse. Why?
October 26, 2017
Do you know where to find a hooker in Oman?  Go to the hospital!
October 26, 2017

Do you know where to find a hooker in Oman?  Go to the hospital!

October 26, 2017

Vietnam, Cambodia, Haiti, South Africa – Tim was part of each country’s inflection point; some got better, and some got much worse. Why?