August 2020

By Amy Hood Embassy Kabul was already working within the confines of a decades-long conflict, political turmoil, and terrorist threats when the coronavirus pandemic struck in March. Due to the outbreak, the compound was locked...

Civil Service Batt, Eugene P.Blenner, Barry G.Cummings, Rhonda M.Douglas, H. ThomascineHage, Richard S.Holcombe, James R.Holiday, Cecily C.Hooper, Don E.Howery-Ford, Virginia Linick, Steve A.Rodriguez, David Temple, Myrna B.Toro, JosueWachter, Richard A.Williamson, Johnnie R. Foreign ServiceBarth, Philip K.Bennett, Charles E.Conklin,...

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The Foreign Service Institute concluded the first-ever virtual orientation for 157 Foreign Service generalists and specialists, June 26. Referring to themselves as “The Novel 156th/202nd,” the class adapted Foreign Service traditions like Flag Day...

By Luke Jones, Julia Stanley, and J.B. Leedy Slovenia, the land “on the sunny side of the Alps,” has something to offer everyone. Roughly the size of New Jersey and with more than 2 million...

By Mark Schaver Not the wedding they were expecting, Stabilization Advisor and his wife Sophie Neumann, are shown after they got married at the Kinondoni District Commissioner’s office in Dar es Salaam, March 30. Photo...

By Pamela Hamblett and Norm Galimba

By Robert Watts Many Department of State employees have discovered the value of Microsoft Teams on the Department’s network during the past several months. Now auto-starting on OpenNet desktops, available on GO Virtual, GO Browser, and mobile apps, Microsoft...

By Gavin Elliott  A new Tesla Model 3 with diplomatic plates graces the streets of Wellington, New Zealand. With the newest addition to the embassy motor pool, Mission New Zealand is showing its Kiwi hosts...