He was recruited out of college, probably by someone very like me, and underwent a year's training before being assigned overseas.
The company also sells to government agencies, multi-national corporations and international executives assigned overseas.
Many Foreign Service family members have professional skills and qualifications that they can transfer to jobs on the local economy when they are assigned overseas.
There are about 200,000 women among the 1.6 million-member United States armed forces; about 36,000 of them are assigned overseas.
An unofficial State Department survey completed this year found that eight American law enforcement agencies employ 1,649 people permanently assigned overseas.
No servicewomen may be assigned overseas or travel overseas after the completion of the 28th week of pregnancy.
She married James Henry Bugden at the age of 18, but became separated when her husband was assigned overseas during the war.
Of the Army's 33 active-duty combat brigades - each about 5,000 people - 21 are assigned overseas, 16 in Iraq.
Time will have to pass before they are assigned overseas.
After training was completed, they would be assigned overseas to existing units in the wartime theaters.