foreign service

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Still, when their husbands die, ostensibly in a plane crash, Bea and Twila are grief-stricken — they have lost not only their husbands but their careers as foreign service wives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

At one point in February, Marocco tried ordering the immediate return of foreign service officers stationed abroad.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

Cynthia Iglesias Guven worked at the Agriculture Department since 1998, living around the world as a foreign service officer and eventually taking a senior job in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025

"I see foreign service officers that have spent their entire lives serving - a large part of it overseas - and the sacrifices they made," they said.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

I believe, however, that upwards of twenty thousand men of all arms are frequently concentrated at Aldershot, the object of which appears to be the thorough training of troops for foreign service.

From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by Drayson, A.W.