None Swifter Than These

A veteran courier salutes the Diplomatic Courier Service’s first 100 years and a career that offers both satisfaction and the opportunity to serve.

U.S. Diplomatic Couriers: A Historic Timeline

From Pouches to Cargo: Diplomatic Couriers Today

The couriers’ mission has not changed, but their scope of work and responsibility have expanded dramatically.

In Their Own Write

We are pleased to present this year’s collection of books by Foreign Service members and their families.

Of Related Interest

Here are recent books of interest to the foreign aff airs community that were not written by members of the Foreign Service.

Coming into Their Own ‘Write’—A Look Back at an FS Women’s Writers’ Group

During the 1960s FS women writers from the Greatest Generation banded together to polish their craft and get their work published.

The Family Liaison Office—Making a World of Difference for 40 Years

Each generation has redefi ned and built on the work of earlier colleagues, sharing a commitment to safeguard and improve the well-being of our Foreign Service community.

President’s Views

Telling Our Story to the American People

Speaking Out

Radically Simple Ideas for a Better State: Foreign Service 2.0

Reflections

An Unexpected Find in Deir al-Qamar

State VP Voice

Foreign Service Family Ties

AFSA on the Hill

The Race to the Midterms