The Foreign Service Journal, March 2004

54 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / M A R C H 2 0 0 4 F O C U S O N I R A Q O N THE G ROUND IN P OSTWAR I RAQ F OREIGN S ERVICE PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SERVED IN POSTWAR I RAQ SHARE SOME OF THEIR EXPERIENCES . ditor’s Note: We recently sent an AFSANet message inviting Foreign Service personnel (and their family members) who have served in Iraq since the war to recount their experiences there. Some of their responses describe the physical, logistical and other challenges they have faced, and how they overcame or worked around them to do their jobs. Others focus on the texture of daily life in postwar Iraq. But they all exemplify the best traditions of the Foreign Service. Our thanks to all who shared their stories. — Steven Alan Honley, Editor E Adam Niklewicz