The Foreign Service Journal, June 2004

J U N E 2 0 0 4 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3 T HE M AGAZINE F OR F OREIGN A FFAIRS P ROFESSIONALS Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is published monthly with a combined July/August issue by the American Foreign Service Association, a private, non-profit organization. Material appearing herein represents the opinions of the writers and does not necessarily represent the views of the Journal, the Editorial Board or AFSA. Writer queries and submissions are invited, preferably by e-mail. Journal subscription: AFSAMembers - $13 included in annual dues; others - $40. For foreign surface mail, add $18 per year; foreign airmail, $36 per year. Periodical postage paid at Washington, D.C., and at additional mail- ing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Foreign Service Journal , 2101 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990. Indexed by Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS). The Journal is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, photos or illustrations. Advertising inquiries are invited. The appearance of advertisements herein does not imply the endorsement of the services or goods offered. FAX: (202) 338-8244 or (202) 338-6820. E- MAIL: journal@afsa.org. W EB: www.afsa.org. TE LEPHONE: (202) 338-4045. © American Foreign Service Association, 2004. Printed in the U.S.A. Send address changes to AFSA Membership, 2101 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990. Printed on 50 percent recycled paper, of which 10 percent is post-consumer waste. J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F Editor S TEVEN A LAN H ONLEY Senior Editor S USAN B. M AITRA Associate Editor S HAWN D ORMAN Ad & Circulation Manager E D M ILTENBERGER Business Manager M IKKELA V. T HOMPSON Art Director C ARYN S UKO S MITH Editorial Intern D WIJEN J AYDEV M EHTA Advertising Intern W EI T AN Editorial Board J UDITH B AROODY , C HAIRMAN M ARK W. B OCCHETTI S TEPHEN W. B UCK P ATI C HAPLIN T ATIANA C. G FOELLER C AROL A. G IACOMO W ILLIAM W. J ORDAN L AURIE K ASSMAN H OLLIS S UMMERS B ILL W ANLUND T ED W ILKINSON C O V E R S T O R Y 16 / N OT Q UITE F AMILY : “M EMBERS OF H OUSEHOLD ” AT S TATE State’s “Member of Household” policy is now more than three years old. How has it fared so far and what are its prospects in a rapidly changing world? By Bob Guldin F E A T U R E S 28 / F OREIGN S ERVICE F IREFIGHT An FSO describes a close encounter with Iraqi insurgents on the road from Baghdad to Najaf. By Philip S. Kosnett 52 / F IFTY Y EARS A GO IN G UATEMALA The U.S.-backed removal of Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in June 1954 was neither the first nor the last such intervention. But different observers have drawn very different lessons from the episode. By George Gedda 58 / T HE A FRICA F ILE , P ART II: H ELPING TO B UILD S UCCESS Members share more stories of progress from around the African continent. By Susan Maitra C ONTENTS J u n e 2 0 0 4 Vo l ume 8 1 , No . 6 S P E C I A L R E P O R T G REAT E XPECTATIONS : N EW H IRES AND THE F OREIGN S ERVICE / 33 The new generation is ready to contribute. Here’s what they need in return. By Shawn Dorman S C H O O L S U P P L E M E N T A V ILLAGE TO C ALL H OME — G LOBAL N OMADS I NTERNATIONAL / 69 Despite sometimes feeling like you’re living a Fellini film, life after a Foreign Service childhood can include a club called home. By Mikkela Thompson S CHOOLS AT A G LANCE / 82 Essential data on educational choices. Cover and inside illustration by Jennifer Kalis C O L U M N S P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 In Memoriam By Louise Crane L ETTER FROM THE E DITOR / 15 By Steven Alan Honley R EFLECTIONS / 100 By William V. Roebuck D E P A R T M E N T S L ETTERS / 7 C YBERNOTES / 12 B OOKS / 65 I NDEX T O A DVERTISERS / 98 AFSA N EWS / C ENTER I NSERT Page 16