6 JULY-AUGUST 2025 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE 46 MED Provider Portal: Modernizing the Foreign Service Health Care Experience By Alice Abrams FEATURE: SERVICE DISRUPTED 48 When USAID Disappears 49 USAID Is Vanishing By Jim Bever 52 When Engineers Stop Working By a USAID FSO 52 Build Anyway By a USAID FSO PERSPECTIVES 7 President’s Views The Privilege of Serving You By Tom Yazdgerdi 9 Letter from the Editor Global Health Diplomacy Today By Shawn Dorman 14 Message from the Military Diplomats Serve at the Tip of the Spear By James G. Foggo 22 Speaking Out Reimagining the Foreign Service EER By Jason Rubin 88 Reflections Effective Public Diplomacy During NATO Enlargement By Gordon Duguid 90 Local Lens Mount Nebo, Jordan By Joseph A. D’Agostino III DEPARTMENTS 10 Letters 16 Talking Points 77 In Memory 81 Books MARKETPLACE 83 Real Estate 86 Classifieds 87 Index to Advertisers 53 D ouble Your Impact 53 H undreds Rally in D.C. to Stand Up for Service 54 State VP Voice— A Foreign Service for the People, by the People 55 F CS VP Voice— What I’ve Learned 56 Retiree VP Voice— Parting Advice 56 AFSA Defends the Foreign Service in Court 58 A FSA Marks 60th Foreign Service Day 60 A FSA Hosts 51st Annual Memorial Plaque Ceremony 61 AFSA Governing Board Meeting, March 19, 2025 61 AFSA Welcomes April Orientation Class 62 2023-2025 AFSA Governing Board Term Report 76 2 024 Annual Report: Legal Defense Fund 76 DACOR Memorial Day Service AFSA NEWS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF AFSA ON THE COVER: Art by Joey Guidone/ The i Spot. 49 62
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