The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2026

$42,000 — recovered this year for one member overcharged on health insurance since 2003 4,600 — legal inquiries answered in the past year—roughly 65 every week 5 — active federal court cases on behalf of 14,000+ Foreign Service members We’ve been doing this work a long time—$6 million recovered for members in the meritorious service increase cases alone, 1,450 colleagues made whole. And if you served at USAID—your agency was taken from you. Your association wasn’t. A MEMBER IMPACT REPORT AFSA. Your career, covered. AFSA Delivers. Renew today at afsa.org/membership Here’s the proof: “We’re an insurance policy. And an inexpensive insurance policy.” —Sharon L. Papp, former AFSA General Counsel Six members had their annuity exceptions rescinded and would be separated in weeks without pensions. AFSA filed grievances. State granted interim relief, and all six are still on the rolls, working toward the retirement they earned. That happened this year. It happens every year. “Like lawyers, soldiers, and doctors, we don’t stop being professionals when we retire.” —Steve Liston, FS alum “After losing my dream job as an FSO with USAID, life felt pretty grim. But AFSA helps me to stay connected to a community and work that I loved.” —AFSA member

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