A couple of State Dept communiques have come out recently, reminding us all that we're encouraged (i.e., expected) to serve at least one tour in one of our planet's more-benighted, less-American-friendly spots (and, alas, I don't mean France). Posts in these places, called "critical-to-fills" -- rather than, say, "likely-to-acquire-PTSDs" -- break down into two broad categories: ones where I can bring the wife, and ones where I can't (none of them allow kids, but my daughter will be heading to college when we leave Singapore, so that's no biggie). They also break down geographically into several varieties:
Iraq (naturally)
Afghanistan
Middle Eastern hellholes (Yemen, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia)
Saharan Hellholes (Mauritania, Chad, Sudan)
Sub-Saharan hellholes (pretty much all of French-speaking Africa)
Kosovo
Haiti
So let's get busy planning my career!
Iraq (naturally)
Afghanistan
Middle Eastern hellholes (Yemen, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia)
Saharan Hellholes (Mauritania, Chad, Sudan)
Sub-Saharan hellholes (pretty much all of French-speaking Africa)
Kosovo
Haiti
So let's get busy planning my career!
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