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Vilerat posted:Anybody who ever makes the claim to you that you need to go to bad places after good is full of poo poo Fill me in tomorrow bastard.
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OP updated with "who is at what stage of the process", also some minor other fixes to stuff. -e- I am anal about updating OP's, so if you have poo poo you want in there, please just let me know.
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Mar 31, 2010 18:42
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I applied for POL.
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SWATJester posted:OP updated with "who is at what stage of the process", also some minor other fixes to stuff. Newbie specialist, Central Africa
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Mar 31, 2010 19:48
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I'm taking the orals next week too. Wahoo!
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Stuff updated.Grr8 posted:I'm taking the orals next week too. Assuming Oct 2009 FSOT then.... what cone? Also, where are you taking it? I'm at Annex 1 on the 5th. TCD posted:Newbie specialist, Central Africa What field?
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Yup, Oct 2009 FSOT Economics Cone. Taking it on the 8th at Annex 44.
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Vilerat posted:Anybody who ever makes the claim to you that you need to go to bad places after good is full of poo poo No kidding. I just took a handshake from Geneva. Some of us don't even need to do a tour in Baghdad  edit: I'm an IMS (specialist) in Kiev. Technically a hardship post, but whatever. AKA Pseudonym fucked around with this message at 08:55 on Apr 1, 2010 |
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Any of you IMS types know this guy? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/31/state-department-official-recalled/
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AKA Pseudonym posted:No kidding. I just took a handshake from Geneva. I don't have a handshake yet, but I have an IMO who is going to bat for me on an assignment he's in charge of staffing, and a post that really wants me there. I've been told unless a tandem swoops through it's a done deal. Vancoooooooooooooooooooooooooooouver!
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Business of Ferrets posted:Any of you IMS types know this guy? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/31/state-department-official-recalled/ I don't know the name but we were in the same neighborhood. May have crossed paths one way or another.
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AKA Pseudonym posted:I don't know the name but we were in the same neighborhood. May have crossed paths one way or another. How do you accidently have that poo poo in your household goods? I wouldn't know where to even find that poo poo to begin with.
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Any recent A100 grads here? My bro just went through it and I saw your swearing in ceremony.
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Vilerat posted:Vancoooooooooooooooooooooooooooouver! One of my best FS friends is in Vancouver. He regularly reads SA but keeps putting off registering for the forums.  YES, I'M CALLING YOU OUT!!!AKA Pseudonym posted:Some of us don't even need to do a tour in Baghdad Wife and I decided that if I were ever going to do an unaccompanied assignment, now was the time, since the impact on the family would be minimized. I'm not at all keen on a year apart, but we can at least avoid having to do so later at a more inconvenient time. Plus, there were plenty of reasons to go, not the least of which was the sense that it was pretty much my turn. 
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Business of Ferrets posted:One of my best FS friends is in Vancouver. He regularly reads SA but keeps putting off registering for the forums. Well as I said no handshake, it's too early. Whatever is as close to a handshake without being a handshake is what it is. [ASK] me about serving at the US embassy in Baghdad! You aren't going to have nearly as much fun now as the rest of us did.
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Vilerat posted:Whatever is as close to a handshake without being a handshake is what it is. I literally had a CDO refer to this as the "double air-kiss." 
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Vilerat posted:Well as I said no handshake, it's too early. Whatever is as close to a handshake without being a handshake is what it is. So, Imperial Life in the Emerald City: accurate?
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Business of Ferrets posted:I literally had a CDO refer to this as the "double air-kiss." They should offer a whole course on networking for assignments. The assignment system for state is one of the most bizarre things ever.
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FakeHipster posted:So, Imperial Life in the Emerald City: accurate? I was there 07-08, it calmed down a lot from the early stuff. I was there for a couple weeks in '04 though and it was really insane.
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SWATJester posted:Stuff updated. IMS
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Edit: SWATJester, I also applied for an IMS vacancy awhile ago. Still waiting to hear back on that, hope I make it
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Business of Ferrets posted:Any of you IMS types know this guy? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/31/state-department-official-recalled/ Got a little update from a friend: Dude took 24 years to make his 3. I don't think we're dealing with a 007 here.
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OP updated. TCD did you know that guy.
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Hey Vilerat, could I get your email address? I've got a question for you and I don't have PMs.
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Vilerat posted:Got a little update from a friend: drat 23 years? It should take like, 10 or less to make 3. Nope, never knew the guy.
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Vilerat posted:How do you accidently have that poo poo in your household goods? I wouldn't know where to even find that poo poo to begin with. Who knows. Some of those old time communicators are weird dudes. Insisting on having his own office in a building nobody else used anymore kind of fits a certain stereotype.
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Dattserberg posted:Hey Vilerat, could I get your email address? I've got a question for you and I don't have PMs. Vilerat@somethingawful.com
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Just got my Medical Clearance. The Security Investigator is coming to town next week. I am excited for him to knock on the door of my incredibly shady neighbor with the thick Brooklyn accent who doesn't like to talk about his past or his job. Also, in reconstructing any foreign trips over the last 10 years, I'm hoping they don't take my listing of locations like "the apartment of a random guy from Rome's train station" or "a hotel in the red light district of Amsterdam" as enormous red flags.
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Bizob posted:Just got my Medical Clearance. The Security Investigator is coming to town next week. I am excited for him to knock on the door of my incredibly shady neighbor with the thick Brooklyn accent who doesn't like to talk about his past or his job. I dunno if the investigator asked you to do it already or not, but mine wanted me to have a list of every foreign trip/residence abroad in chronological order, separate from the SF-86. He went through my passports (have had to have two replaced, water damage under differing circumstances ) and checked every single entry/exit date. Would have taken a lot longer if he hadn't asked for the list in advance. That wasn't even for a TS.
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Pompous Rhombus posted:I dunno if the investigator asked you to do it already or not, but mine wanted me to have a list of every foreign trip/residence abroad in chronological order, separate from the SF-86. He went through my passports (have had to have two replaced, water damage under differing circumstances Yep, thats what my guy wants too. I did the stereotypical yuppie-scumbag backpacking trip with some friends after I graduated from college, which just fits into the 10-year lookback period he wants me to document, and I have absolutely NO idea where we stayed for 95% of the trip. I have the contact information for my travelling companions, and he seems to think that should be enough.
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Bizob posted:Yep, thats what my guy wants too. I did the stereotypical yuppie-scumbag backpacking trip with some friends after I graduated from college, which just fits into the 10-year lookback period he wants me to document, and I have absolutely NO idea where we stayed for 95% of the trip. I have the contact information for my travelling companions, and he seems to think that should be enough. Get ahold of them and see where they are and make sure the info is current, you can count on them getting a visit. Also I got multiple emails from my case manager saying they had a guy in the country I lived in for awhile looking for my address and couldn't find it, so that might be fair game too. (although all it took was 2 words in google to find it  )
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On the way to annex 1 wish me good luck
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Good luck!
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welp, didn't get selected for the FSOT. Bet it's the biographical, sent for more info. (And I'm still hoping for the IMTS position) SwatJester, good luck!
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SWATJester posted:On the way to annex 1 wish me good luck Good vibes headed your way.
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Good luck. Report back. I'm still coming up with ideas for the PN. Is it ok to discuss PN material here?
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gently caress yeah. I passed all 3 sections, for a 5.5 total (POL). With vet pref that will put me to 5.67. I'll crosspost a little mini-recap after I draft one for the yahoo list.
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SWATJester posted:gently caress yeah. Hell yeah! The POL register is crazy long these days but with a 5.67 you should be pretty high up there. Congrats!
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SWATJester posted:gently caress yeah. Congratulations!
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Are the political track people the only ones who get to go to fancy parties?
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