A Traveler In The Foreign Service: Get Paid To Learn Languages

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4-20-2012 @ 10:11PM

Peter M said...

I always enjoy reading your entries. This particular one is interesting to me. I have been pursuing a career with the State Department these last three years, but as of yet the long process has not gone my way. I've lived the last two years in China where I taught myself conversational Mandarin, and before that studied Russian at USC for two years. Having recently returned, I've just started the process of enlisting in the Navy to be a linguist. I would love to work at State (which is still the ultimate goal), but I feel I need more life experience before I have a chance against such high competition. Honestly, I'm very much looking forward to the Navy, since I will be sent to the Defense Language Institute in Monterey to study languages. Additionally, the benefits can't be denied: funding for grad school, point boost in the FSO application process, and already passing security clearance. Keep writing, and I'll keep reading.

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