About 2 weeks after Marlan started his training, he received the bid list for his class, listing all the available places to which we could be posted. I spent a fair amount of time researching where in the world some of the places are, and another fair amount of time trying to figure out why in the world someone would want to go there. Each officer has to bid on every post--high, medium, or low interest. Lots of things have to be taken into consideration, including family needs, pets (a big one for us), and of course, and probably most important, places you do/do not want to go. This is the front page of our bid list...
The bid list has lots of info, complete with all those govt acronyms I so love: Bur (area of the world), post, TED (when job becomes vacant and new officer arrives at post), language with required speaking and reading levels, diff (hardship %), danger %, and post size. As you can see, Guate is circled--our dream post.
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