25 Year Apprenticeship

Welcome to the Twenty-Five Year Apprenticeship, a guide and online resource where “apprentice” diplomats learn directly from the greats of our profession to advance U.S. interests. 25yearapprenticeship.com #25YearApprenticeship 🇺🇸

Bravery, Service, Commitment--FSO's on the front line--worth a read. Congrats on an incredibly difficult, dangerous, heart breaking job. Analysis | American diplomats recall 20-hour days, sleeping in Kabul airport while helping those desperate to flee washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…

"We don’t do this for the money. It’s about serving our country, moving the ball forward on policy issues, and making sure other countries know where we stand." Read "Speak up, Know your purpose, be inclusive" w/ senior FSO Julie Chung ⤵️ 25yearapprenticeship.com/leader/julie-c…

Last week, you saw a sneak peek of our 2021 award winners for Exemplary Performance and Constructive Dissent. We're now proud to share the rest of the award winners and their stories. #ForeignService

More from Josh here, via @afsatweets: afsa.org/living-two-liv…

"There’s a saying that in challenging times, a good organization survives, a great organization gets better." Read senior Consular Officer Josh Glazeroff's thoughts in "Consular Work - Balancing Operations, People, and U.S. Interests" 25yearapprenticeship.com/leader/josh-gl…

A must listen interview featuring Senior Foreign Service Officer Tim Davis. Highlights include service in Basra, leadership in the State Department, service in the @USMC, and serving @HillaryClinton, @mikepompeo, and @ABlinken. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mod…

Congratulations to Amb. Mustafa for this well-deserved honor! You can read her contribution to #25YA, "Own your work, Own yourself," here: 25yearapprenticeship.com/leader/herro-m…

Amb. Chris Hill (@ambchrishill) discusses growing up in the foreign service, working with Amb. Holbrooke and Sec. Eagleburger, his ambassadorship in Iraq, and leading Six-Party talks with N. Korea Latest episode of @ModernAmDiplo⤵️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amb…

"It's all about people—remind yourself of that fact every day...Invest in your team." Amb. Paul Folmsbee shares lessons and insights from his service as a career diplomat: 25yearapprenticeship.com/apprentices-qu…

"You do not have to be the minority that takes on the minority issues. It's ok to push back on that. It can sometimes teach your boss a lesson in a nice, professional way." - Amb. Herro Mustafa on #diversity & #inclusion in #diplomacy 25yearapprenticeship.com/leader/herro-m…

"Diversity is who we are. It is not a choice between a meritocracy and diversity. Diversity is the embodiment of a meritocracy. The antithesis of a meritocracy is a non-diverse workforce." - Amb. Barbara Bodine on #diversity and #inclusion in #diplomacy 25yearapprenticeship.com/leader/barbara…

"Made it a plainly stated policy, written and spoken, then sought to hire, promote, and highlight for diversity." - Amb. Bruce Wharton on working towards #diversity and #inclusion in #diplomacy 25yearapprenticeship.com/apprentices-qu…

"Our bottom line as diplomats is national security and diplomacy. Everyone coming to the table with different experiences and backgrounds broadens the expertise and opinions" - Amb. Abercrombie-Winstanley (@AmbGinaAW) #diversity #inclusion #diplomacy 25yearapprenticeship.com/leader/gina-ab…

Strong U.S. diplomacy has come from "people with professional competency and good...judgement, people with tenacity, and by people who knew their brief. And it was done by teams of people who got those fundamentals right." Amb. Henry Wooster to 25YA ⤵️ 25yearapprenticeship.com/leader/henry-w…

On #ForeignServiceDay we want to thank all the diplomatic legends who have taken the time to share their insights with 25YA. You can read all of our contributions thus far here: 25yearapprenticeship.com/method #FSDay2021 #FSProud

Congratulations to Amb. Toria Nuland on her Senate confirmation to serve as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Amb. Nuland spoke to 25YA last year:

Congratulations to Ambassador Donald Lu @USEmbassyKG on his nomination to be Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs! Watch his December 2020 interview with @HammadHammad as part of ISD's #DiverseDiplomacy series: youtube.com/watch?v=6_2cUb… @UCCoxFoundation

"I thrive in crises. They always brought out the best in me." Read more from Amb. Barbara Leaf, President Biden's nominee to lead @StateDept_NEA, from when she spoke to 25YA in 2019: 25yearapprenticeship.com/leader/barbara…

There's still time to register for our forthcoming #DiverseDiplomacy event with two stellar diplomatic security agents: isd.georgetown.edu/2021/04/12/div… @afsatweets @25YrApprentice @WIDAcademy @UCCoxFoundation Watch all the videos from the series: diversediplomacy.com

"Ask questions. Listen. Then, when you have something to contribute—even if it means telling your bosses what they don’t want to hear—offer recommendations. Courageous followership is an element of leadership." Read Amb. Philip Kosnett's insights here: 25yearapprenticeship.com/apprentices-qu…