Foreign Affairs Officer Navy
The navy fao branch is a restricted line community of the navy.
Foreign affairs officer navy. Foreign area officer fao in training active component only. The navy currently has 212 faos either fully qualified or in training. Diplomat in the foreign service is to promote peace support prosperity and protect american citizens while advancing the interests of the u s. A foreign area officer fao is a commissioned officer from any of the five branches of the united states armed forces who is a regionally focused expert in political military operations.
The public affairs officer community manager ocm manages overall community health to include accessions promotion planning diversity and manning of public affairs officers. If you re passionate about public service and want to represent the u s. Greetings everyone i m a supply officer near the end of my first 1st sea tour i ve been looking into the fao. The navy foreign area officer fao community is a stand alone restricted line community offering world wide assignment opportunities to qualified naval officers.
Press j to jump to the feed. Naval officers selected for fao are assigned a region of specialization provided language and graduate education on an as required basis and detailed to fao coded billets in. You have to specialize in one area and can t change once you re hired. For anything navy related not limited to us navy.
Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Foreign service officer the mission of a u s. Research the five foreign service officer career tracks for the foreign affairs officer position. Foreign area officer fao active component only.
1710 also known as fao under instruction. Close posted by 25 minutes ago. Around the world a challenging and rewarding career is waiting for you. A foreign area officer fao is a commissioned officer from any of the four branches of the united states armed forces who are regionally focused experts in political military operations possessing a unique combination of strategic focus regional expertise with political cultural sociological economic and geographic awareness and foreign.
Take the foreign service officer test or fsot to start your journey. For further information regarding this community please contact the pao community manager at 901 874 3098. Foreign language proficiency is necessary in. Such officers possess a unique combination of strategic focus and regional expertise with political cultural sociological economic and geographic awareness.
Don civilians operate in more than 558 occupations across the globe and in each state. Navy faos are assigned the following designators.