Lycia joined the Foreign Service about the same time Chris retired from it. Understandably, the armed forces get more attention, but Foreign Service officers, other civilian government employees and their families also sacrifice for their country. Sibilla was a Foreign Service officer (FSO) from 1986 until he retired nearly three decades later. About the time he was leaving the Foreign Service, his wife, Lycia, joined, so they remain a Foreign Service family. I spoke with Chris Sibilla, who turns 59 the day after Christmas, about life abroad as a Foreign Service family in a country many don’t understand.

Source: Washington Post December 21, 2018 12:00 UTC