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My name is Ketura.

I'm a Foreign Service officer-- political track.

I was born in Harlem, New York and then raised in the US Virgin Islands in Saint Thomas.

Then I came back to New York.

And also in undergrad, I studied African Studies and world affairs.

And that sort of furthered my interest in international relations.

I'm actually the first in my family to join the Foreign Service, to be a diplomat.

But my great grandfather was an original Buffalo soldier.

My grandfather was a senator in the US Virgin Islands.

My other grandfather was in World War I.

And so there's been a long history of service.

I'd actually applied to graduate school already, in October, to the Fletcher School.

And I was looking for opportunities for resources to finance the education.

And I looked at the Bunch Center.

And there was this information about the Rangel fellowship.

So I clicked on it, and I read more information.

And I thought this is amazing.

This is exactly what I want to do.

This is the career that I want to pursue.

This is how I want to be in service to others.

It's made me the successful Foreign Service officer that I am now.

From the beginning, once I got the phone call, it wasn't, hi, you've gotten the Rangel Fellowship.

It was welcome to the Rangel family.

It's been a professional support, as in they provide resources and training in advance

of joining the State Department.

You do a domestic internship and a foreign internship.

And actually for my domestic internship, I was with former congressman, Donald Payne,

on the subcommittee on Africa and global health.

There are resources and training to prep you for writing, for memo writing, for briefing.

All of the things that you will do in the Foreign Service, even as an entry level officer,

you already have that exposure, having had the privilege of being a Rangel fellow in

particular.

One of the challenges in the Foreign Service-- and many people may tell you this-- is sometimes

you don't feel prepared for the responsibility, for the trust that you're given, as an entry

level officer.

And what I mean by that is you may be given language training.

But then you start, and you're expected to learn quickly and to do well, to be creative,

to build relationships quickly.

But that also means that sometimes you may be asked to brief a senior official two days

into your job.

Or, for example, there's going to be a senior level or a congressional visit that's coming.

And you may be responsible for everything from the logistics of hotels to briefing a

congressman or senator.

And so in those situations, you fall back on your network.

You fall back on your resources.

You call folks and say, I just got this tasking-- this responsibility.

What's the best way to go about this?

There was a time at which I thought graduate school maybe prohibited, because I may not

be able to pay for it.

And that was frustrating.

And so, that is a real tangible benefit of the Rangel program.

But it's also the mentoring and the professional training and development that the program

provides for you.

That is another tangible benefit, because there may be times when you're not sure what

to do or how to navigate something.

And there's always something that you can call and talk to in confidence.

And they always give you great advice.

And what's also great is it encourages you always to do your best to be your best, because

I know that I also have the opportunity now to mentor other young Rangels, who were in

the place where I was for four or five years ago.

So it's always another sort of encouragement to do better and to be my best, because I

am Rangel fellow.

I am someone who has had the opportunity to join the Foreign Service in this particular

route.

There are many routes to the Foreign Service.

I've taken this route to the Foreign Service.

And I'm not quite sure that I would necessarily be where I am right now without the Rangel

fellowship program.

My name is Ketura.

I'm a Foreign Service officer-- political track.

I was born in Harlem, New York and then raised in the US Virgin Islands in Saint Thomas.

Then I came back to New York.

And also in undergrad, I studied African Studies and world affairs.

And that sort of furthered my interest in international relations.

I'm actually the first in my family to join the Foreign Service, to be a diplomat.

But my great grandfather was an original Buffalo soldier.

My grandfather was a senator in the US Virgin Islands.

My other grandfather was in World War I.

And so there's been a long history of service.

I'd actually applied to graduate school already, in October, to the Fletcher School.

And I was looking for opportunities for resources to finance the education.

And I looked at the Bunch Center.

And there was this information about the Rangel fellowship.

So I clicked on it, and I read more information.

And I thought this is amazing.

This is exactly what I want to do.

This is the career that I want to pursue.

This is how I want to be in service to others.

It's made me the successful Foreign Service officer that I am now.

From the beginning, once I got the phone call, it wasn't, hi, you've gotten the Rangel Fellowship.

It was welcome to the Rangel family.

It's been a professional support, as in they provide resources and training in advance

of joining the State Department.

You do a domestic internship and a foreign internship.

And actually for my domestic internship, I was with former congressman, Donald Payne,

on the subcommittee on Africa and global health.

There are resources and training to prep you for writing, for memo writing, for briefing.

All of the things that you will do in the Foreign Service, even as an entry level officer,

you already have that exposure, having had the privilege of being a Rangel fellow in

particular.

One of the challenges in the Foreign Service-- and many people may tell you this-- is sometimes

you don't feel prepared for the responsibility, for the trust that you're given, as an entry

level officer.

And what I mean by that is you may be given language training.

But then you start, and you're expected to learn quickly and to do well, to be creative,

to build relationships quickly.

But that also means that sometimes you may be asked to brief a senior official two days

into your job.

Or, for example, there's going to be a senior level or a congressional visit that's coming.

And you may be responsible for everything from the logistics of hotels to briefing a

congressman or senator.

And so in those situations, you fall back on your network.

You fall back on your resources.

You call folks and say, I just got this tasking-- this responsibility.

What's the best way to go about this?

There was a time at which I thought graduate school maybe prohibited, because I may not

be able to pay for it.

And that was frustrating.

And so, that is a real tangible benefit of the Rangel program.

But it's also the mentoring and the professional training and development that the program

provides for you.

That is another tangible benefit, because there may be times when you're not sure what

to do or how to navigate something.

And there's always something that you can call and talk to in confidence.

And they always give you great advice.

And what's also great is it encourages you always to do your best to be your best, because

I know that I also have the opportunity now to mentor other young Rangels, who were in

the place where I was for four or five years ago.

So it's always another sort of encouragement to do better and to be my best, because I

am Rangel fellow.

I am someone who has had the opportunity to join the Foreign Service in this particular

route.

There are many routes to the Foreign Service.

I've taken this route to the Foreign Service.

And I'm not quite sure that I would necessarily be where I am right now without the Rangel

fellowship program.

My name is Ketura.

I'm a Foreign Service officer-- political track.

I was born in Harlem, New York and then raised in the US Virgin Islands in Saint Thomas.

Then I came back to New York.

And also in undergrad, I studied African Studies and world affairs.

And that sort of furthered my interest in international relations.

I'm actually the first in my family to join the Foreign Service, to be a diplomat.

But my great grandfather was an original Buffalo soldier.

My grandfather was a senator in the US Virgin Islands.

My other grandfather was in World War I.

And so there's been a long history of service.

I'd actually applied to graduate school already, in October, to the Fletcher School.

And I was looking for opportunities for resources to finance the education.

And I looked at the Bunch Center.

And there was this information about the Rangel fellowship.

So I clicked on it, and I read more information.

And I thought this is amazing.

This is exactly what I want to do.

This is the career that I want to pursue.

This is how I want to be in service to others.

It's made me the successful Foreign Service officer that I am now.

From the beginning, once I got the phone call, it wasn't, hi, you've gotten the Rangel Fellowship.

It was welcome to the Rangel family.

It's been a professional support, as in they provide resources and training in advance

of joining the State Department.

You do a domestic internship and a foreign internship.

And actually for my domestic internship, I was with former congressman, Donald Payne,

on the subcommittee on Africa and global health.

There are resources and training to prep you for writing, for memo writing, for briefing.

All of the things that you will do in the Foreign Service, even as an entry level officer,

you already have that exposure, having had the privilege of being a Rangel fellow in

particular.

One of the challenges in the Foreign Service-- and many people may tell you this-- is sometimes

you don't feel prepared for the responsibility, for the trust that you're given, as an entry

level officer.

And what I mean by that is you may be given language training.

But then you start, and you're expected to learn quickly and to do well, to be creative,

to build relationships quickly.

But that also means that sometimes you may be asked to brief a senior official two days

into your job.

Or, for example, there's going to be a senior level or a congressional visit that's coming.

And you may be responsible for everything from the logistics of hotels to briefing a

congressman or senator.

And so in those situations, you fall back on your network.

You fall back on your resources.

You call folks and say, I just got this tasking-- this responsibility.

What's the best way to go about this?

There was a time at which I thought graduate school maybe prohibited, because I may not

be able to pay for it.

And that was frustrating.

And so, that is a real tangible benefit of the Rangel program.

But it's also the mentoring and the professional training and development that the program

provides for you.

That is another tangible benefit, because there may be times when you're not sure what

to do or how to navigate something.

And there's always something that you can call and talk to in confidence.

And they always give you great advice.

And what's also great is it encourages you always to do your best to be your best, because

I know that I also have the opportunity now to mentor other young Rangels, who were in

the place where I was for four or five years ago.

So it's always another sort of encouragement to do better and to be my best, because I

am Rangel fellow.

I am someone who has had the opportunity to join the Foreign Service in this particular

route.

There are many routes to the Foreign Service.

I've taken this route to the Foreign Service.

And I'm not quite sure that I would necessarily be where I am right now without the Rangel

fellowship program.

For more infomation >> U.S Department of State Careers: Ketura - Duration: 4:32.

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U.S. Department of State Careers: Heather - Duration: 4:36.

My name is Heather.

I am a Foreign Service Officer in the political career track.

I've been in the Foreign Service since January 2013, and my first tour was in Guangzhou,

China, where I was doing a two-year tour as a Consular Officer.

I was born in Bangor, Maine.

I lived there with my family until after I graduated high school.

So I'm from kind of a small town – a small place in the country.

I didn't really have a lot of exposure to international stuff there, but when I was

a junior in high school I participated in this program that took a group of students

to Europe and we had – half of it was sort of touring around, learning about European

politics.

I just loved it and I thought this is what I wanna do with my life.

I graduated from Columbia University with a degree in anthropology, which I think is

a fantastic degree if you wanna be a Foreign Service Officer, 'cause you really – if

you're interested in cultures, in international issues, I mean, this is the basis of how to

understand someone else.

When I was a sophomore at – in college – I applied for the Pickering Fellowship, and

that's when I got it.

And a family friend was the first one to tell me about the Foreign Service, and what that

was.

And then at the career services office, I found out a little bit more about the Pickering

Fellowship and was encouraged to apply by my career counselor.

Oh, it's been an amazing benefit.

I think the – by far the biggest benefit is the network that you build, both personally

and professionally.

So professionally there are sort of a – in a way an alumni network of fellows from both

the Pickering and Rangel programs that get together.

It's an easy entrée when you meet someone for the first time and they often organize

events specifically for Pickering or Rangel fellows, or they keep up a list of the names

of fellows.

So if you're going – you get a new assignment, you're going to a new country, you can look

to see who's there already that is also an alumni of the fellowship.

So that's great.

And personally, I mean, my Pickering cohort, when I first entered the fellowship, we are

still very close.

They're some of my closest friends now.

Besides that, they organized internships for us which were really, really useful in getting

some experience before you actually enter the Department.

I found this fellowship to be extremely supportive in every step of the way.

So advice for pursuing the Pickering Fellowship would be learning as much as you can about

what the career really entails.

There are so many wonderful aspects of being a Foreign Service Officer, but it can be hard

sometimes, too – moving around to different countries all the time, being far away from

friends and family.

So the more you know about what the positives and difficulties of the career are, I think

the more prepared you are for the application process and for the interview portions and

all the things that you need to do, and the more ready you are for the career as well.

I think anyone should absolutely pursue the Pickering Fellowship.

It is – if you want to join the Foreign Service, it's an amazing way to learn about

the Department before you show up to the job, to meet an incredible network of people, to

get your education partially funded, which, I mean, in this economy and with the costs

of education rising that's just such a benefit.

It's a win, win, win situation as far as I can see it.

There is no other job like it in the world.

You are part of history.

You're part of making the news.

You are helping people every day and the Pickering Fellowship just helps you through that process

every step of the way.

So I absolutely encourage everyone to apply.

For more infomation >> U.S. Department of State Careers: Heather - Duration: 4:36.

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U.S. Department of State Careers: Stacey - Duration: 3:49.

Hi.

My name is Stacey.

And I'm a Foreign Service Economic Officer.

And I am currently enrolled in a long-term training program at the Foreign Service Institute

in economic and commercial studies.

I am from Long Beach, California.

And I grew up with very active parents, very civically engaged parents.

So public policy was something that I was always interested in and knew that I wanted

to pursue.

After college, I spent some time in China.

I had been studying the language since high school.

And I wanted to get really good at it.

And it was actually my first time going abroad.

And so I lived in a village in a remote part of Northeast China.

I really enjoyed building relationships and, you know, learning about other cultures and

teaching people about mine.

And upon returning to the States, I started looking into careers where I could, you know,

expand upon this.

And I ran into someone who was currently a Rangel fellow.

And we were just having a chat.

And he first told me about the Rangel Program, as well as the State Department and the career

for Foreign Service.

And I did some more research on my own and ended up applying for the next cycle and--

and getting into the program.

Going through the application process, you know, it was a bit stressful.

You don't know what to expect.

But I-- one thing I did appreciate is that they mirror their admissions process to the

Foreign Service process.

So once you get through that, it does make it a little bit less intimidating when you

have to take the oral exam for State.

They did provide opportunities to-- to give us feedback.

We'd do mock interviews, and then they'd give us feedback.

So I did feel like they-- I was-- I was well-prepared by the time I took the oral exam for the State

Department.

The year that I joined, it was the last year that they were taking just 10 people.

And so we were a small, tight-knit group.

And the summer after getting the program-- this was 2007-- we did an internship on Capitol

Hill.

And I worked on the Committee of Ways and Means.

Charlie Rangel was the-- the chairperson of the-- of the Committee at that time.

And then, the following summer, I did an internship at the U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana, in the

Economic Section.

In terms of the impact that the program had on me, I feel like the relationships that

I-- that I forged in going through the program have really, really helped me get through

some tough times in my personal and professional life since I've been in the Foreign Service.

I have a group of peers that I can just call on readily for advice and for encouragement.

And, you know, that-- that's invaluable.

Not to mention the fact that I came into this new career with so much experience already.

And that-- that's really been an advantage, I think, as opposed to, you know, those who

didn't have the Rangel or the Pickering Program.

My-- my last overseas assignment was in Accra.

I got to return to the place where I did my internship, so that was really cool.

I was a Political Officer.

And I had the-- the Criminal Justice Reform Portfolio.

So next for me-- really cool-- is the second half of the long-term training program is

a chance to do a six-month practicum in the private sector.

Hi.

My name is Stacey.

And I'm a Foreign Service Economic Officer.

And I am currently enrolled in a long-term training program at the Foreign Service Institute

in economic and commercial studies.

I am from Long Beach, California.

And I grew up with very active parents, very civically engaged parents.

So public policy was something that I was always interested in and knew that I wanted

to pursue.

After college, I spent some time in China.

I had been studying the language since high school.

And I wanted to get really good at it.

And it was actually my first time going abroad.

And so I lived in a village in a remote part of Northeast China.

I really enjoyed building relationships and, you know, learning about other cultures and

teaching people about mine.

And upon returning to the States, I started looking into careers where I could, you know,

expand upon this.

And I ran into someone who was currently a Rangel fellow.

And we were just having a chat.

And he first told me about the Rangel Program, as well as the State Department and the career

for Foreign Service.

And I did some more research on my own and ended up applying for the next cycle and--

and getting into the program.

Going through the application process, you know, it was a bit stressful.

You don't know what to expect.

But I-- one thing I did appreciate is that they mirror their admissions process to the

Foreign Service process.

So once you get through that, it does make it a little bit less intimidating when you

have to take the oral exam for State.

They did provide opportunities to-- to give us feedback.

We'd do mock interviews, and then they'd give us feedback.

So I did feel like they-- I was-- I was well-prepared by the time I took the oral exam for the State

Department.

The year that I joined, it was the last year that they were taking just 10 people.

And so we were a small, tight-knit group.

And the summer after getting the program-- this was 2007-- we did an internship on Capitol

Hill.

And I worked on the Committee of Ways and Means.

Charlie Rangel was the-- the chairperson of the-- of the Committee at that time.

And then, the following summer, I did an internship at the U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana, in the

Economic Section.

In terms of the impact that the program had on me, I feel like the relationships that

I-- that I forged in going through the program have really, really helped me get through

some tough times in my personal and professional life since I've been in the Foreign Service.

I have a group of peers that I can just call on readily for advice and for encouragement.

And, you know, that-- that's invaluable.

Not to mention the fact that I came into this new career with so much experience already.

And that-- that's really been an advantage, I think, as opposed to, you know, those who

didn't have the Rangel or the Pickering Program.

My-- my last overseas assignment was in Accra.

I got to return to the place where I did my internship, so that was really cool.

I was a Political Officer.

And I had the-- the Criminal Justice Reform Portfolio.

So next for me-- really cool-- is the second half of the long-term training program is

a chance to do a six-month practicum in the private sector.

For more infomation >> U.S. Department of State Careers: Stacey - Duration: 3:49.

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The biggest enemy of the United States has lost two warships 22/8/2017 - Duration: 4:38.

With the second Aegis-powered destroyer eliminated from the "fighting" in just the past few months,

the US Navy has increasingly exposed its weakness.

According to National Interest, the USS Fitzgerald guided missile destroyer (DDG-62) is no longer

able to land at sea after a sharp collision with a cargo ship off the coast of Japan on

June 17.

More than two months later, on August 21, the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) was shut down

because it crashed three times larger.

These two cases occurred just as the US Navy had to concentrate its resources to counter

the ballistic missile threat from North Korea in the Pacific.

According to Dave Majumdar, the US Navy has no alternative to the two ships, with only

275 warships present in all of the world's oceans.

"The US warships are overwhelmed," said Seth Cropsey, director of the Hudson Institute,

and former senior US Navy officer.

"This shows that warships have to work beyond safety limits and that training is not really

effective," said Cropsey.

Bryan McGrath, a maritime expert, agrees with Mr. Cropsey.

"So we have lost two DDG destroyers, both of which have the ability to create anti-ballistic

missile shields.

The only small-scale US fleet that has been forced to fend off a major flaw in the western

Pacific front.

"

"I was thinking of the possibility that the US Navy would have to mobilize warships who

had never left North America to support the Pacific forces," McCrath said.

It's not easy to fill the space of two destroyers, said Bryan Clark, a Washington-based Center

for Strategic and Financial Studies.

"The remaining 10 cruisers and destroyers were too thin in the western Pacific.

The US Navy will have to take warships from the American continent instead, "said Clark.

According to National Interest, these are signs that the US Navy is forcing fleets with

fewer warships than during World War II, to fulfill one global mission to another.

This could be the cause of the accident and is the biggest enemy of the US Navy today.

"Replacing warships is not easy either.

As planned, two warships removed from the "fighting" will have to be replaced by five

more ships because the sailors on board are inexperienced and unable to sail for long

periods of time.

"

US naval expert Jerry Hendrix says it does not rule out the possibility that the US Navy

is forcing warships to take advantage of training time at sea during wartime missions.

"We may be forcing sailors to train in real missions, because there is no time between

ship return to port maintenance until returning to sea," Hendrix said.

Obviously, the US Navy with 275 warships, including 100 24/24 hour battle ships in any

sea in the world, is a force that is too thin.

Since then, experts have called on the US Navy to build new, smaller, multi-role warships

with cheap production costs to offset the shortfall in quantity.

The advent of the frigate in the US fleet also enabled the frigates to reduce their

operational burden.

"We need 50-75 frigates, not to mention many faster attack submarines to make up for the

shortage," Hendrix suggested.

But making new warships takes time.

The US Navy's ability to do so is the ability to bring Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates

back to sea.

"Attaching missiles to these frigates, the US Navy can increase the number of warships

without much cost," said Hendrix.