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Apply now to work in U.S. embassies overseas

Want to trade your CONUS base assignment for something a little more exotic? The Air Force has the job for you.

The Air Force Personnel Center announced Wednesday that the Air Force is accepting applications until Dec. 5 from senior captains, majors and lieutenant colonels to fill various defense attaché positions. Officers selected for attaché duty will begin training for advertised positions in January 2010.

Only line officers are eligible for attaché positions.

Attachés represent senior leaders when dealing with the defense ministries of host countries, according to the AFPC press release. They build and sustain key international relationships that support the Defense Department’s global operations.

An operations background, foreign language skills and experience in the region are highly desired.

Eligible applicants must:

* Be released from their functional manager to compete for an assignment.

* Take or have taken the Defense Language Aptitude Battery Test.

* Be a U.S. citizen with all immediate family members U.S. citizens as well.

Officers selected for an interview will be notified by Jan. 31.

For more details or to request an application, visit the Air Force Personnel Center’s “Ask” Web site. In the search function, type “international affairs specialist” and click on the International Affairs Specialist Assignments link.

For more information, call Air Force Contact Center 24 hours a day at (800) 616-3775.