Information and Articles
Coping with an unaccompanied tour can be made easier with the right information. Bookmark this page, as FLO will continue to add resources and links.
FLO Resources and Publications
- Unaccompanied Tours Contact Information for Employees and Family Members Form
- Unaccompanied Tours: A Decision Tree - This document is a planner to help you decide where to live during an unaccompanied tour.
- Managing Your Unaccompanied Tour
- Keeping Our Heads Above Water, a monthly newsletter
- MHN Package of Resources - confidential health and work/life support.
- Online Support Group for Family Members
- Long Distance Relationships and Separated Tours: When Couples Live Apart
- Contingency Plan: Don't Leave Home Without It
- FLO Family Member Employment Homepage
- Survivor's Checklist: In Case of the Death of a Loved One
- Subscribe to FLO e-publications
Other Resources
- Assignment Iraq - a new Department of State / HR website on the intranet only
- FSI's Transition Center's "Destination Iraq" Resource Page
- Overseas Briefing Center's FS Assignment Notebook, Chapter 25 on Unaccompanied Tours
- Counseling Resources
- Returning to Washington Resources
- Office of Casualty Assistance
- The Transition Center at the Foreign Service Institute
- The Association of the American Foreign Service Worldwide (AAFSW)
- IQ:Information Quest and IQ Pre-Deployment Preparation Package (For State Deparment employees and family members ONLY)
Frequently Requested Department of State Contacts
Department of State Operations Center (for emergencies only) - (202) 647-1512
Department of State Main Operator - (202) 647-4000
Office of Allowances - (202) 261-1121
Employee Relations - (202) 261-8180
The Family Liaison Office - (202) 647-1076
Information provided by the Family Liaison Office
Contact FLOAskUT@state.gov
Contact the Family Liaison Office
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