If I am cleared medically for any post in the world but one of my family members is not, won’t the Department of State simply assign me to one of those places where all my family members can accompany me?

Accepting employment in the Foreign Service for worldwide assignment means that the Department may send an employee to any assignment in the world without regard to the ability of family members to accompany the employee. Although in many cases it may be possible to locate an assignment where all family members can reside, there is no guarantee of this and, if the family members’ minimum medical qualification standards does not change, the same problem will repeat itself with each assignment throughout a career.