I've had very good luck with being upfront with her about things like pcs, tdy, etc. her and I sat down with the list of 60 or so assignments. I have my name in the hat for some nominative assignments, but if I don't get selected for one of those then I might get one of the postings from the bottom of my preferences, which includes the Kuwait, Qatar, and Riyadh postings. I just got home from deployment, I don't plan on missing any more of her dance recitals.