<p>I don't think life is very dangerous for the State Dept types (obviously excluding the people in hell holes like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen). However, the CIA and clandestine type people operating in foreign nations tend to be in very dangerous positions.</p>
<p>I think the foreign service would be pretty dull because there really isn't that much to do. You are assigned to the embassy in say Slovenia...not much happens there. Very few people get to go to the exciting countries in areas like Western Europe and East Asia.</p>