; (3) the Department can and should do more to keep tandem spouses posted together and consider family member employment needs when assigning tandem officers; and (4) common sense steps providing more flexibility in the assignments process would improve outcomes for tandem officers without disadvantaging other Foreign Service Officers. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Family togetherness The term family togetherness means facilitating the placement of Foreign Service personnel at the same United States diplomatic post when both spouses are members of a tandem couple of Foreign Service personnel. (2) Tandem foreign service personnel