One of the officers told me she'd been sent on a temporary assignment.

In any case, this would be a temporary assignment.

"I'm looking for a permanent job and I find temporary assignments are a very good way to test the waters," he said.

No matter how temporary this assignment, it would take time.

Others moved to Gibraltar on a temporary assignment and then married with local women.

The new rules apply to temporary assignments starting on or after 1 October 2011.

"A lot of people take temporary assignments because the flexibility is important to them."

When she got the temporary assignment at Times Square two years ago, it seemed like any other.

"This was never anything more than a temporary assignment," Ravitch said.

The temporary assignments in this field are just as uncertain and sporadic.