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AFOSI works for Airmen's security

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  • By Air Force Office of Special Investigations
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. --  Whether investigating sexual assaults, drugs, deaths or terrorism, the agents assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations tackle felony-level crime head on.

The agency's mission and charge is to perform felony criminal investigations involving Air Force personnel, both on and off-base, as well as to provide counterintelligence and fraud support to commanders throughout the Air Force and Department of Defense.

In addition to its diverse customer base and the variety of crimes it investigates, the agency also works closely with a number of law enforcement agencies at the local, state, federal and international level.

Agents regularly work long hours and are often on-call to respond 24 hours a day. The profession of a special agent, while often mentally and physically taxing, can also be very rewarding. To earn the reward, however, agents must absorb the highly-specialized training they receive.

All agents receive their training at the internationally-renowned Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located in Glynco, Georgia. The center is a joint-training environment made up of instructors and students from a broad spectrum of civilian and military law enforcement and like-minded organizations.

While at FLETC, all students learn how to be a federal agent. Students are trained in many aspects of the profession, including crime scene processing, handling of evidence, interview and interrogation techniques and operations planning and execution. After agents graduate the initial portion of federal agent training, AFOSI agents take an additional course that focuses on procedures specific to their military jurisdiction. Upon graduation of the approximate five month training program at FLETC, Air Force investigators are federally-credentialed special agents.

While other federal agencies focus primarily on investigations within the United States, AFOSI agents can count on supporting and protecting our government's assets overseas and in a deployed environment. For a relatively small career field, currently numbering approximately 2,500, a large percentage of AFOSI agents deploy. While deployed, agents can serve in a variety of roles from protective security details to counterintelligence support.

Those interested in joining the demanding and rewarding AFOSI world, combating terror, seizing drugs, putting murderers behind bars or protecting the lives of elected and appointed officials, can attend one of their informational briefs.

For more information, call Special Agents Ryan Janusick or Matthew Gladue at 256-5413.