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  • OSI ‘surge’ pivotal to historic Afghan evacuation mission

    In the span of 24 hours, Ramstein Air Base, Germany and Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, transformed into the United States two primary evacuation hubs for Operation Allies Refuge, supporting the most expansive humanitarian airlift in the history of the United States. The Office of Special Investigations

  • Chance encounter saves veteran on Austin bridge

    The last thing Office of Special Investigations special agents from the polygraph program expected to find while on a lunch break was someone contemplating suicide. But, that was the reality facing the group, as they were walking across the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas,

  • Caring for the victim speaks volumes in case closure

    A North Carolina man was sentenced Aug. 4, 2021, to 420 months, or 35 years, in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for enticing and sexually abusing a minor. The severity of the sentence, and the egregious nature of the offenses, belies the caring treatment employed by Office of

  • Integrated defense: FHP, 325th SFS and OSI

    Tyndall Air Force Base occupies approximately 29,000 acres between the DuPont Bridge and Mexico Beach, Florida. Eighteen miles of public highway divides the base thus concurrent jurisdiction is shared with state law enforcement agencies.Florida Highway Patrol and Bay County Sheriff’s office are only

  • Region 2 develops leaders via innovative course creation

    During the past year, the OSI Directorate of Personnel and Manpower collected exit survey feedback from young officers choosing to separate. The feedback revealed a primary reason for leaving OSI is that company grade officers felt unprepared for command. Enter Field Investigations Region 2’s Flight

  • Classified information leak to media results in 45 month prison sentence

    Daniel Everette Hale, 33, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced July 27, 2021, to 45 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter. Hale admitted meeting with the reporter in person

  • Multiple punishments for a multiple offender

    An eight month investigation into the illegal activities of a Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., senior noncommissioned officer, culminated in the offender being sentenced to 32 months in federal prison. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Reimers, 41, assigned to the 99th Communications Squadron at Nellis, was

  • OSI has a blast training with EOD

    The Office of Special Investigations (OSI) Detachment 623 and the 35th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) teamed up with 35th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) to simulate an investigation of an explosive ordnance at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 8, 2021.

  • 'Law & Order SVU' actress, 'Right Stuff' actor given OSI mission immersion

    Over the years, the Office of Special Investigations has welcomed distinguished visitors from various walks of life to better understand its mission.On July 1, 2021, via the combined coordination efforts of units at Joint Base Andrews, Md., and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C., OSI opened its

  • Joint MOU targets fight against acquisition fraud and corruption

    Line of Effort 5, Strengthen Our Partnerships, was showcased among the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting), Deputy General Counsel (Contractor Responsibility and Conflict Resolution), the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Director of the Civil Law Domain, and the Commander, Air Force Office of