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  • SME exchanges build partnerships with state law enforcement

    Strengthening Partner Engagement is one of the bedrock Office of Special Investigations Strategic Lines of Effort. The value of which was showcased recently in the Lone Star State. Twelve members of the OSI 3rd Field Investigations Squadron, Specialized Surveillance Team, Joint Base San

  • German traffic fatality case ensures justice

    Senior Airman Jade Westmoreland was sentenced to three years in prison during his court martial hearing April 26, 2021, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, for driving drunk, killing a German man and seriously injuring another in an automobile accident April 20, 2019, near Speicher, a village seven

  • OSI strengthens ties with regional counterparts

    Members of the Office of Special Investigations worked to build these relations with Guam’s neighbors, throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, by traveling to and meeting face-to-face with host nation law enforcement and security counterparts in April.

  • Teamwork and tenacity bring repeat offender to justice

    When joint investigations are coupled with dogged perseverance, justice is served. That was the formula and outcome that closed the case on a multiple offender stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, in March, 2021. Staff Sgt. John Stafford III was prosecuted and convicted of four rapes,

  • OSI fraud investigation recovers $2.1M for AF

    On April 14, Assistant United States Attorney, Mary Ann Couch, Northern District of Florida, provided a signed settlement agreement in the Mariana Air Corporation (MAC) investigation. MAC, a contractor based out of Cantonment, FL, was contracted to repair/restore items to a serviceable condition for

  • SC National Guard names OSI SA new Command Senior Enlisted Leader

    The South Carolina National Guard has announced Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Camille R. W. Caldwell as the next state command senior enlisted leader (CSEL) for the South Carolina National Guard. The 32-year military veteran also currently serves as a civilian Special Agent Criminal Investigator with

  • Det 631 conquers snow via crime scene exercise

    Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 631, embraced their surroundings by hosting a multi-agency, arctic conditions, crime scene exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 18-19. The exercise employed regular law enforcement practices that may be impacted by outdoor elements

  • OSI HQ welcomes CMSAF Bass

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass received an indoctrination to the Office of Special Investigations during a guided tour of its headquarters here March 12. The orientation fortified the impression the 28-year Air Force veteran has maintained to this day.

  • SEC Investment Fraud Training Benefits OSI, DAF

    The Office of Special Investigations Strategic Lines of Effort: Developing an Exceptional Force and Restore Readiness, received valuable operational support Jan. 26, 2021, courtesy of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. That day, the SEC provided 46 OSI personnel a virtual training session

  • Innovation leads to a Cold Case closure with a silver lining

    Two years ago, Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Patrick Pipkins did, what his Chief of the OSI Cold Case Team called, “some amazing work,” to locate an Air Force deserter who went missing in 1984. At the time of her disappearance it was believed the airman took off with a married man