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  • Brig. Gen. Dana Simmons, Air Force Office of Special Operations Investigations commander, salutes an Airmen at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, recently. The General visited BAF to speak with Airmen and Department of Defense civilians contributing to the mission in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erik Cardenas)

    AFOSI commander visits Airmen at Bagram

    The Air Force's top Office of Special Investigations leaders recently spoke with agents and support personnel serving in Afghanistan during a visit to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan recently. Brig. Gen. Dana Simmons, AFOSI commander, Col. Humberto Morales, 24th Expeditionary Force Investigative Service commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Chris Redmond,
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    AFOSI Detachment 327 named best in region

    Little Rock Air Force Base's AFOSI Det. 327 was named the medium unit of the year for AFOSI's Region 3 recently. This award goes to the top unit with between six and 16 manning authorizations for a given year, based on their overall performance. "I'm very proud of the performance of these men and women," said Col. Wil Urquhart, Region 3's
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    AFOSI Special Agents arrest military dependent

    The 31-year-old spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, Rico Rodrigus Williams, was arrested today in Chesapeake, Virginia, on charges  returned in a federal indictment in connection with the death of Army Sergeant Juwan Johnson in Hohenecken, Germany, in 2005, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin,
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    Little Rock Airman convicted, sentenced in court-martial

    Bringing closure to an Air Force Office of Special Investigations case, a Little Rock Air Force Base Airman was found guilty of participating in a gang initiation that resulted in the 2005 death of a Soldier stationed at a military base in Germany in a court-martial Jan. 23. Staff Sgt. Jerome A. Jones Jr., assigned to the 314th Aircraft Maintenance
  • Retired Marine Maj. Gen. James Livingston speaks to members of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 310 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., Dec. 30. General Livingston recounted the events of his second tour of duty in Vietnam leading up to being awarded of the Medal of Honor in 1970. He also spoke to the Airmen about qualities of leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jennifer Arredondo)

    Medal of Honor recipient visits AFOSI Airmen

  • Special Agent Robert Williams helps construct a house for Habitat for Humanity of Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Steve Czyz)

    Building dreams

    Building dreams - especially in the trying economic times we live in, this phrase has become more poignant than possibly ever before. For some families who are struggling to get by, dreams for them might be something many of us take for granted - a safe place for their children to sleep, a healthy environment to raise them in or even a clean place
  • Special Agent Dustin McLeod, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Det. 301, searches a vehicle during a gate interdiction operationhis detachment conducted recently. The operation yielded some useful local intelligence and showed the Scott Air Force Base community that AFOSI and security forces were focusing on base security. (U.S. Air Force photo/Special Agent John Nottestad)

    Gate interdiction operation

    On a recent chilly Friday evening, Det. 301 arrived shortly before midnight at the Scott Air Force Base main gates to conduct a gate interdiction operation. The operation was conducted in conjunction with the Scott AFB Drug Demand Reduction office. Every active duty member, regardless of service, was required to provide a urine sample after their
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    Incident at the Congas

    Colorful festivals and celebrations are a mainstay throughout the year in the Latin country of Ecuador. In November, the Ecuadorians were celebrating their annual theatre festival in the city of Manta, and among the celebrants, two American contractors passed the night and early morning in a popular nightclub called the Congas. It was in that
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    Korean businessman detained in bribery conspiracy involving $206 million contract

    As a result of a criminal investigation jointly investigated by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service, a South Korean businessman was ordered detained today for his alleged role in a bribery conspiracy for a $206 million telecommunications contract involving employees of the Army Air Force Exchange
  • Mr. Thomas, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Executive Director (third from left) and senior agency representatives from the Army's Criminal Investigative Command, the Defense Security Service, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency armed up with shovels and jointly turned the first soil for the new Military Department Investigative Agencies facility located at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.

    Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Military Department Investigative Agencies facility

    Mr. Doug Thomas, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Executive Director, led a contingent of approximately 20 AFOSI personnel, including Chief Master Sgt. Chris Redmond, AFOSI Command Chief and headquarters directors to Marine Corps Base Quantico, where they participated in the MDIA facility groundbreaking ceremony. The Collocate MDIA
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