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  • Looking Back: AFOSI and Operation Urgent Fury

    On Oct. 20, 1983, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations received notification from higher headquarters of a pending United States led military rescue operation which was to be conducted on the Caribbean Island nation of Grenada. Within hours, AFOSI Special Agents began receiving movement

  • Looking Back: OSI’s ‘Doolittle Raider’

    Robert G. Emmens was born on July 22, 1914. He graduated from Medford High in Oregon in 1931. The son of a physician, Emmens attended the University of Oregon for three years studying medicine. He was forced to leave college in 1934, after his father passed away, taking a job with the J.C. Penney

  • Inside OSI: Keeping the mission funded

    Ensuring personnel are paid accurately and on time is vital for any agency—and the Office of Special Investigations is no different. Financial stability directly influences morale, efficiency and mission success. While people often attribute OSI to its badge-carrying Special Agents, there are

  • Inside OSI: IT specialist shares his story

    As the go-to SharePoint expert for the Office of Special Investigations, Julio Velezón II sometimes feels like the agency’s “most popular guy,” he joked. But his role is no laughing matter. Every day, he integrates complex data systems into OSI’s network, using the latest tech innovations to support

  • Looking Back: Badge Number 1 in Orbit

    On the afternoon of April 4, 1983, the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.  This launch marked the sixth overall orbital mission for the Space Shuttle program and was also the maiden voyage for the Challenger.  Piloting the spacecraft was