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  • Looking Back: SA rekindles his Vietnam experience

    On March 29, 1973, after more than 11 years of combat operations, the last American combat troops officially departed Vietnam. Charles Ashe, served with OSI in Vietnam between June 1971 and June 1972, at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, on the outskirts of Saigon.

  • Retired OSI SA-turned-winemaker

    After dedicating 20 years of service to the country as an Airman and Office of Special Investigations special agent, retired Master Sgt. Corey Christman was ready for something a little bit different. Winemaking, of course.

  • Honoring our four-legged heroes

    There are two Veterans Day observances. The annual day set aside to honor the people who have ever worn a uniform of our Armed Forces is November 11. The “other” Veterans Day, observed each year on March 13, is National K9 Veterans Day, which honors and commemorates the service and sacrifice of

  • Legendary pro-staffer reflects on 40-year career

    Howard Cary still remembers the aroma of his dad's cooking. Some of Cary’s earliest memories are filled with savory and sweet smells emanating from his family’s on-base kitchen in Del Rio, Texas. Cary was just an eight-year-old military brat back then, yet he recalls it's like it was yesterday.

  • Looking Back: No ordinary day

    Sunday, December 8, 1978, was no ordinary day in for the Office of Special Investigations special agents stationed in Isfahan, Iran. Throughout the previous year, tensions across the country had continued to rise between the ruling government and the Islamic fundamentalist religious sect.

  • Retired SA turned hometown sheriff reflects on OSI career

    Ken Furlong was six-years-old and standing outside of his family’s home in Carson City, Nev., when he realized his life’s purpose. In 2003, Furlong became the 26th Sheriff of Carson City, and nearly two decades and six elections later, it remains a job he holds today. Before that, he served two

  • Looking Back: Exercise BRIGHT STAR 82

    Forty years ago, the Office of Special Investigations participated in Exercise BRIGHT STAR 82, marking the first time in OSI’s history that the organization participated in an overseas combined joint exercise. Conducted from Nov. 9-24, 1981, the exercise was a “Rapid Deployment Force” operation

  • If you host it…They will come

    The Hawkeye State hosted the (Des Moines) Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Race Across Iowa, July 25-31. RAGBRAI, as it’s commonly known, is the longest, largest and oldest recreational bicycle touring event in the world. Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Carlos Vargasgonzalez, 2nd Field

  • LEAP Spotlight: Special Agent Rory Swafford

    “I am a Special Agent in the Office of Special Investigations and a dual language Scholar in the Air Force Language Enabled Airman Program. I began my language learning journey in high school by studying various languages.

  • OSI – An Immigrant’s ‘American Dream’

    We’ve all heard the question, “Where were you and what were you doing on 9/11?” While the myriad of answers have become forever etched in our respective memories, it’s ironic there was, in fact, good news that happened that fateful day. Simply ask OSI Special Agent Desiree Borg Burmeister.