Commander of the Department of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations explained

Post:	Commander of the Office of Special Investigations
Insignia:	Air Force Office of Special Investigations.png
Insigniasize:	120
Insigniacaption:	Office of Special Investigations Emblem
Incumbent:	Brig. Gen. Terry L. Bullard
Acting:	no
Incumbentsince:	May 2019
Style:	Special Agent OSI/CC
Formation:	6 May 1948^[1]
Reports To:	Secretary of the Air Force Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force
Inaugural:	Joseph F. Carroll

The Commander of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI/CC) heads the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) and derives its independent criminal investigative authority directly from the Secretary of the Air Force. OSI is also a field operating agency under the administrative guidance and oversight of the Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force.^[2]

Brigadier General Terry L. Bullard is the current and 19th Commander of OSI.^{[2] [3]}

By federal statue,^{[4] [5] [6]} OSI is a federal law enforcement agency with responsibility for conducting criminal investigations, counterintelligence, specialized investigative activities, protective service operations and integrated force protection for the Air Force and Space Force. OSI is also a combat-ready military criminal investigative organization that provides the Air Force and Space Force a wartime capability with counterintelligence support to force protection to find, fix, track and neutralize enemy threats in hostile and uncertain environments. OSI is the Air Force and Space Force's focal point for working with U.S. and foreign nation law enforcement and security services in order to provide timely and accurate threat information in all environments. The activities of OSI are conducted by a worldwide network of over 2,000 military and civilian special agents stationed at major Air Force and Space Force installations and a variety of worldwide special operating locations.^[2]

List of Commanders of the Office of Special Investigations

Class=unsortable	!	class=unsortable	Rank !	class=unsortable	Name !	class=unsortable	Photo !	class=unsortable	Begin Date !	class=unsortable	End Date !	class=unsortable	Secretary of the Air Force served under !	class=unsortable	Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force served under
	Lt. Gen.	Joseph F. Carroll		May 1948	1955	Stuart Symington Thomas K. Finletter Harold E. Talbott	St. Clair Streett Adlai H. Gilkeson Hugh J. Knerr
	Brig. Gen.	Joseph E. Murray^[7] ^[8]		1955	1959	Talbott Donald A. Quarles James H. Douglas Jr.	Truman H. Landon Elmer J. Rogers Jr.
	Maj. Gen.	John Martin Breit^[9]		January 1959	June 1962	Douglas Dudley C. Sharp Eugene M. Zuckert	Joseph F. Carroll William H. Blanchard
	Brig. Gen.	Robert F. Burnham^[10]		June 1962	June 1963	Zuckert	Blanchard
	Maj. Gen.	John S. Samuel^[11]		June 1963	May 1964	Zuckert	Blanchard John Dale Ryan
	Brig. Gen.	Joseph J. Cappucci^[12]		June 1964	March 1972	Zuckert Harold Brown Robert Seamans	Ryan Theodore R. Milton Joseph Harold Moore Selmon W. Wells Louis L. Wilson Jr.
	Maj. Gen.	William A. Temple^[13]		April 1972	July 1975	Seamans John L. McLucas	Wilson Gerald W. Johnson Donald G. Nunn
	Col.	Roy C. Tucker Jr.^[14] ^[15]		August 1975	March 1977	McLucas Acting James W. Plummer Thomas C. Reed John C. Stetson	Nunn John P. Flynn
	Col.	Forest A. Singhoff^[16] ^[17]		April 1977	May 1980	Stetson Hans Mark	Flynn Howard M. Lane Howard W. Leaf
	Brig. Gen.	Richard S. Beyea Jr.^[18]		June 1980	February 1988	Mark Verne Orr Russell A. Rourke Edward C. Aldridge Jr.	Leaf Robert W. Bazley Monroe W. Hatch Jr. Robert D. Springer Buford D. Lary
	Brig. Gen.	Francis R. Dillon^[19]		February 1988	April 1993	Alridge Acting James F. McGovern Acting John J. Welch, Jr. Donald B. Rice Acting Michael B. Donley	Lary Bradley C. Hosmer Eugene H. Fischer
	Brig. Gen.	Robert A. Hoffmann^[20]		April 1993	September 1996	Donley Sheila E. Widnall	Fischer Marcus A. Anderson Richard T. Swope
	Brig. Gen.	Francis X. Taylor^[21]		September 1996	May 2001	Widnall F. Whitten Peters Acting Lawrence J. Delaney	Swope Nicholas B. Kehoe Raymond P. Huot
	Brig. Gen.	L. Eric Patterson^[22]		May 2001	June 2005	Delaney James G. Roche Acting Peter B. Teets Acting Michael Montelongo Acting Michael L. Dominguez	Huot Steven R. Polk
	Brig. Gen.	Dana A. Simmons^[23]		June 2005	March 2010	Dominguez Acting Pete Geren Michael Wynne Donley	Polk Ronald F. Sams Marc E. Rogers
	Brig. Gen.	Kevin J. Jacobsen^[24]		April 2010	September 2014	Donley Acting Eric Fanning Deborah Lee James	Rogers Stephen P. Mueller Gregory A. Biscone
	Brig. Gen.	Keith M. Givens^[25]		May 2014	May 2017	James Acting Lisa Disbrow	Biscone Anthony J. Rock
	Col.	Kirk B. Stabler^[26]		May 2017	May 2019	Disbrow Heather Wilson	Rock Stayce D. Harris Sami D. Said
	Brig. Gen.	Terry L. Bullard		May 2019	Present	Wilson Acting Matthew Donovan Barbara Barrett Frank Kendall III	Said

See also

• List of secretaries of the Air Force
• List of inspectors general of the Department of the Air Force
• List of Air Force judge advocates general
• List of United States federal law enforcement agencies

Military Criminal Investigative Organizations

• United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC or CID)
• United States Army Counterintelligence (USAI or CI)
• Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
• Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)
• Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS)

References

1. Web site: LTG Joseph Francis Carroll Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . August 1, 1966. 29 Dec 2018.
2. Web site: BG Terry L. Bullard Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . May 2019. 3 June 2019.
3. Web site: Bullard pins on first star, takes command of OSI . U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations . May 2019. 3 Jun 2019.
4. Web site: DOD Instruction 5505.16 Investigations by DoD Components . Department of Defense . June 23, 2017 . December 30, 2018.
5. Web site: 10 U.S.C. 2672 – Protection of buildings, grounds, property, and persons . U.S. Government Publishing Office . January 6, 2006. December 30, 2018.
6. Web site: 10 U.S.C. 9027 – Civilian special agents of the Office of Special Investigations: authority to execute warrants and make arrests . U.S. Government Publishing Office . October 30, 2000. December 30, 2018.
7. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (2000), The Air Force Office of Special Investigations : 1948 - 2000. Andrews AFB, MD, Chapt. 1, pp. 23–24.
8. Web site: BG John E. Murray Retirement Letter . https://web.archive.org/web/20170124132541/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R001200040010-6.pdf . dead . 24 January 2017 . Central Intelligence Agency . 15 Dec 1958. 19 Jan 2019.
9. Web site: MG John M. Breit Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . April 1963. 29 Dec 2018.
10. Web site: BG Robert F. Burnham Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . July 1962. 29 Dec 2018.
11. Web site: MG John S. Samuel Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . November 15, 1970. 29 Dec 2018.
12. Web site: BG Joseph J. Cappucci Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . April 15, 1972. 29 Dec 2018.
13. Web site: MG William A. Temple Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . August 1, 1975. 29 Dec 2018.
14. Web site: Retirement Letter for Commander of Air Force Office of Special Investigations . https://web.archive.org/web/20170123193707/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80M00165A001700090021-5.pdf . dead . 23 January 2017 . Central Intelligence Agency . March 30, 1977. 29 Dec 2018.
15. Web site: An Air Force Magazine Directory (As of August 25, 1976) . U.S. Department of Defense . August 25, 1976. 29 Dec 2018.
16. Web site: An Air Force Magazine Directory (As of August 15, 1978) . U.S. Department of Defense . August 15, 1978. 29 Dec 2018.
17. Web site: USAF Summaries for 1945–2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190127170752/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a551730.pdf . live . 27 January 2019 . U.S. Department of Defense . February 23, 2011. 29 Dec 2018.
18. Web site: BG Richard S. Beyea Jr. Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . September 1984. 29 Dec 2018.
19. Web site: BG Francis R. Dillon Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . January 1992. 29 Dec 2018.
20. Web site: BG Robert A. Hoffmann Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . July 1993. 29 Dec 2018.
21. Web site: BG Francis X. Taylor Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . May 2001. 30 Dec 2018.
22. Web site: BG L. Eric Patterson Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . September 2005. 29 Dec 2018.
23. Web site: BG Dana A. Simmons Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . April 2010. 30 Dec 2018.
24. Web site: BG Kevin J. Jacobsen Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . January 2014. 30 Dec 2018.
25. Web site: BG Keith M. Givens Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . June 2015. 30 Dec 2018.
26. Web site: Col Kirk B. Stabler Air Force Biography . U.S. Air Force . May 2017 . 29 Dec 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190101002826/https://www.osi.af.mil/About/Biographies/Bio-View/Article/1107095/colonel-kirk-b-stabler/ . 1 January 2019 . dead .