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

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.[4]

Commander of the
Office of Special Investigations
Office of Special Investigations
Emblem
Incumbent
Brig. Gen. Terry L. Bullard
since May 2019
StyleSpecial Agent
OSI/CC
(formal address in writing)
Reports toSecretary of the Air Force
Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force
Inaugural holderJoseph F. Carroll
Formation6 May 1948[1]
WebsiteOfficial website
Commanders of the Office of Special Investigations[2][3]
Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Carroll (left) being sworn in as OSI's first Commander, as Chief of Staff of the Air Force Hoyt S. Vandenberg (center) witnesses the swearing-in, ca. 1948.

Brigadier General Terry L. Bullard is the current and 19th Commander of OSI.[4][5]

By federal statue,[6][7][8] 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.[4]


List of Commanders of the Office of Special Investigations

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# Rank Name Photo Begin Date End Date Secretary of the Air Force served under Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force served under
1
Lt. Gen. Joseph F. Carroll[1]   May 1948 1955 Stuart Symington
Thomas K. Finletter
Harold E. Talbott
St. Clair Streett
Adlai H. Gilkeson
Hugh J. Knerr
2
Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Murray[9][10]   1955 1959 Talbott
Donald A. Quarles
James H. Douglas Jr.
Truman H. Landon
Elmer J. Rogers Jr.
3
Maj. Gen. John Martin Breit[11]   January 1959 June 1962 Douglas
Dudley C. Sharp
Eugene M. Zuckert
Joseph F. Carroll
William H. Blanchard
4
Brig. Gen. Robert F. Burnham[12]   June 1962 June 1963 Zuckert Blanchard
5
Maj. Gen. John S. Samuel[13]   June 1963 May 1964 Zuckert Blanchard
John Dale Ryan
6
Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Cappucci[14]   June 1964 March 1972 Zuckert
Harold Brown
Robert Seamans
Ryan
Theodore R. Milton
Joseph Harold Moore
Selmon W. Wells
Louis L. Wilson Jr.
7
Maj. Gen. William A. Temple[15]   April 1972 July 1975 Seamans
John L. McLucas
Wilson
Gerald W. Johnson
Donald G. Nunn
8
Col. Roy C. Tucker Jr.[16][17]   August 1975 March 1977 McLucas
Acting James W. Plummer
Thomas C. Reed
John C. Stetson
Nunn
John P. Flynn
9
Col. Forest A. Singhoff[18][19]   April 1977 May 1980 Stetson
Hans Mark
Flynn
Howard M. Lane
Howard W. Leaf
10
Brig. Gen. Richard S. Beyea Jr.[20]   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
11
Brig. Gen. Francis R. Dillon[21]   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
12
Brig. Gen. Robert A. Hoffmann[22]   April 1993 September 1996 Donley
Sheila E. Widnall
Fischer
Marcus A. Anderson
Richard T. Swope
13
Brig. Gen. Francis X. Taylor[23]   September 1996 May 2001 Widnall
F. Whitten Peters
Acting Lawrence J. Delaney
Swope
Nicholas B. Kehoe
Raymond P. Huot
14
Brig. Gen. L. Eric Patterson[24]   May 2001 June 2005 Delaney
James G. Roche
Acting Peter B. Teets
Acting Michael Montelongo
Acting Michael L. Dominguez
Huot
Steven R. Polk
15
Brig. Gen. Dana A. Simmons[25]   June 2005 March 2010 Dominguez
Acting Pete Geren
Michael Wynne
Donley
Polk
Ronald F. Sams
Marc E. Rogers
16
Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Jacobsen[26]   April 2010 September 2014 Donley
Acting Eric Fanning
Deborah Lee James
Rogers
Stephen P. Mueller
Gregory A. Biscone
17
Brig. Gen. Keith M. Givens[27]   May 2014 May 2017 James
Acting Lisa Disbrow
Biscone
Anthony J. Rock
18
Col. Kirk B. Stabler[28]   May 2017 May 2019 Disbrow
Heather Wilson
Rock
Stayce D. Harris
Sami D. Said
19
Brig. Gen. Terry L. Bullard[4]   May 2019 Present Wilson
Acting Matthew Donovan
Barbara Barrett
Frank Kendall III
Said

See also

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Military Criminal Investigative Organizations

References

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