AFOSI to host recruitment day

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  • By Special Agents Julie Burns and Tracy Tellyer
  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 303
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --  The Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 303, is hosting a recruiting day Aug. 31 at 8 a.m., in Bldg. 373.

They are seeking motivated personnel who would like to apply to become AFOSI Special Agents.

AFOSI has been the Air Force's major investigative service since Aug. 1, 1948. The agency reports to the Inspector General, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, and provides professional investigative service to commanders of all Air Force activities.

Its primary responsibilities are criminal investigations and counterintelligence services.

AFOSI has four priorities:
-- Detect and provide early warning of worldwide threats to the Air Force.
-- Identify and resolve crime impacting Air Force readiness or good order and discipline.
-- Combat threats to Air Force information systems and technologies.
-- Defeat and deter fraud in the acquisition of Air Force prioritized weapons systems.

Enlisted Air Force members may apply for Special Agent duty once they have first served in another career field. Air Force members in the ranks of E-5 to E- 7, with fewer than 12 years of military service, and senior airmen with fewer than six years of service are eligible.

First-term Airmen must be within their retraining window. The grade restrictions may be waived in special or unusual circumstances.

Current active-duty Air Force officers may retrain into AFOSI from most Air Force career fields.

Officer applicants may have no more than six years federal commissioned service, have no more than 12 years of total federal military service and must be released by their Air Force Personnel Center assignment team. Lieutenants subject to force shaping may be restricted from retraining into AFOSI.

All active duty applicants should bring a copy of their Records Review RIP, (available online through the Virtual MPF website) with them to the recruitment day.

AFOSI also accepts applications for civilian Special Agent positions from experienced law enforcement personnel and from inexperienced college graduates looking for entry-level positions.

The AFOSI website, http://www.osi.andrews.af.mil/, contains a vacancy list that shows available positions. All positions - except those that are exclusively at the GS-12 and above level - are attainable without law enforcement experience, provided the applicant meets certain education requirements.

Successful candidates should possess a college degree with a grade-point average of 2.95 or higher. Additional consideration is given to those individuals who have degrees or experience in special skill areas such as languages, forensic or computer sciences, and foreign area specialty.

For more information about AFOSI, visit http://www.osi.andrews.af.mil/.

For AFSC-specific information on retraining eligibility, visit http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/. 

Individuals wanting to contact AFOSI, Detachment 303 concerning the recruiting day or any criminal or threat information, should call 424-8023.