AFOSI seeking motivated individuals

  • Published
  • By Special Agents Jacob Kunkle and Fred Reynolds
  • 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 Feb. 20 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 it 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.

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.

To be eligible, officer applicants:
-- May have no more than six years federal commissioned service
-- Have no more than 12 years of total federal military service
-- Must be released by their Air Force Personnel Center assignment team.

Officers subject to force shaping may be restricted from retraining into AFOSI.

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 Web site, http://www.osi.andrews.af.mil/ contains a list of 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 must also possess a college degree and have a 2.95 or higher grade point average.

Additional consideration is given to individuals who have degrees or experience in languages, forensic or computer sciences, and foreign areas.

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/