This video describes how to become an AF OSI agent. Enlisted and officer have slightly different options when it comes to the OSI. Links: legalassistanc... www.osi.af.mil...
"If you are a top performer in your career field, you will be average in the OSI." That was one of the "Ten Reasons to NOT Become an AFOSI Agent" on a sheet of paper the OSI superintendent gave me when I first approached them. I had to read it and sign it. And by God, it was true. I got in! I did the training and 11 years of service with the OSI. I don't know what the average FBI agent does, but I can say that an average OSI agent goes to many countries (we go wherever the military goes) and gets involved in lots of stuff FBI agents don't. Wow. What a rollercoaster. In the desert, I worked from when I woke up until when I went to sleep and didn't even notice how much I was working. In the States, it was a wide variety of investigations of all kinds. We were typically more competent and expert than the local police or sheriff's department. I am in awe of the OSI. And I am proud to have been an "ordinary agent."
That sounds like a great and exciting career. Without a doubt, the only people I knew that cross trained into the OSI were the best in their career field. Thanks for sharing your experience in the OSI.
I've dealt with OSI during my career in local law enforcement. They are NOT more competent than local detectives. Local law enforcement does a lot more investigations than any OSI agent. Air Force bases are a lot safer than most local communities. I was in the Air Force for ten years on AD as well.
I have a question: could you level in a bit more about OSI's Antiterrorism teams (ASTs)? Not a whole lot about them on the internet but they sound a lot like if OSI and special operations forces had a baby somehow. Just thought it would be a fun gig to strive for as i am contemplating OSI, but would also like to be SOF
Hey thanks John I’m a 250 at my detachment so it is my first semester of ROTC and I am in a position of a 200 or cadet third class it has definitely been a struggle for me and I have been thinking about OSI before I even joined rotc i’m definitely going to try my hardest I have a long way to go this video is very informative and pushes me to compete thanks
They aren’t going to work with special forces on the execution of the mission, however, they could be a part of mission planning. OSI in a deployed location is usually going to be doing counter terrorism, but it’s mostly going to be meeting with informants to gather Intel for investigations. That Intel could be useful to special forces.
4:16 71S Special Investigations. (CSI for the Air Force!) Officers in the 71S career field are called Special Agent and they don't wear rank. Even so, they are still officers and responsible for crime scene investigations, counterterrorism, and keeping Airmen and Guardians safe. The special investigations career field is not entry-level; in other words, you cannot become a Special Investigations Agent when you first join the Air Force. Enlisted Air Force members may apply for special agent duty once they've first served in another career field. Those eligible are master sergeants, technical sergeants, and staff sergeants with fewer than 12 years of military service, Senior airmen with fewer than six years of service, and senior airmen-selects. All applicants must have outstanding performance and disciplinary records.
Hey I'm a 300 right now and right now and heavily thinking about force support,could you make a video about what all the AFSC entails?Also I was considering trying to apply to be a chaplain,but I won't have a degree in theology anytime soon,is there a process on active duty to try and cross train into being a chaplain?
Yes, I could do a force support officer video. That career field has a lot of different options to it too. As for chaplain, I would assume they have cross training opportunities, but I don't know for sure. I would think it would ultimately depend on the Chaplain Corps manning. Lots of chaplains I have known have been prior enlisted, but I can't recall any being a different officer AFSC prior to becoming a chaplain. You will definitely need a Masters Degree in Divinity to be a Chaplain.
