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Special Agent Jorge Ledeé, OSI Superintendent, briefed the Airmen in attendance and gave them background information on what OSI does, how they operate and why they are recruiting.
“We don’t have a technical school pipeline like most career fields,” said Ledeé “We do hire from the USAF Academy, ROTC and Civilians.”
Ledeé explained that, by recruiting Airmen from different career fields, OSI can gain unique insight from those individuals to help with investigations. In order to apply, Senior Airmen with line numbers for staff sergeant must have no more than six years time in service and staff sergeant through technical sergeants must have no more than 11.5 years. NCO’s must have a five skill level or above and all Airmen must be able to pass all components of the fitness test.
“We need people who have had life experiences in different careers fields,” Ledeé said. “For example by coming from a maintenance, security forces or medical background we are able to employ a subject matter expert in that respective discipline.”
Along with application requirements, the special agents informed Airmen about the history of OSI and the expectations of the job.
“Our people are our biggest asset,” Ledeé said. “We protect the integrity of the Air Force by finding the facts in each case we investigate. We’re here to put order to chaos.”
There’s a certain stigma about OSI in which Airmen assume they will get investigated if they seek assistance from OSI. This is not the case.
“We are trying to make a change in culture,” said Special Agent Ted Davis, OSI Special Agent in Charge. “I know it’s hard to talk about your friend and fellow Airman, but getting them in trouble is not what I’m interested in. I am interested in preventing that Airman from potentially taking it to the next level. I would rather educate Airmen so they feel comfortable coming to us and preventing the fallout before it’s too late. It’s difficult, but we are trying to overcome that stigma.”
Davis explains that seeking OSI’s help ahead of time puts them ahead of a problem.
OSI takes applications throughout the year. For more information on what OSI does and recruiting, visit www.osi.af.mil or contact Air Force OSI Detachment 421 at 623-856-6821.
| Date Taken: | 09.12.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 10.26.2016 16:35 |
| Story ID: | 213012 |
| Location: | LUKE AFB, ARIZONA, US |
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