How to become an Air Force OSI agent and what do they do

This video describes how to become an AF OSI agent. Enlisted and officer have slightly different options when it comes to the OSI.

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[kpgrubb]

"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."

[sebastiangomez]

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

[meitroxgaming]

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

[Okkara-qb]

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.

[thomasryan]

Doesn't OSI hire inexperienced kids right out of college? I believe it was a GS-y pay scale, but increases are guaranteed.

[dilana]

Does osi work with special forces on missions

[joshuacervantes]

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?

[sigscoutlr]

Can you serve in the AF reserve and work in OSI?