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Service Details
Service Status
USAF Retired
Final Rank
Colonel
Last AFSC
71SX-Special Investigator
Last AFSC Group
Special Investigations
Primary Unit
2005-2007, 71SX, Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) Region 8
Previously Held AFSC's
8224-Special Investigations and Counterintelligence Officer
92S0-Student Officer Authorization
Service Years
1981 - 2007
Other Languages
Korean
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What are you doing now:
I am the Senior Military Advisor at Henley-Putnam University in San Jose, CA. Henley-Putnam is a premiere online university specializing in Strategic Security, with programs ranging from certificates to a Doctorate in Strategic Security (DSS).Henley-Putnam offers degrees at the Bachelors and Masters levels in just three areas: Intelligence Management, Terrorism & Counterterrorism Studies, and Protection Management. The faculty and staff average over 22 years operational experience in Law Enforcement and the Intelligence Community.
www.henley-putnam.edu
Other Comments:
I'm also pursuing my passion for creative writing, and I am a published novelist. My current thriller series is called the Child Finder Trilogy, and it features a USAF Special Agent protagonist. Patrick O'Donnell discovers he has a unique psychic gift that enables him to find missing children, but when the government learns about his skills, his life changes. He's pulled into a TOP SECRET black world program that leverages (or exploits?) his extrasensory talents resulting in murder, intrigue, and a web of lies.
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1982-1984, 8224, Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
1984-1986, 8224, Headquarters Command (HQ USAF)
1986-1987, 8224, Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) Detachment 611
1987-1990, 8224, HQ Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI)
1990-1993, 71SX, Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
1993-1995, 71SX, Headquarters Command (HQ USAF)
1995-1996, 71SX, Headquarters Command (HQ USAF)
1996-1998, 71SX, Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) Region 2 (OL-A)
1998-2001, 71SX, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
2001-2002, 92S0, Headquarters, Air University
2002-2004, 71SX, Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) Region 6
2004-2005, 71SX, Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) 61st Field Investigation Squadron
2005-2007, 71SX, Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) Region 8
Please describe who or what influenced your decision to join the Air Force.
Whether you were in the service for several years or as a career, please describe the direction or path you took. Where did you go to basic training and what units, bases, or squadrons were you assigned to? What was your reason for leaving?
If you participated in any military operations, including combat, humanitarian and peacekeeping operations, please describe those which made a lasting impact on you and, if life-changing, in what way?
From your entire military service, describe any memories you still reflect back on to this day.
Of all the medals, awards, formal presentations and qualification badges you received, or other memorabilia, which one is the most meaningful to you and why?
Which individual(s) from your time in the military stand out as having the most positive impact on you and why?
Can you recount a particular incident from your service, which may or may not have been funny at the time, but still makes you laugh?
What profession did you follow after your military service and what are you doing now? If you are currently serving, what is your present occupational specialty?
What military associations are you a member of, if any? What specific benefits do you derive from your memberships?
In what ways has serving in the military influenced the way you have approached your life and your career? What do you miss most about your time in the service?
Based on your own experiences, what advice would you give to those who have recently joined the Air Force?
In what ways has TogetherWeServed.com helped you remember your military service and the friends you served with.
1977-1981, King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
1984-1986, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
1984-1986, Air Force Institute of Technology
1995-1996, Air Command and Staff College
1996-1996, Armed Forces Staff College
2001-2002, Air University