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SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SECURITY FORCES
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JAN 1948 -- USAF General Order #1 formally placed
the Air Force Provost Marshal under the authority of the Air Force Inspector General
Major General J. V. Dillon becomes first Air Provost Marshal. |
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JAN 1956 -- Title change from Air Provost Marshal
to Provost Marshal under the leadership of Brig Gen W. L. Fagg. |
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MAR 1961 -- Title changes from Provost Marshal to
Director of Security and Law Enforcement under the leadership of Brig Gen R. F.
Burnham. |
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1963 -- Director of Security and Law Enforcement
position reverts from 0-7 to 0-6 position under the leadership of Col A. T. Learnard. |
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DEC 1966 -- Title changes from Director of Security
and Law Enforcement to Director of Security Police with the "Safeside" mission under
the leadership of Col D. C. Shultis. |
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1971 -- CMS J. A. Renfroe becomes first Chief Master
Sergeant of Security Police under Col R. E. Blauw, Director of Security Police. |
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MAR 1975 -- Special Order GA-12 creates Office of
Chief of Security Police as a Special Staff Agency to the Air Force Chief of Staff
Brig Gen (Maj Gen selectee) T. M. Sadler becomes Chief of Security Police. |
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1978 -- Title of Chief Master Sergeant of Security
Police changes to Senior Enlisted Advisor to the USAF Chief of Security Police under
CMS R. J. McLaurine. |
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OCT 1978 -- Office of Chief of Security Police realigned
at Air Staff and becomes Separate Operating Agency again responsible to the Air
Force Inspector General. Air Force Office of Security Police (AFOSP) relocated from
Washington D.C. to Kirtland AFB, NM under the leadership of Brig Gen W. R. Brooksher. |
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MAR 1982 -- Col (Brig Gen selectee) P. N. Scheidel
becomes first career Security Police Officer to hold the position of Chief of Security
Police. He is concurrently Commander of AFOSP and Assistant Inspector General of
Security Police at Air Staff. |
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FEB 1991 -- Brig. Gen. F. K. Martin, Chief of Security
Police, becomes a member of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force special staff. (HO
USAF/SP) AFOSP becomes Field Operating Agency and Col F. L. Miller takes command
in March 1991. AFOSP is redesignated AFSPC (Air Force Security Police Center) in
April 1991. |
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JAN 1997 -- Title changes from Chief of Security
Police to Director of Security Forces under the leadership of Brig Gen R. A. Coleman.
Title changes from S. E. A. to USAF CSP to Air Force Security Forces Manager under
CMS Daryl Janicki. |
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MAR 1997 -- Stand-up of 820th SFG at Lackland AFB,
TX under Col L Buckingham. |
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JUN 1997 -- Stand-up of Force Protection Battlelab
at Lackland AFB, TX under Col D. J. Collins. |
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OCT 1997 – Career field name officially changes
from Security Police to Security Forces. Security and Law Enforcement unify under
one AFSC. |
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NOV 1997 – HQ AFSFC relocates to Lackland AFB, TX
from Kirtland AFB, NM. |