Lieutenant Colonel William Singiser

Lieutenant Colonel William Singiser is the Operations Officer at Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 020, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. He is responsible for the formal training and education of over 100 officer candidates and serves on the University of Arizona faculty as an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies.

Lieutenant Colonel Singiser is a 2006 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.  During his cadet career, he participated in the Cadet Exchange Program to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.  He is a direct accession into the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) and earned his badge and credentials as an AFOSI Special Agent upon graduation from the United States Air Force Special Investigations Academy in March 2007.

Lieutenant Colonel Singiser served in a variety of assignments as a Special Agent with AFOSI at the detachment and region-level, both in garrison and in contingency operations. He is a two-time AFOSI Detachment Commander and led felony-level criminal, fraud, and counterintelligence investigations and operations in support of United States Air Force personnel, resources, and installations in both Arizona and Delaware.  He completed contingency deployments to both Afghanistan and Djibouti and directly participated in Air Forces Southern (12th Air Force) operations in Curaçao, Honduras, Peru, and Suriname.  Prior to this assignment, he served as the Counterintelligence Branch Chief and Command Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority at the Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Division, U.S. Forces Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

EDUCATION

2006 Bachelor of Science, Legal Studies with a Spanish Minor, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

2006 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

2007 United States Air Force Special Investigations Academy, Glynco, Ga.

2011 Master of Arts, Security Studies – Western Hemisphere, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif.

2011 Basic Linguist Program (Spanish), Defense Language Institute, Monterey, Calif.

2012 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2019 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS

August 2006 – September 2009, Special Agent, AFOSI Detachment 307, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J.
January 2009 – July 2009 Operations Officer, AFOSI Expeditionary Detachment 2405, Bagram Air Base, AFG
September 2009 – September 2010, Student, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif
September 2010 – May 2011, Student, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, Calif.
May 2011 – April 2014, Special Agent, AFOSI 2 FIR/OL-B, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
April 2014 – March 2017, Commander, AFOSI Detachment 306, Dover AFB, Del.
March 2017 – July 2020, Commander, AFOSI Detachment 217, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
March 2018 – October 2018, Chief, Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Division, Intelligence Directorate,
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, DJI
July 2020 – July 2022, Counterintelligence Branch Chief/Command Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority,
Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Division, Intelligence Directorate, U.S. Forces Korea, Seoul, ROK
July 2022 – Present, Operations Officer/Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies, AFROTC Detachment 020, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

2006 Outstanding Academic Performer, Air and Space Basic Course
2007 Distinguished Graduate, United States Air Force Special Investigations Academy
2011 Diploma With Honors, Basic Linguist Program (Spanish), Defense Language Institute
2012 Silver Medal for Meritorious Conduct, Hispanic American Police Command Officers Association
2013 Language Capable Airman of the Year, Air Force Office of Special Investigations