BRIGADIER GENERAL RICHARD M. MCGILL Brig. Gen. Richard M. McGill is mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Andrews Air Force Base, Md. He manages and directs the investigative activities of more than 425 Reserve individual mobilization augmentee special agents. The agents provide commanders of all Air Force activities independent, professional investigative services regarding fraud, counterintelligence, and major criminal matters at all major Air Force installations and a variety of special operating locations. The general entered the Air Force in 1967 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He served four years active duty with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, and then separated from active duty in August 1971, joining the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Reserve individual mobilization augmentee program. EDUCATION 1967 Bachelor of Science degree in economics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1974 Juris Doctor degree, University of Baltimore Law School 1976 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence 1980 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 1991 Air War College, by correspondence 1993 Senior Reserve Officer Course, Army War College, Carlisle, Pa. ASSIGNMENTS 1. August 1967 - October 1967, student, U.S. Air Force Special Investigations School, Washington, D.C. 2. October 1967 - May 1969, special agent, Personal Security Investigative Division, District 19, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Sunnyvale, Calif. 3. May 1969 - June 1970, criminal and counterintelligence investigator, Detachment 5101, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Udorn Royal Thai AFB, Thailand 4. July 1970 - August 197 1, staff officer, Counterintelligence Staff, Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Bolling AFB, D.C. 5. August 197 1 - November 1974, individual mobilization augmentee to the Commander, Detachment 411, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Bolling AFB, D.C. 6. December 1974 - May 1976, individual mobilization augmentee to the Commander, Detachment 413, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Fort George G. Meade, Md. 7. May 1976 - November 1981, individual mobilization augmentee to the Inspector General's Office, Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Bolling AFB, D.C. 8. December 198 1 - October 1984, individual mobilization augmentee to the Deputy Inspector General, Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Bolling AFB, D.C. 9. November 1984 - June 1986, individual mobilization augmentee to the Inspector General, Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Bolling AFB, D.C. 10. June 1986 - June 1989, individual mobilization augmentee to the Commander, District Office 20, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, McChord AFB, Wash. 11. July 1989 - September 1992, individual mobilization augmentee to the Commander, District 4, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Andrews AFB, Md. 12. October 1992 - July 1998, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Bolling AFB, D.C. 13. August 1998 - present, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Andrews AFB, Md. MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Legion of Merit Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTIONS Second Lieutenant June 7, 1967 First Lieutenant Dec. 7, 1968 Captain June 7, 1970 Major March 1, 1977 Lieutenant Colonel March 1, 1984 Colonel July 1, 1987 Brigadier General Feb. 29, 1996 (Current as of June 1999)