Terry Bullard, ’93

Terry Bullard, ’93
United States Air Force (RET)

Brigadier General Terry L. Bullard was the Commander, Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), Quantico, Virginia in his final assignment. As the OSI Commander, General Bullard derived his independent criminal, counterintelligence, and executive protection investigative and operational authorities directly from the Secretary of the Air Force and executed the Field Operating Agency’s mission for the Department of the Air Force through a network of over 3,900 Total Force Airmen assigned to over 300 locations on six continents at major Air Force and Space Force installations and various operating locations worldwide. General Bullard executed the mission of OSI under the oversight of The Inspector General of the Air Force. OSI is a federal law enforcement agency with responsibility for conducting criminal, fraud, and counterintelligence investigations and operations as well as specialized investigative activities and operations, executive protective service operations, and integrated force protection for the Air Force and Space Force globally. OSI is also a combat-ready military organization that provides the Air Force and Space Force a wartime capability with counterintelligence support to preparation of the battle space and force protection to find, fix, track, and neutralize enemy threats in the full spectrum of environments from permissive to hostile and contested. OSI is the Air Force’s focal point for working with U.S. and foreign nation law enforcement and security services in order to provide timely and accurate threat information in all environments globally.

General Bullard entered the Air Force in 1993 as a distinguished graduate of the AFROTC program at The Citadel. Upon commissioning, he was directly accessed into OSI as a Special Agent. General Bullard has served as a Special Agent, Operations Officer (garrison and deployed), Forensic Science Specialist, Joint Staff Officer, two-time Detachment Commander in overseas locations in the Indo-Pacific Command and European Command theaters, an OSI Squadron Commander, and an OSI Wing Commander, and has taught on the faculty of Air University in both the Research and Strategy Departments. General Bullard has deployed five times throughout the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility in a variety of positions. He has served at the tactical level conducting counterintelligence and executive protection-related activities, at the operational level as the Deputy J2X Forward, USCENTCOM, and as Commander, 24th Expeditionary Field Investigations Squadron leading all OSI combined force teams in the Middle East and Central Asia. Prior to his final position, the General was the Vice Commander, AFOSI, Quantico, Virginia.

EDUCATION:
1993 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, The Citadel, Charleston, S.C.
1994 AFOSI Basic Investigations Course, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
1997 USAF Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Master of Forensic Science, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 2001 Forensic Medicine Fellow, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rockville, Md.
2005 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2011 Master of Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2014 USAF Enterprise Leadership Seminar, The Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
2020 Leading Strategically Program, The Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, CO.
2021 DoD CAPSTONE General Officer Course, National Defense University, Ft McNair, D.C.
2022 FBI National Executive Institute, FBI Academy, Quantico, VA.

ASSIGNMENTS:
1. September 1993 – July 1996, SPECIAL AGENT, AFOSI Detachment 111, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
2. July 1996 – July 1998, OPERATIONS OFFICER, AFOSI Detachment 209 and CHIEF, Detachment 209 OL-A, Headquarters Eighth Air Force, Barksdale AFB, La.
3. July 1998 – July 2000, COMMANDER, AFOSI Detachment 601, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
4. July 2000 – September 2001, STUDENT, Air Force Institute of Technology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and FORENSIC MEDICINE FELLOW, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rockville, Md.
5. September 2001 – July 2004, CHIEF, Forensic Science Branch, AFOSI Detachment 303, Travis AFB, Calif.
6. July 2004 – July 2005, STUDENT, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. July 2005 – September 2006, DEPUTY J2X-FORWARD and COUNTERINTELLIGENCE COORDINATING AUTHORITY-QATAR, Camp As Saliyah, Qatar
8. September 2006 – July 2009, COMMANDER, AFOSI Detachment 512, Lakenheath-Mildenhall, United Kingdom
9. July 2009 – July 2012, AFOSI COMMAND CHAIR, Air University, and STUDENT, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
10. July 2012 – July 2013, COMMANDER, AFOSI 24th Expeditionary Field Investigations Squadron and DIRECTOR, AFOSI Special Staff, Headquarters AFCENT, Al Udeid AB, Qatar
11. July 2013 – June 2014, VICE COMMANDER, AFOSI 2nd Field Investigations Region, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
12. June 2014 – May 2017, COMMANDER, AFOSI 2nd Field Investigations Region, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
13. May 2017 – May 2019, VICE COMMANDER, Headquarters AFOSI, Quantico, Va.
14. May 2019 – May 2023, COMMANDER, Headquarters AFOSI, Quantico, Va.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS:
July 2005 – September 2006, Deputy J2X-Forward and Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority-Qatar, Camp As Saliyah, Qatar, as a Major

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with bronze star
Iraq Campaign Medal with two bronze stars
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
French Medaille De La Defense Nationale
Polish National Counterintelligence Exceptional Service Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant 20 July 1993
First Lieutenant 20 July 1995
Captain 20 July 1997
Major 01 July 2003
Lieutenant Colonel 01 Sept 2007
Colonel 01 Sept 2013
Brigadier General 03 May 2019