Kirk B. Stabler

Kirk B. Stabler is a retired United States Air Force Colonel (Special Agent) who served as the 18th Commander of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), Quantico, Virginia. As the AFOSI Commander, Stabler oversaw AFOSI's worldwide network of over 2,000 military and civilian special agents and over 500 unsworn members stationed at major Air Force installations and a variety of worldwide special operating locations.

Stabler entered the United States Air Force in May 1991. He has served in a variety of AFOSI positions as an investigator, operations officer, and a forensic sciences consultant and has conducted and supervised felony-level criminal, fraud and counterintelligence investigations and operations. He has commanded at the detachment, squadron and wing levels and served in a joint assignment capacity. His assignments have included five overseas postings. Prior to this assignment, Stabler served as the Vice Commander and Director, Strategic Programs and Requirements, Headquarters AFOSI, Quantico, Virginia.

Assignments March 1992 – April 1993, undergraduate pilot training, Vance AFB, Okla. April 1993 – June 1993, agent trainee, AFOSI Detachment 411 OL-A, Vance AFB, Okla. June 1993 – September 1994, Operations Officer, AFOSI Detachment 613, Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea. September 1994 – April 1997, Operations Officer, AFOSI Detachment 113, Hill AFB, Utah. April 1997 – August 1997, Commander, AFOSI Detachment 113, Hill AFB, Utah. August 1997 – July 1998, student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Washington, D.C. July 1998 – September 2000, Chief, Regional Forensic Sciences Branch, AFOSI Detachment 401, Randolph AFB, Texas. September 2000 – March 2001, Director, Criminal Operations, AFOSI Region 4, Randolph, Texas. March 2001 – June 2004, Commander, AFOSI Detachment 206, Nellis AFB, Nev. (August 2002 – January 2003, Commander, AFOSI Expeditionary Detachment 258, Al Udeid, Qatar). July 2004 – June 2005, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. June 2005 – August 2008, Assistant Counterintelligence Staff Officer and Chief, Counterintelligence Operations Section, Headquarters United States European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany. August 2008 – July 2010, Commander, AFOSI 4th Field Investigations Squadron, Sembach Annex, Germany (October 2009 – April 2010, Task Force Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti). July 2010 – July 2012, Chief, Commander's Action Group, Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Andrews AFB, Md. and Quantico, Va. July 2012 – May 2013, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. June 2013 – July 2015, Commander, 7th Field Investigations Region, Joint Base Andrews, Md. July 2015 – November 2016, Director, Strategic Programs and Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Quantico, Va. November 2016 - May 2017, Vice Commander and Director, Strategic Programs and Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Quantico, Va. May 2017 - May 2019, Commander, Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Quantico, Va.

Joint Assignments June 2005 - August 2008, Assistant Counterintelligence Staff officer and Chief, Counterintelligence Operations Section, Headquarters United States European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany, as a lieutenant colonel

Effective dates of promotion

Major awards and decorations Stabler is the recipient of the following:

Air Force Force Protection BadgeAir Force Office of Special Investigations Badge