Kevin J. Jacobsen


Kevin J. Jacobsen is a United States Air Force retired brigadier general who served as the 16th Commander of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Quantico, VA. This List of [United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies|field operating agency] is responsible for providing commanders of U.S. Air Force activities independent, professional investigative services regarding fraud, counterintelligence, and major criminal matters. The investigations are conducted by a worldwide network of military and civilian special agents stationed at major U.S. Air Force installations and a variety of special operating locations.

Education

Degrees
Leadership courses
Jacobsen entered the Air Force in 1980. He spent the majority of his military career as an AFOSI special agent, where he conducted and supervised felony-level criminal, fraud, and counterintelligence investigations and operations. He has commanded at the detachment, squadron and wing levels, and has led combat-enabling operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jacobsen also served on the Joint Staff.

AFOSI appointment

Jacobsen officially took command of AFOSI during a change of command ceremony held at Joint Base Andrews, MD, on April 6 in Hangar 3. The ceremony was hosted by Lieutenant General Marc E. Rogers, Inspector [General of the Air Force]. Jacobsen was still a colonel when he assumed command.
Leading up to his selection as AFOSI Commander, Jacobsen served as the Special Investigations director for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., where he led a directorate in developing and implementing all Air Force-level plans and policies concerning criminal investigations and counterintelligence operations. Colonel Jacobsen represented the Air Force in all policy, planning, resource, and program matters concerning criminal investigations, counterintelligence, and counter-threat operational issues with the Department of Defense and other governmental departments and agencies.

Assignments

Joint Assignments
  • August 1995 - June 1998, counterintelligence action officer, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a major and lieutenant colonel
  • July 2003 - June 2005, special assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Counterintelligence and Security, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a colonel

    Effective dates of promotion

Major awards and decorations

Jacobsen is a recipient of the following:

Family life

Jacobsen and his wife Karen live in Annapolis, MD. They have two sons, Robby, who is a pro baseball player for the Potomac Nationals, a subsidiary of the Washington Nationals; and Steven, in his last year at Frostburg State University in Maryland.