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Bolling
AFB, DC, September 16, 2005, Ambassador Francis X. Taylor, 
former commander, AFOSI, was awarded the order of the Sword by Command
Chief Master Sergeant Lynne Shell in a ceremony at the The Club
at Bolling AFB. Present for the ceremony in additional to Ambassador
Taylor's family and current and former members of AFOSI were also
the only three previous AFOSI Order of the Sword recipients, Brigadier
General Richard S. Beyea, Colonel Richard R. Law, and Colonel Raymond
W. (Terry) Owens.
The
enlisted Corps of AFOSI based their decision to induct Ambassador
on their findings he:
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created enormous improvements impacting the morale and welfare of
all people assigned to the command;
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significantly improved the professional development opportunities
of enlisted;
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increased the number of Special Agent in Charge positions to the
largest in the command's history;
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through prior planning greatly improved the command's counterintelligence
and antiterrorism capability, thereby, allowing a rapid response
to the terrorists attacks on our country, and.
approved the AFOSI
Hall of Fame to celebrate the diverse success of the command's people. |
