Lt Col Carolyn Rocco and Brad Miller

Carolyn Rocco Lt Col, U.S. Air Force

PROFILE Carolyn Rocco is a prior-enlisted Air Force lieutenant colonel, who graduated Basic Military Training as an Honor Graduate, and six years later graduated ROTC as a Distinguished Graduate. She is a two-time Office of Special Investigations (OSI) commander and was an Air Force ROTC instructor in the Pacific Northwest when the DoD vaccine mandate was implemented. She was unable to return to OSI after successfully completing two years as an instructor because she was not vaccinated, which resulted in her staying a third year in the PNW. She was denied a medical exemption, even after showing a high level of covid antibodies post natural infection, and subsequently submitted a Religious Accommodation Request (RAR) which was also denied at both the MAJCOM and Surgeon General level.

In August 2022, Ohio Judge McFarland issued a preliminary injunction for Air and Space Force members, which protected Carolyn from being removed from service. In Summer 2023, Carolyn returned to OSI in hopes to bring awareness and restoration to OSI and the larger Air Force.

EXPERIENCE 1. Sep 2001 – August 2004, C-130 Avionics maintainer, Pope Air Force Base, N.C 2. June 2007 – June 2009, Special Agent, AFOSI 9 FIS, Hurlburt Field, Fla. 3. July 2009 – July 2010, Plans and Programs, AFOSI 24th EFIS, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar 4. Sep 2010 – Sep 2011, Student, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Ca. 5. Sep 2011 – Oct 2012, Student, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, Ca. 6. Nov 2012 – May 2014, Operations Officer, AFOSI Det 522, Incirlik AB, Turkey 7. June 2014 – Nov 2014, Det Commander, AFOSI Det 523, Izmir, Turkey 8. May 2015 – May 2016, Chief, Profession of Arms, Academic Affairs, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 9. May 2016 – May 2017, Deputy Chief, Commander’s Action Group, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 10. May 2017 – June 2018, Executive Officer, Holm Center, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 11. June 2018 – June 2020, Detachment Commander, AFOSI Det 218, Beale AFB, Ca. (August 2019 – March 2020, Deputy Theater Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority, Resolute Support HQ, Kabul, Afghanistan) 12. June 2020 – June 2023, Operations Officer and Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies, AFROTC Det 905, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash. 13. June 2023 – present, AFOSI Headquarters, Quantico, Va

EDUCATION 2001 Basic Military Training, Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas 2001 Aircraft Guidance and Control Systems Specialist Course, Keesler AFB, Miss. 2004 CCAF Degree in Applied Science: Avionics Systems Technology 2007 Bachelor of Arts in Geography, Fayetteville State University, N.C. 2007 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2008 USAF Special Investigations Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, Ga. 2011 Master of Arts, National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. 2012 Turkish Language, Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, Calif. 2014 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2017 Master of Arts, Adult Education, Troy University, Troy, Ala. 2021 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence X: @krow121812