Captain Zachary Watts is the Operations Flight Commander at Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 355 at Boston University, Boston, MA. He is directly responsible for all cadet Professional Military Training and Leadership Laboratory Activities within Detachment 355.
\nCapt Watts graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and commissioned in 2018 as a Distinguished Graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program whereupon he directly accessed into the Office of Special Investigations. Capt Watts graduated from OSI\u2019s technical training course located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in 2018 and became a Special Agent. He has held a variety of criminal investigation and counterintelligence roles, to include his role in the response to the mass shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida that saw 21 Saudi nationals withdrawn from the United States. Prior to his current position, Capt Watts was the Cyber Threat Pursuit Branch Chief, Cyber Investigations and Operations Flight, 3rd Field Investigations Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX.<\/p>\n
EDUCATION
\n2018 Bachelor of Arts, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of Texas at Austin, TX
\n2018 Criminal Investigator Training Program, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Glynco, GA
\n2018 Basic Special Investigations Course, FLETC, Glynco, GA
\n2022 GIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies (GFACT), SANS Institute, Rockville, MD
\n2022 GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC), SANS Institute, Rockville, MD
\n2023 GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), SANS Institute, Rockville, MD
\n2023 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL
\n2025 Master of Science, Adult Education, Troy University, AL<\/p>\n
ASSIGNMENTS
\n1. June 2018 \u2013 July 2021, Special Agent, OSI Detachment 121, Hurlburt Field, FL
\n2. July 2021 \u2013 July 2024, Branch Chief, Cyber Threat Pursuit Team, 3rd Field Investigations Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX
\n3. July 2024 \u2013 Present, Operations Flight Commander, AFROTC Detachment 355, Boston University, Boston, MA
\nMAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
\nAir and Space Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster<\/p>\n
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
\nSecond Lieutenant May 18, 2018
\nFirst Lieutenant May 23, 2020
\nCaptain May 23, 2022
\n(CURRENT AS OF MAY 2026)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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