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"The policies that guide Department of the Air Force (DAF) intelligence and counterintelligence (CI) activities are separate with different authorities and objectives. However, the civilian intelligence specialists--commonly referred to as federal occupational series 0132--who work for and provide counterintelligence analysis in support of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) are still DAF intelligence specialists and thus part of the broader intelligence career field within the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations (AF ISR/CEO) Enterprise. This difference in authorities and objectives creates an inherent difference in knowledge and skills needed to not only successfully accomplish the CI mission as an intelligence specialist in OSI, but also the workforce development needs of OSI's intelligence specialist cadre. The AF ISR/CEO 0132 Talent Management Framework (TMF), designed as a guide to develop civilian leaders and technical experts in the intelligence career field, divides intelligence between five operational domains: air, space, cyber, nuclear, and human terrain. The 0132 TMF includes CI within the human terrain operational domain, but this paper argues CI is an overarching discipline that enhances and protects all operational domains. By not recognizing CI as its own discipline outside of the five operational domains, the AF ISR/CEO Enterprise does not allow for broader acceptance of the training and professional development needs of OSI's intelligence specialists and creates a misunderstanding of CI's role and benefit to DAF operations. To recognize the unique contributions of CI and the professional development of the intelligence specialists who provide CI analysis and support to OSI, the AF ISR/CEO TMF should: separate CI and OSI from the purely human terrain operational domain; recognize CI as an overarching discipline that enhances and protects all other domains; create a CI mission manager position on the A2/6 staff; and, along with OSI, formally establish a CI education and training program, notional leadership pathways, and experiential opportunities for OSI's intelligence specialists as a guide for OSI to follow as it matures its own workforce development program specifically for its 0132 cadre."--Abstract.