NCIS News

Is TV’s ‘NCIS’ Like the Real NCIS?
March 24, 2026 — The four current television shows in CBS’ NCIS franchise—NCIS, NCIS: Origins, NCIS: Sydney, and most recently, NCIS: Tony & Ziva—consistently rank among the most-watched television shows in prime time. While few people had heard of NCIS before 2003 when NCIS first aired, today Special Agents rarely have to explain who they are or what they do, but...

Economic Crimes Field Office Battles Product Substitution in DON Acquisitions
February 27, 2026 — The Department of the Navy has the largest acquisitions budget in the Department of War, primarily to ensure major platforms such as nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines remain lethal, resilient, and ready to fight.To meet those demands, the DON heavily relies on public-private partnerships, including contractors that provide a wide...

Office of Special Projects: Protecting the Navy’s Nuclear Superiority from Spies
February 13, 2026 — When it comes to protecting the Department of the Navy’s secrets, no one is better equipped than the NCIS Office of Special Projects (OSP), the Navy’s elite counterespionage unit.Comprised of Special Agents, intelligence professionals, technical and financial experts, and the NCIS Special Surveillance Team, OSP can respond globally to threats...

NCIS Forensic Consultants Crack the Toughest Cases with Advanced Technology, Creativity
January 6, 2026 — Far outside the world of Hollywood television and so-called “magic tools,” such as photographic enhancements or instant DNA results, NCIS forensic consultants focus on the real science of evidence—finding the key details that help bring investigations to the finish line and provide prosecutors what they need to see justice served.The reality is...

NCIS, Partners Ensure Safety at 2025 Army-Navy Game
December 14, 2025 — Long before fans and players filled M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, for the 126th Army-Navy Game on Dec. 13, 2025, NCIS Special Agents were already at work. In the days and weeks leading up to kickoff, teams conducted detailed threat assessments, coordinated with partner agencies, and positioned personnel to identify and address potential...

From the Real NCIS to the Small Screen
December 8, 2025 — Leon Carroll, Jr. turns his experience as a Special Agent into a career as technical advisor for the popular ‘NCIS’ television franchise Before Leon Carroll, Jr. offered his expertise as technical advisor for CBS’ NCIS television franchise, he spent 21 years as a real Special Agent for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.Leon began honing the...

NCIS Special Agent Afloat Program Offers Unique Perspective on Navy Operations
November 19, 2025 — No other military criminal investigative organization matches the Naval Criminal Investigative Service’s global integration and operational flexibility. When NCIS says its Special Agents are everywhere, it’s not just a reference to the agency’s 191 locations across 41 countries. It also includes Special Agents Afloat—NCIS personnel deployed at...

NCIS, Partners Announce Rescue of 122 Missing Children in Florida
November 18, 2025 — NCIS recently collaborated with federal, state, local, and non-governmental partners in Operation Home for the Holidays, a two-week youth-recovery initiative that resulted in the recovery or safe location of 122 missing or endangered children. Personnel from NCIS Resident Agency Mayport and NCIS Resident Unit Tampa participated in the U.S. Marshals...

NCIS Adds Three New Noses to the ESD K9 Program
August 15, 2025 — The Naval Criminal Investigative Service made progress in expanding its Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) K-9 program, and K-9 Jill has some company as the agency graduated three new K-9s on June 23, 2025.With the new additions—Wes in Jacksonville, Florida; Mac in San Diego; and Bika at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina—NCIS K-9 teams will be able to...

Online RMVE networks target, exploit most vulnerable
July 18, 2025 — Children of Navy and Marine Corps families using online applications and games could be targets for recruitment or exploitation by networks promoting racially- or ethnically-motivated extremism and child sexual abuse material.Sextortion is a form of child sexual exploitation where children are threatened or blackmailed, most often with the...