How Does The TV Show NCIS stack up to the REAL Naval Criminal Investigative Service?
One of the most popular police dramas on TV to is NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service which is often referred to by its acronym NCIS. Each week millions of viewers tune in to watch Mark Harmon and the rest of the cast take on criminals, terrorists, and traitors in Washington D.C. and around the globe. While there is plenty of action and intrigue how much of what happens on the show actually goes on in a typical NCIS agent’s day? Now of coarse any TV show greatly exaggerates any real life situation, but is everything the fictional agents of NCIS do completely fantasy? While NCIS isn’t overly technical and by no means a documentary of the agency it does get a lot right, and they do know how to fight. Prior to the Korean War Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) handled many of the duties NCIS handles today, but in the 1950’s more civilians began joining the force and by 1969 they were their own separate unit. The mission of the real NCIS is protect the families and assets of the Navy
