JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. –
Fourteen Charleston Airmen were selected for promotion to the rank of senior master sergeant March 4.
Air Force officials selected 1,269 out of 13,741 eligible master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant for a selection rate of 9.24 percent.
The average score for those selected was 665.85, with an average time in grade of 4.38 years and an average time in service of 20.2 years, respectively. The average score was based on the following point averages: 135 for enlisted performance reports, 21.30 for decorations, 61.47 for the Air Force supervisory examination and 394.06 board score.
Those selected for senior master sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning in April.
Charleston master sergeants selected for promotion to senior master sergeant are:
628th Air Base Wing: Sean Houlihan
628th Contracting Squadron: James Ting
437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Ricky Clark and Jason Ellis
437th Maintenance Group: Timothy Ferguson
437th Maintenance Operations Squadron: Eugene Herrera and David Simmons
437th Maintenance Squadron: Franklin Troyan
437th Operations Support Squadron: David Becker
14th Airlift Squadron: Kevin Kloeppel
15th Airlift Squadron: Jeffrey Wilson
16th Airlift Squadron: Leland Fields
1st Combat Camera Squadron: Timothy Bailey
373rd Training Squadron, Detachment 5: Raymond Girouard