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NEWS | June 27, 2008

Top-performing Airmen selected for promotion

By Public Affairs 437th Airlift Wing

Sixty-seven Charleston Airmen were selected for promotion to master sergeant and 80 were selected for technical sergeant Thursday.

This year, 24,223 Airmen were eligible for promotion to master sergeant, and 5,404 were selected -- an Air Force-wide selection percentage rate of 22.31 percent.

The number of Airmen eligible for promotion to technical sergeant was 38,324 and 7,110 were selected. The Air Force selection rate was 18.55 percent.

Those selected for promotion to master sergeant were:
1st Combat Camera Squadron: Shane Cuomo
14th Airlift Squadron: William Manthe
15th Airlift Squadron: Troy Firzlaff and Rodney Wiles
16th Airlift Squadron: Shawn Cox
17th Airlift Squadron: George Northup
373rd Training Squadron Detachment 5: William Barber
412th Logistics Test Squadron: George Kaneff
437th Aerial Port Squadron: David Burkhart, Michael Davis, Bradley Kirk and Sheddrick Simpson
437th Aerospace Medicine Squadron: Regina Waring
437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Chad Barr, Lawrence Brown, Robert Carlberg, Brian Chadwell, Bobby Coffman, Steven Costa, William Holt, Leanard Lemon, Derek Mitchell, David Morrell, Michelle Orris, Mark Rogge, Christopher Stoffels, Robert Thaman and Darrell Tomkins
437th Airlift Wing: Erwin Arguilla
437th Civil Engineer Squadron: Robert Prazinko, Shawn Lindsey and Byron Kendziora
437th Communications Squadron: Joel Culbreth, Rodney Umbaugh and Steven Wisecarver
437th Contracting Squadron: Terry Harrelson
437th Force Support Squadron: Mark Montrose, Jermode Pharr and Nicholas Rawlings
437th Logistics Readiness Squadron: William Church, Jason Maine, Michael Rosenbaum and Grahm Vitalis
437th Maintenance Group: Jan Wever
437th Maintenance Operations Squadron: Danny Campbell, Shane Kanara, Matthew Virtue and Royce Williams
437th Maintenance Squadron: Jeffrey Arnold, Jeramie Banks, Robert Carman, Patrick Curnow, Jamey Elms, Charles Gowan, Keith Green, James Richardson, Jeremy Willis, Gary Wodark and Perry Woods
437th Medical Support Squadron: Michael Tawney
437th Operations Support Squadron: Donald Leydig
437th Security Forces Squadron: Noah Coon, Donald Dye, Chad Hashley, James Sanscrainte and Sandquiett Simmons

Those selected for promotion to technical sergeant were:
1 CTCS: Elton Bulluck Jr., Dennis Henry Jr. and Nathan Lett 
16 AS: Gregory Ford 
373 TRS DET 5: Leslie Bell, Jacob Carman and David Toohey 
381st Training Squadron: Millicent Cavazos 
437 APS: Scott Elrich, Jason Gates, Jason Grasty, Isaac Gustafson, Sean Lambert, Richard Nedrow, Kiley Turpin and Brian Woodley 
437 AMDS: Steven Hall 
437 AMXS: Matthew Ancell, Kevin Bosshart, Chad Butler, Jason Creech, Monte Dixon, Blaine Douglas, Garrett Forehand, David Hill, Jason Macy, Tommy Mansfield, Dennis O'Callaghan, Marcus Parker, Matthew Spillars, Damien Thomas and Richard VanOordt 
437 AW: Jennifer Arredondo, John Parker III and David Watson 
437 CES: Michael Bradford, Anthony Dyer, Thomas Hunt, Ricky Johnson, Paul Laird, Brannon Mobley, Isaac Moses, James Thomas and Sarah Winberry 
437 CS: Esther Breaux, Crayton Hullum and Sterling Magby 
437 FSS: Tammie Witcher 
437 LRS: Dirk Braun, Toma Ferguson, Mathew Fortune, Howard Goins III, Lakisha Gross, Robert Hall Jr., Jory Ohmer, Susan Pulley, Butch Reinhart, Jacob Sanchez and Mark Wood 
437 MOS: Ruan Barleben, Johnathan Douglass and Darius Roberson 
437 MXS: Joshua Baxley, Adam Clarke, Clint Czeskleba, Roy Foster Eddie Melendez, Jason Smith and Michael Zura 
437th Medical Operations Squadron: Christina Dodson and Christopher Harris 
437th Medical Groups: James Jordan 
437th Operations Group: Eric Leach 
437th Operations Support Squadron: Dina Maldonado and Sandra White 
437 SFS: Greggery Gordon, Jennifer King, Keith Lippy, Edward Meredith and David Witt