Officials announce E-8 promotions

Published March 10, 2011
By Lois Walsh
Team Eglin Public Affairs

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Air Force officials selected 1,274 of 12,378 eligible master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant for a selection rate of 10.29 percent.

The average score for those selected was 665.57, with an average time in grade of 4.30 years and an average time in service of 19.76 years. The average score was based on the following point averages: 134.98 for enlisted performance reports, 20.92 for decorations, 64.34 for the Air Force supervisory examination and 392.25 board score.

The senior master sergeant promotion list will be released March 10 at 8 a.m. CST on the Air Force Personnel Center's website and Air Force Personnel Services website under enlisted promotions. Airmen also can access their score notices at the same time on the Virtual Military Personnel Flight and Air Force Portal.

Those selected for senior master sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning in April 2011.

Congratulations to the followoing master sergeants selected for promotion:

Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
Terence Knobel

1st Special Operations Wing
Brian Thomas

33rd Fighter Wing
Scott Cruz
Travis Davis
Robyn Fulkerson
Jamie Jordan
William Smith

46th Test Wing
Juanita Crain
John Lang
Jack Malone

53rd Wing
Meoyskie Porter
Terry Wenger

96th Air Base Wing
Shauna Bauer
Jeffrey Bridgman
Christopher King
Lynn Lytle
Khan Phan
Kiley Scholl
Timothy Sheffield
Thomas Smith
Kenneth Tate
Alan Weatherly
Jerry Wright

359th Training Squadron
Jason Byars

728th Air Control Squadron
David Maldonado