Eglin announce senior master sergeant selections Published March 3, 2009 USAF Manpower, Personnel and Services News EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Congratulations to the following master sergeants who were selected for promotion to the rank of senior master sergeant: Air Education and Training Command Michael Sellars Air Armament Center Joseph Unpingco 1st Special Operation Maintenance Squadron Jason Howard 9th Special Operations Squadron Earl Phillips 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Thomas Friar Roy Grubbs Peter Williams 33rd Maintenance Squadron John Collier Bryan Ternay Bart Widder Alexander Woida Richard Wood 33rd Operations Support Squadron Tyrone Robinson 40th Flight Test Squadron Joy Josephson 46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Charles Casteele Diane Hansen Jack Horner James Pons Alexander Ragnoli 46th Operation Support Squadron John Lee 53rd Wing Serena Rice 46th Range Management Donald Wood 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron Michael Hancock John West 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron Christopher Schiro Loyed Stanley 96th Medical Operations Squadron James Jennings 96th Services Squadron Darren Dunham 728th Air Control Squadron Richard Collazo 796th Civil Engineer Squadron Terry Rembold Air Force officials selected 1,450 of 13,216 eligible master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant for a selection rate of 10.97 percent. Last year's selection rate was 8.77 percent. The average score for those selected was 661.49, which was based on the following point averages: 32.65 for time in grade, 21.24 for time in service, 135 for enlisted performance reports, 21.27 for decorations, 64.44 for Air Force supervisory examination and 386.89 for board score. Those selected for senior master sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning in April 2009. (USAF Manpower, Personnel and Services News contributed to this article)