EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, AK -- The 354th Fighter Wing held a staff sergeant release party at the Yukon Club to honor the senior airmen selected for promotion into the rank of staff sergeant. Air Force officials selected 15,894 senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant out of 47,007 eligible members.
This marks an Airman’s first entry to the non-commissioned officer tier, and the transition from skilled labor to leadership and supervision, shaping the future of the Air Force.
Col. Matthew Johnston, 354th Fighter Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Cheronica Blandburg, 354th FW command chief, personally congratulated the Airmen on their accomplishment and advised them on taking on their new challenges and responsibilities. The senior airmen selected for promotion are:
354th Medical Group:
D’Andre Burts
Kristopher Clafin
Shannon Doby
Mathilde French-Elliott
Morgan Houston
Christopher MacLaren
354th Mission Support Group:
Christopher Blackburn
Allyson Bleecker
Kendall Brown
Laura Cathell
William Chapman
Alexandria Cobedesh
Jacob Coursey
Makenzie Crowley
Justin Czaja
Jessica Daigs
Sarah Davidson
Benjamin Davis
Gavin Dierkhising
Jordan Dotson
Hayden Duet
Garreth Durst
Anjalo Garcia
Nicholas Gledhill
Lopez Gonzalez
Payton Goodin
Lakiesha Gumbs
Kainon Hazzard
Gavin Hesseltine
Lucas Hughes
Emily Johnson
Jeremy Lespron
Anthony Lopez
McHale Luehrs
Quentin Lyons
Andrew Major
Jacob Maness
Alec McCracken
Stone Miller
Mathew Morales
Austin Murphy
Connor Murphy
Jacob Newton
Isaiah Nieves
Ian Parker
Gissell Perez Perez
Nathan Riegel
Michael Robertson
Raniel Robles
Cassandra Ruiz
Raife Samsel
Noah Sanchez
Benjamin Schroder
Hannah Shattuck
William Shaw
Drake Sherman
Nathaniel Shifflett
Joseph Stinson
Justin Thomas
Amber Turnbull
Cole Ulrich
Timothy Wendorf
354th Maintenance Group:
Silvano Amaya
Bailey Beckstrom
Castro Avalos
Derek Bendixen
Cody Brobeck
Nigel Bowland
Rhett Boyce
Ryan Boyer
Sterling Brenia
Cody Brobeck
Noah Burns
Jeremy Carter
Marquise Clay
Brandon Cockrill
Dylan Collins
Caleb Conley
Samamntha Cordova
David Craddock
Kameron Crandell
Brian Driemeier
Skyla Edwards
Theophilus Elisha
Ethan Evans
Felix Fenton
Marie Findley
John Fitzpatrick
Jonovan Frazier
Brooke Garrison
Brendan Garritano
Robert Grant
Brendan Hahn
Tyler Hartnett
Talon Heatley
Skylar Jenkins
Ethan Jiannine
Hunter Johnson
James Johnson
Christopher Jones
Dylan Kelly
Nathan Kozlowski
Timothy Lowe
Jaylon Lundy
Daniel Macomber
Charles Marks
Chandler Mason
Rudolph McConnohie
Jaydon Millereaby
Abilyn Minton
Byron Mitchell
Jack Mitchell
Drew Nickolaus
Evan Olsson
Rebekah Osborne
Anthony Petty
Logan Pfeiffer
Dakota Ray
Dustin Redish
James Rivera
Dylan Robert
Andrew Robinson
Carter Rothermich
Alexander Sampaio
Michelle Santos
Darick Schott
Gabriel Sidwell
Davion Simmons
Trevor Sipe
Chelsea Smith
Rusty Taylor
Tristian Tyler
Daimyen West
Kylie White
Logan Williams
Nicholas Winningham
Aaron Workman
Max Zender
Antonio Zizzo
Treyton Zobrack
354th Operations Group:
Brooklyn Clark
Elijah Espinosa
Airin Harmon
Brandon Huang
Matthew Lantz
Dana Nguyen
Jacob Patterson
Sagen Phillips
Jared Pradel
Brittany Torres
Andrew Verkuil
354th Wing Staff Agencies:
Sebastian Campas
Keshawn Gibson
1st Air Support Operations Group:
Alexander Armstrong
Peter Cartwright
Nathaniel Clint
Ryan Conley
Caleb Fluegge
Travis Johnson
Bridget Kuk
Bowman Lowe
Aidan Petty
Devon Pollard
Michael Rodgers
Spencer Taylor
Christian Varner
Christopher Wright
1st Combat Weather Squadron:
Mason Burling
Michael Gheller
Jonathan Herl
Iliana Velasquez
The party was attended by their friends and colleagues.