61 Icemen selected for promotion to staff sergeant Published Aug. 2, 2012 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The Air Force announced today the selection of 61 Icemen for promotion to staff sergeant. In all, more than 13,400 senior airmen -- 40 percent of those eligible -- have been selected for promotion to staff sergeant Air Force wide. To see the list, click here. The average score for those selected was 283.30, with an average time-in-grade of 1.93 years and time-in-service of 4.45 years. Weighted factor point averages were 131.59 for enlisted performance reports, .98 for decorations, 70.35 for the promotion fitness exam and 57.33 for the specialty knowledge test. Staff sergeant is the first noncommissioned officer rank. Those selected will be promoted beginning in September, depending on their promotion sequence number. Selections are tentative until the data verification process is complete, which is no later than 10 days after the promotion release date. Congratulations to the following Eielson senior airmen who were selected: Melba Acevedo, 354th Maintenance Squadron Dane Adams, 354th Communications Squadron Andrew Aeling, 354th Security Forces Squadron Adam Albaugh, 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron Edwardo Alvarado, 354th Force Support Squadron Jonathan Bahr, Detachment 460 Joshua Bass, 354th MXS Donald Berger, 354th Medical Operations Squadron Edward Bertholdt, 354th Civil Engineer Squadron Ryan Brennan, 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Jordan Brown, 354th Medical Support Squadron Debra Clark, 354th MXS Joshua Crawford, 354th CS Timothy Dixon, 354th SFS Dustin Drum, 354th AMXS Marc Duncan, 354th CES Seth Ferrett, 354th LRS James Ford, 354th CES Matthew Foreman, 354th AMXS Cody Gibson, 354th CES Marc Gilbert, 354th LRS Joshua Goodwin, 354th AMXS Willard Grande, 354th Fighter Wing Camaron Groves, 354th LRS Eric Hayes, 354th MDOS David Holota, 354th CES Jessica Huddleston, 354th MDSS Traterica Jackson, 354th LRS Andrew Johnson, 354th FSS Cancice Keene, 354th CS Zachri Kendl, 354th CES Andrew Koss, 354th SFS Kimberly Langer, 354th FSS Ryan Lewis Turk, 354th LRS James Mamone, 354th CES Phillip Mathews, 354th Operations Support Squadron Scott Mathews, 354th MXS Joshua McClain, 354th MXS Ryan McConnell, 354th Contracting Squadron Jordan Morgan, 354th CES Jason Neff, 354th LRS John Niehues, 354th AMXS Jeremy Price, 354th CES Oswald Reagan, 354th MXS Casey Reeder, 354th CES Joseph Riemer, 354th CES Adam Roberson, 354th AMXS Crystal Sanders, 354th CS Bryan Seybold, 354th LRS Chance Shaw, 354th MDOS David Shea, 354th MXS Louis Shotto, 354th MXS Zachary Smith, 354th CES Rebecca Sobiech, 354th Comptroller Squadron April Spilde, 354th SFS Phillip Statzer, 354th CES Cody Steward, 354th LRS Justin Trammell, 354th CES Nicholas Tuck, 354th OSS Ricky Valencia, 354th MDSS Ray Wornat, 354th AMXS