Staff Sgt. select

Air Force District of Washington Commander Maj. Gen. Sharon K.G. Dunbar and AFDW Contracting Director Col. Timothy M. Applegate present Senior Airman Jason Tucker, AFDW contracting, with staff sergeant stripes Aug. 2 on Joint Base Andrews, Md. The AFDW senior leaders congratulated the staff sergeant for his achievement. AFDW Headquarters Joint Base Andrews, Md., gained one new NCO from the 33,060 senior airmen selected for promotion to staff sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Aletha Frost)

HQ AFDW gains new staff sergeant

Published Aug. 2, 2012
By 1st Lt. Ashleigh Peck
Air Force District of Washington Public Affairs

Joint Base Andrews, Md. -- Headquarters Air Force District of Washington gained a new staff sergeant from the 13,448 staff sergeants selected for promotion Aug 2.

Air Force Personnel Center officials announced the senior airmen anticipating promotion to staff sergeant from the 12E5 election board at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (8 a.m. Central Daylight Time).

Following AFPC's public release of the list, AFDW senior leadership visited Jason Tucker, contracting, to congratulate him for his selection to the first noncommissioned officer rank of staff sergeant.

There were 33,060 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a 40.68 percent selection rate, according to Air Force Personnel, Service and Manpower Public Affairs.

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. The average score was based on the following point averages: 131.59 for enlisted performance reports, .98 for decorations, 70.35 for the promotion fitness exam and 57.33 for the specialty knowledge test, according to AFPC.

Promotions will begin in September according to the promotion sequence number for those selected.

"Selections are tentative until the data verification process is complete, which is no later than 10 days after the promotion release date," said AFPC officials.

For the Air Force-wide list of the SSgt selects, visit the Air Force Personnel Services website at http://www.afpc.af.mil/promotions/ssgt.asp. For more information about promotions or any other personnel-related issues, visit https://gum-crm.csd.disa.mil/.

(Information from this article was provided by Air Force Personnel, Service and Manpower Public Affairs)