E-8 promotion results announced

Published March 15, 2008

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- The Air Force selected 1,284 Master Sergeants for promotion to Senior Master Sergeant Wednesday, March 12.

Congratulations to the following Master Sergeants deployed to Southwest Asia who were selected for promotion:

Branden, Delane A. 763 ERS
Campbell, Christopher 379 AEW
Cousins, Joe S. 116 EACCS
Douglas, Christopher 379 EAMXS
Drinkard, Shawn L. 379 ECES
Hahn, Lynn E. AFCENT forward
Hansford, Dewey R. 379 ESFS
Hubbard, Kenneth E AFCENT forward
Johnson, Richard O. AFCENT forward
Kenney, Steven P 379 AEW
Lucy, Donald J. 379 ECES
Mayer, Ramona AFCENT forward
Mead, William A. 379 EAMXS
Moorefield, Barry D 816 EAS
Potchebski, Ronald 116 EACCS
Prochazka, Arleen P. 379 EOSS
Rocha, Juan C. 379 ECS
Ruiz, Scott C. 379 EMXS

The promotion board considered 14,404 master sergeants for a 8.91 percent select rate.
The average score for those selected was 672.67 with an average time in grade and time in service of 4.54 and 20.47 years respectively. The average score was based on the following point averages:
-- 134.99 for enlisted performance reports;
-- 33.17 for time in grade;
-- 21.43 for time in service;
-- 21.23 for decorations;
-- 68.99 for Air Force supervisory examination; and
-- 392.86 for board score.