Mathies NCO Academy graduates 16 Published Sept. 19, 2012 By By Senior Airman Heather Heiney 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Sixteen Keesler technical sergeants graduated from the Mathies NCO Academy Sept. 13. The Mathies NCO Academy trains and develops technical sergeants to become leaders as they transition into the senior NCO enlisted tier and is a requirement for promotion to master sergeant. Graduates are: David McNeer, 85th Engineering Installation Squadron. Rusty McRaney, 345th Airlift Squadron. Jeffery House, 366th Training Squadron Detachment 6. Melissa Raye, 335th TRS. Claudia Holcomb, 81st Dental Squadron. Brent Ishler, 345th AS. Tiffany Taylor, 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron. Richard House, 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron. Adam DAnthony, 335th Training Squadron. Yanira Ochoa, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron. Aubrey Williams, 81st LRS. Amber Davis, 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron. David Hough, 81st Operations Support Flight. Robert Doris, 336th TRS. Jennifer Reaves, 338th TRS. Rebecca Young, 81st Medical Support Squadron.