121 Keesler Airmen selected for promotion to technical sergeant Published June 9, 2015 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Keesler had 121 names on the 2015 technical sergeant promotion list released June 9. Allen Lowery, 81st Force Support Squadron military personnel section chief, said 121 staff sergeants were selected from the 538 who were eligible this year, for a 22.49 percentage rate. Across Air Education and Training Command, 1,204 were selected from the 4,523 eligible, for a 26.62 percentage rate. Air Force-wide, 8,446 of 35,863 eligible staff sergeants, 23.55 percent, were selected for promotion, the highest rate in four years, compared to the 17.43 percentage rate last year, 15.03 in 2013 and 22.77 in 2012. According to the Air Force Personnel Center, the technical sergeant promotion is the first to incorporate changes including revised points for time in service and time in grade, enlisted performance report point value of 250 points and the inclusion of up to the last three EPRs of personnel with weighted factors since becoming eligible as far as TIS/TIG. Keesler staff sergeants selected for promotion are: 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron - Chad Hammett, Jessica Lynn, Juan Santana-Martinez and Jeffrey Sison. 81st Communications Squadron - Jesse Lerma. 81st Dental Squadron - Raul Gesmundo. 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron - Darius Cook, Treshawna Gwendo and Krystle Ivy. 81st Infrastructure Division - Joshua Hartwell and Jared Lott. 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron - Michelle Romany. 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron - Johnny Blakely, Michael Cuellar, Guillermo Gutierrez, Benjamin Johnson, Sean Jones, Timothy Sosebee, Daniel Storm and Ann Yarbrough. 81st Medical Group - Kentarvius Todd and Ryan Wallace. 81st Medical Operations Squadron - Trey Garner, Nathaniel Hardaway, OK Hubble II, Trisha Perry and William Smith. 81st Medical Support Squadron - Shaun Johnson, Consuelo Martinez and Donald Mast. 81st Security Forces Squadron - Wahkina Boyd. Chad Byall, John Clement, Detrick Jack, James Martin III, Dayton Riter and Shaun Segrow. 81st Training Group - Alexandria Valdez. 81st Training Support Squadron - Valerie Divert, Christopher Mikle, Alexis Moreno and Ann Rehm. 81st Training Wing - Demonique Pettaway. 85th Engineering Installation Squadron - John Dean, Jamie Felkins, Ian Johnson, Rajab Kigembe, Dwight Rehm, Vincent Swider and Benjamin Touchstone. 333rd Training Squadron - Francis Armstrong, Wayne Dale, James Hansen, Joseph Harkins, Gregory Howell, Karl Kistler, Colin Kulig, William Lyon, Jonathan Miranda, Nathan Peterson, Jason Scott, Seth Souza and Bret Ward. 334th TRS - Dustin Allred, Vallerie Barnes, Dennis Boyer, Lashandria Cheeks, Hugh Cross, Lindsey Del Greco, Mindy Ford, Amy Gardner, Kevin Garoutte, Betty Granville, Bryan Griswold, Jacob Lemonds, Jillian Martin, Yzonya Maull, Derek McEwen, Ezekiel Pettway Jr., Matthew Pich, Aaron Shaw, Adam Slone, Dustin Sorensen, Ryan Vandewynkel, Thomas Wojnarowski, Aaron Woods and Brittney Yount. 335th TRS - Brandon Alvarez, John Burdick, Kurt Heinz, Amber Hilliard, Timothy Hite, Dennis Johns, Michael Johnson, Matthew Jones, Eric Jordan, Jordan Sanchez, Michael Smith, Andrew Timms and Joshua Underwood. 336th TRS - David Arceneaux, L.C. Fowler Jr., Derek Hudson, Christopher Lalich, David Mooers, Sean Morgan, Kevin Owens, Laquisha Ray, Erik Thackaberry, Darryl Weaver and Barry Williams. 338th TRS - Dennis Baker, Jonathan Bellio, Alexander Gould, Robert Hendrickson, Aaron Kirby, Kyle Kirchem, Michael Maggs, Colin Mayo, Kent Parsons and David Williams.