Aviano Airmen selected for promotion, host celebration Published Aug. 20, 2009 By Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor 31st Fighter Wing public affairs AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Approximately 230 senior airmen assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing were selected for promotion following the Air Force Personnel Center's virtual promotion release 3 p.m. Italy time Aug. 20, 2009. The Airmen from Aviano Air Base, Italy were among 15,223 of 30,574 eligible senior airmen Air Force officials selected for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 49.79 percent. Col. Patrick McClelland, 31st FW vice commander, had the opportunity to talk with some of Aviano's newest staff sergeants at the Airman Leadership School graduation last week about several topics. One of them was the 'rule of thirties' and shared that story again with Senior Airman Michael Williams, Flyboy Morning Show Announcer, and the ZFM106 listening audience during the Commander's Radio Show Aug. 19. "Thirty percent of the people will lead, 30 percent of the people will follow and the other 30 percent are on the fence," said Colonel McClelland. "For those of you who get promoted to staff sergeant, congratulations, you're now expected to be in the first 30 percent--to shine and be out in front." The Aviano 5/6 Association is hosting a promotion social for the wing's newest staff sergeant selects at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 21 at the La Bella Vista Club located on Area F. Base personnel are invited to come out and congratulate the wing's newest staff sergeant selects and enjoy the free food and music. The complete staff sergeant promotion list is available on the Air Force Personnel Center's public Web site at http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/. Airmen score notices are available on virtual MPF and the Air Force Portal. Those selected for staff sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning in September. As a reminder, the selections are tentative until the data verification process is complete, which is no later than 10 days after the promotion release date. AFPC officials will notify Airmen, via military personnel flights and military personnel elements, if their selection is in question. The Aviano AB selectees are: Defense Media Activity--AFN Aviano Michael Williams 8th Air Support Operations Squadron Matthew Fayette Kevin Rosner 31st Aerospace Medicine Squadron Dylan Jones Kimberly Mobley Tessie Rachels Colby Risner Candy Webb 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Martha Balajadia Joshua Bowyer Bryan Boyd Jose Bueno Christopher Castro Michael Chavez Bradley Cherone Anthony Chiappetta Steven Coney Andrew Cooper Theodis Daley Brian Deforest Andrew Dunmire Timothy Dunning Steven Ford Darren Hale Cory Haussner Aleksey Johnson Joshua Kibe Matthew Lamphere Alexander Leffew Michael Lockett Bryant McCrary Jared Moffitt Velazquez Nazario Christopher Oaks Samantha Olson Caleb Pearson Charles Phillips David Powers Raymond Ratliff Maurice Ricks Rachel Roberts Lopez Rodriguez Jose Sanchez Joshua Sestile Michael Shields Audry Tripp John Tuscher Stephen Tyler Bruno Velasquez Jason Walters Zachary Whitten Jose Zaragoza Benjamin Zimmerman 31st Civil Engineer Squadron Todd Lawrence Alexander Lemieux Matthew Lynn Jacob Martinez Angelique Orsini Pedro Pinero Jr. Aaron Salas Allyson Salas Caleb Stevens David West 31st Communications Squadron Daniel Camarena David Christine Francisco Enriquez Jonathan Hobson Andrew Martin Marlana McIntyre Joshua Pierce Richard Pietrzyk John Potter Joshua Sanford Brian Smith II Jason Townsend Jessica Westcoatt Brian Westgate Adam Zucker 31st Comptroller Squadron Nicholas Arcadipane Aaron Mills 31st Contracting Squadron James Pabon 31st Dental Squadron Brittany Fields Nathanael Merrill 31st Fighter Wing Nadine Barclay Kyle Hansen 31st Force Support Squadron Holguin Garcia Lizzette Garcia Shane Thornton Janet Young 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron Randy Barcelo Lynise Bryant Rowan Coash Antwan Comer Domingo Echevarria Jamathon George Canaan Hatcher Jason Hendy Asia Hill Turner Hobson Traci Houston Christopher Howard Kalin Jones Michael Jones Greg Merrill Rey Montiague Magee Oropeza Stephen Phillips Elain Rodriguez Mario Romero Shanon Smith Seth Wells Shayna Wells Latrisha Welsh Samuel Wickersham Jennifer Wright Luke Zimmerman 31st Maintenance Operations Squadron Christopher Medina George Robinson Shane Stevens Kurtis Yeisley 31st Maintenance Squadron Michael Barclay Charles Barkley Shawn Beaver Martin Becker Robert Beltran Kevin Blackman Michael Brady Richard Brandon William Brown Shaun Burns Kenneth Cal Colin Cardwell Jonna Christensen Lance Christensen Cody Dietz Raymond Drummer Joshua Dunne Michael Feauto James Gray William Greene Cody Harris Godric Harris Terri Harrison William Henry Carlos Hernandez Judy Infante Ian Jones Justin King Freddie Lewis David Lowery Rodney Lucas Dale Marsh Darrell McCumbers Mark Mihacsi Christopher Milhan John Montoya Jr. Morgan Nickerson Jeffery Nobel Ryan O'Toole Glenn Peters David Pickens Clayton Porter Stephen Price Alan Raulerson Tyler Reiter Brandon Smith Forrest Sturman Denver Todd Joshua Toellner Glen Vart Andrew Velligan Shane Ward William Willett Kirkpatrick Winegarden 31st Medical Operations Squadron Christian Baldwin Dennis Breyfogle Sarah Martinez Louie Salenga 31st Medical Support Squadron Mandy Granger Shawna Houston Jennifer Korenek Eddie Ramirez 31st Mission Support Group Maria Elkins 31st Operations Support Squadron John Aspell Frederick Burleson Robert Dalton Eryn Morales 31st Security Forces Squadron Jacob Ameele Jesse Anderson Trevor Brewer Alexis Cal Brandon Daly Kirstin Daniels Ingles Dosreis William Harding Ashley Henderson Reginald Henderson Dory McAdams Ashley Medlock Jesse Mock Nicholas Moen Isaac Molina Tyler Moore Richard Sarmiento Timothy Sheahan Kente Winrow Gerald Young Jr. 31st Surgical Operations Squadron Dexter Dimayuga Bryan Fulmer Krystal Spruill Marcea Thomas Richard Watson 603rd Air Control Squadron Michael Anatala Joshua Baird Paul Bear Christopher Cotton Kyle Duley Colin Hinkly Ashley Hurd Thomas Leach Song Lee Joseph Libid Joseph McCorkle Richard Russo Craig Stawicki 724th Air Mobility Squadron Julian Haar Lindsey Massengill Nathan Ritchie Charlene Smaw Editor's note: AFPC news story contributed to this story.