HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Sixteen senior master sergeants assigned to Hickam Air Force Base were among 475 selected Air Force wide for promotion to chief master sergeant Nov. 5, 2009. This year's selection rate was 20.87 percent.

Please join Team Hickam leadership in congratulating Hickam's newest chief master sergeant selects. The senior master sergeants selected are:

William Bright, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces
James Clark, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces
Todd Herman, U.S. Pacific Command
Guy Ingersoll, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces
Raymond Irizarry, 692th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group
Charlie Johnson, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces
Neil McCready, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces
David McNeal, 15th Comptrollers Squadron
John Mizelle, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces
Stuart Nikolas, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces
Gregory Parmer, 735th Air Mobility Squadron
Steven Poole, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces
Veronica Sebastion, 324th Intelligence Squadron
Vanessa Smallsbryant, 15th Airlift Wing
Willarvis Smith, Defense Information Systems Agency Pacific
Stephen Steele, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces

The complete list of selectees can be found at http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/promotions/chief/index.asp.

The average score for those selected was 662.78, with an average time in grade of 3.40 and time in service of 23.23 years, respectively, and 24.49 for decorations. The average score was based on the following point averages: 135.00 for enlisted performance reports, 63.57 for the Air Force supervisory exam and 388.58 board score.

Those selected for chief master sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning January 2010. As a reminder, 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 sections, if their selection is in question.

The virtual promotion release is one of the many technological initiatives AFPC has taken to deliver personnel services via 24/7 Web-based personnel information. For more information, visit the enlisted promotions page on AFPC's "Ask" Web site. Airmen can also call the enlisted promotions office at (210) 565-2362 or 24-hour Total Force Service Center at (800) 525-0102.

--An Air Force Personnel Center news release contributed to this article