Col. Terry Scott, 15th Wing vice commander, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Leslie Bramlett, 15th Wing command chief, right, tacks new technical sergeant stripes on surprised Staff Sgt. Angela Alveo-Forbes, 535th Airlift Squadron, independent duty medical technician (middle), at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam First Term Airman Center, Hawaii, Dec. 13. 2013. The Stripes for Exceptional Performers program allows major commands, field operating agencies, direct reporting unit commanders, and senior Air Force officers with large enlisted populations to select a limited number of Airmen with exceptional potential for promotion to the grades of staff sergeant through master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stoltz)