Kadena recognizes SMSgt selectees Published March 11, 2015 By Airman 1st Class Zade C. Vadnais 18th Wing Public Affairs KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Air Force Personnel Center selected more than 30 of Kadena's promotion-eligible master sergeants to become senior master sergeants on March 5. This year's promotion cycle included 14,362 eligible master sergeants Air Force-wide, and out of them, 1,257 were selected for promotion, giving the Air Force an 8.75 percent selection rate. Kadena had 303 master sergeants eligible for promotion and out of them, 32 were selected, giving Kadena a 10.56 percent selection rate, beating the Air Force average. Congratulations to Kadena's selectees: Horace Abner, Jr., 18th Aircrafts Maintenance Squadron Jason L. Bowman, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron Daryl M. Brooks, Jr., 18th Contracting Squadron Fabrienne T. Burnett, 18th Force Support Squadron Rachael C. Colon, 18th Medical Operations Squadron Jaime Davilaramirez, Jr., 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron David L. Dotson, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Jason P. Eckert, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Cedric I. Foster, 18th Force Support Squadron Douglas B. Frank, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Stephen D. Hansen, 18th Civil Engineer Group Talmadge A. Harrison, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Mark C. James, 18th Wing Melinda F. Jones, 18th Operations Support Squadron Sheronne L. King, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Kyle V. Krug, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron David G. Lawson, 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Laurence A. Littleton, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron David J. Lukas, 18th Contracting Squadron Curtis L. Mayes, 82nd Reconnaissance Squadron David J. Najera, 18th Medical Group Mark Aristeo F. Ninal, 374th Maintenance Group, Yokota Air Base, Japan (formerly 18th MXG) Roger D. Pittman, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Niel R. W. Puttbrese, 18th Security Forces Squadron Julio C. Quintana III, 390th Intelligence Squadron Todd J. Reeve, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Christopher R. Schettler, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Damien E. Seals, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Melanie V. Townsend, 18th Force Support Squadron Lathan A. Vantress, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Shannon G. Wilkins, 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron Jerry L. Wright, Jr., 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (formerly 18th LRS)