Team Kadena inducts new NCOs Published Jan. 26, 2015 By Airman 1st Class Zade C. Vadnais 18th Wing Public Affairs KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Team Kadena welcomed newly promoted staff sergeants to the NCO tier during an induction ceremony at the Rocker NCO Club Jan. 22. Col. David Jeffrey Mineau, 18th Operations Group commander and interim 18th Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Cruz Munoz, 18th Contracting Squadron superintendent and interim 18th Wing command chief, hosted the ceremony as part of an all-day seminar that covered various topics concerning the transition from airman to NCO. The Team Kadena NCO inductees are: Staff Sgt. Chad A. Cameron, 18th Communications Squadron Staff Sgt. Joener M. Castillo, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Francis C. Cortez, 18th Munitions Squadron Staff Sgt. Brandon M. Daniels, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron Staff Sgt. Andrew E. Davis, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Justen K. Davis, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Staff Sgt. Jerry T. Duvall, Jr., 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron Staff Sgt. Nathan R. Ferguson, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Charles N. Gendron, 18th Munitions Squadron Staff Sgt. Min A. Ha, 18th Contracting Squadron Staff Sgt. Andrew S. Hall, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Adrian L. Henry, 18th Medical Support Squadron Staff Sgt. Darrin L. Franks, Jr., 353rd Special Operations Squadron Staff Sgt. James M. Johnson, 909th Air Refueling Squadron Staff Sgt. Sean C. Lever, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Kommeng Lo, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Angele N. Longbrake, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Staff Sgt. Charles E. Lynch III, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Michael J. Montgomery, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Kennith J. Pujol, Jr., 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Eric M. Rodriguez, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Eldridge J. Rouse, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Kasey R. Roy, 18th Medical Support Squadron Staff Sgt. Wirayut Saechu, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Esteban Salmon, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Leonardo M. Santana, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Stephen A. Shope, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Thomas D. E. Stafford, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Joseph Frances V. Stead, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Staff Sgt. Thomas K. Steffen, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron Staff Sgt. Justin D. Trautwein, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Jared M. Wheeler, 390th Intelligence Squadron Staff Sgt. Patrick K. Yones, 18th Medical Support Squadron