Twenty-seven Team Kadena master sergeants selected for promotion Published March 9, 2012 18th Wing Public Affairs KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Twenty-seven Team Kadena master sergeants were selected for promotion to senior master sergeant March 8 for the 2012 testing cycle. The Team Kadena promotees are: Master Sgt. John M. Bell, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Master Sgt. Kendrick Bergeron, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Master Sgt. James M. Gilmore, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron Master Sgt. Stephen Griffieth, 18th Communications Squadron Master Sgt. Richard Henderson, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Master Sgt. Kevin P. Hood, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Master Sgt. Rasheed A. Hosein, 18th Maintenance Operations Squadron Master Sgt. Kurt D. Kowaleski, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Master Sgt. Jerry Laney, 18th Force Support Squadron Master Sgt. Stuart A. Lee II, 18th Security Forces Squadron Master Sgt. William McCalpine, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron Master Sgt. Derrick D. Mitchell, 18th Wing Master Sgt. Jason S. Putt, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Master Sgt. Alando C. Respress, 18th Wing Master Sgt. David E. Ross, 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron Master Sgt. Brent W. Sanders, 18th Security Forces Squadron Master Sgt. Billie K. Simonson, 18th Dental Squadron Master Sgt. William C. Simonson, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron Master Sgt. Wendell J. Snider, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Master Sgt. Michelle C. Valdez, 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Master Sgt. Tashawna Y. Wyse, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Master Sgt. Kurt W. Pohlmann, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron Master Sgt. Claus E. Peris, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Master Sgt. Mario Hodges, 390th Intelligence Squadron Master Sgt. Scott Swanson, 390th Intelligence Squadron Master Sgt. Craig Tocci, 390th Intelligence Squadron Master Sgt. Gabriel R. Almario, Det 3, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine