Team Kadena inducts new NCOs

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  • 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