Officials announce senior master sergeant selections

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Air Force officials have selected 1,450 of 13,216 eligible master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant for a selection rate of 10.97 percent. Last year's selection rate was 8.77 percent.

The average score for those selected was 661.49, which was based on the following point averages: 32.65 for time in grade, 21.24 for time in service, 135 for enlisted performance reports, 21.27 for decorations, 64.44 for Air Force supervisory examination and 386.89 for board score.

The promotion list will be released publicly March 5 at 8 a.m. CST on the Air Force Personnel Center's Web site. Later that day, at 9 a.m. CST, Airmen can access their score notices on the virtual Military Personnel Flight and on the Air Force Portal.

As with previous promotion lists, the senior master sergeant selections are tentative until the data verification process is complete, which is no later than 10 days after the promotion release date. AFPC officials will notify Airmen, via their military personnel sections, if their selection is in question.

Those selected for senior master sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning in April 2009.

This will be the first release, under the Web-based promotion release process, to feature early notification for senior raters, which is in response to Air Force senior leaders expressing that they would like early notification of the senior NCO lists. This early notification will now be available for the master sergeant, senior master sergeant and chief master sergeant promotion lists. Senior raters were recently informed about the process and were given instructions on how to access the list.

For more information, call the Total Force Service Center at (800) 525-0102.