AF to announce master sergeant selections May 17 Published May 15, 2012 By Debbie Gildea Air Force Personnel, Service and Manpower Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO - RANDOLPH, Texas -- Technical sergeants eligible for promotion to master sergeant will learn Thursday, May 17, if they were selected during the 12E7 promotion cycle, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. Officials selected 5,464 of 19,809 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a 27.58 percent selection rate, said Master Sgt. Gisela Hawthorne, AFPC enlisted promotions management branch. The average score for those selected was 332.85, with an average time in grade of 4.43 years and time in service of 15.58 years respectively. The average score was based on the following point averages: 133.84 for enlisted performance reports, 11.12 for decorations, 69.71 for the Promotion Fitness Exam, 60.42 for the Specialty Knowledge Test, 33.34 for time in service and 33.58 for time in grade, explained Hawthorne. The master sergeant promotion list public release will be May 17 at 8 a.m. Central Daylight Time. The list will be posted on the Air Force Personnel Center public and secure websites and on the Air Force Portal. Airmen will also be able to access their score notices on the virtual MPF and the Portal. Those selected for master sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning in August. "Selections are tentative until the data verification process is complete, which is no later than 10 days after the promotion release date," Hawthorne said. "Personnel officials will notify Airmen via their military personnel section if their selection is in question." For more information about promotions or any other personnel related issue, visit the Air Force Personnel Services website at https://gum-crm.csd.disa.mil/.