BLAZE Team members selected for promotion to technical sergeant Published June 17, 2010 By Senior Airman Jacob Corbin 14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Fifteen BLAZE Team staff sergeants were selected recently for promotion to the next enlisted grade. Those staff sergeants selected for promotion were as follows: Melanie Hall, 14th Communications Squadron; Gabriel Hernandez, 14th Operations Support Squadron; Heather Hildrich, 14th Civil Engineer Squadron; Fitzporter Kidd, 14th Security Forces Squadron; Corey Langford, 14th OSS; Jason McAlpin, 14th OSS; Brandy Mendiola, 14th Medical Operations Squadron; Aubrey Mitera, 14th Medical Support Squadron. Jason Ohara, 14th SFS; Jackson Polivick, 14th OSS; Richard Rhodes, 14th OSS; Latoya Saxton, 14th CS; Kenneth Scheele, 14th OSS; Stephen Strouse, 14th SFS; and Brandon Ward, 14th CES. The Air Force selected 7,752 of 37,185 eligible staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant for a selection rate of 20.85 percent. The average score for those selected was 317.63, with an average time in grade and an average time in service of 5.65 years and 10.69 years, respectively. The average score was based on the following point averages: 133.11 for enlisted performance reports, 5.32 for decorations, 71.24 for the promotion fitness examination and 56.56 for the specialty knowledge test. Those selected for technical sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning August 2010. (Information from an article found on www.af.mil was used in the writing of this story).