AF selects 18 Sheppard Airmen for promotion to E-8 Published March 8, 2012 By Senior Airman Adawn Kelsey 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Eighteen Sheppard master sergeants were part of more than 1,700, selected for promotion to senior master sergeant, according to a list released by Air Force officials March 8. In total, those selected represent 13.78 percent of the 12,351 who were eligible. The average score of those selected was 670.44, with 4.12 years average time in grade and 19.27 years time in service. The average score was based on 134.99 points for enlisted performance reports, 20.66 for decorations, 70.62 for the Air Force supervisory exam and 392.56 board score. The senior master sergeant selects are as follows: Charles Acosta, 372nd Training Squadron Jacquelin Baumeyer, 82nd Force Support Squadron Torrance Bell, 364th TRS William Catts, 364th TRS David Criddle, 80th Operations Support Squadron Gregory Elliott, 372nd TRS Herman Gipson, NCO Academy Luther Hamblin, 372nd TRS Aaron Harry, 373rd TRS John Horton, 366th TRS Michael Hovey, 362nd TRS James Jones, 80th Operations Group Alycia Miller, 82nd Dental Squadron Robert Navarro, 373rd TRS Charles Peckham, 373rd TRS Rhonda Perry, 372nd TRS Jerwain Taylor, 364th TRS Charles Veillon, 366th TRS Andrew Webster, 373rd TRS