7 selected for promotion to colonel, lieutenant colonel Published July 10, 2007 By 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Seven Sheppard officers were selected for promotion to the next rank following recent review board by the Air Force Personnel Center. The selection boards selected 598 lieutenant colonels and 147 majors for promotion in Line of the Air Force, Biomedical Science Corps, Medical Service Corps and Nursing Corps. Those selected for promotion to the rank of colonel include: Lt. Col. Katrina Glavan-Heise, 383rd Training Squadron; Lt. Col. Catherine Mattie, 383rd Training Squadron; and Lt. Col. Andrew Toth, 80th Operations Group. Those selected for promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel include: Maj. Kirsten Benford, 82nd Medical Group; Maj. David Bradfield, 381st Training Squadron; Maj. Natalie Ellis, 383rd Training Squadron; and Maj. Douglas Houston, 882nd Training Support Squadron. The boards considered 5,016 lieutenant colonels and 909 majors for promotion. The results of the boards are as follows: Selection statistics for in-the-promotion zone for colonel: LAF - 459 selected from 1,010 considered for a 45.4 percent select rate BSC - 16 selected from 34 considered for a 47.1 percent select rate NC - 23 selected from 49 considered for a 46.9 percent select rate Selection statistics for above-the-promotion zone for colonel: LAF - 14 selected from 967 considered for a 1.4 percent select rate BSC - None selected from 45 considered NC - None selected from 46 considered Selection statistics for below-the-promotion zone for colonel: LAF - 83 selected from 2,589 considered for a 3.2 percent select rate BSC - 1 selected from 94 considered for a 1.1 percent select rate NC - 2 selected from 182 considered for a 1.1 percent select rate Selection statistics for in-the-promotion zone for lieutenant colonel: BSC - 33 selected from 63 considered for a 52.4 percent select rate MSC - 32 selected from 42 considered for a 76.2 percent select rate NC - 52 selected from 100 considered for a 52 percent select rate Selection statistics for above-the-promotion zone for lieutenant colonel: BSC - 5 selected from 117 considered for a 4.3 percent select rate MSC - 1 selected from 32 considered for a 3.1 percent select rate NC - 11 selected from 139 considered for a 7.9 percent select rate Selection statistics for below-the-promotion zone for lieutenant colonel: BSC - 3 selected from 166 considered for a 1.8 percent select rate MSC - 3 selected from 78 considered for a 3.8 percent select rate NC - 7 selected from 172 considered for a 4.1 percent select rate