3 selected for promotion to Chief Master Sergeant

Senior Master Sgt. Craig Pogue (center), 82nd Training Wing Training Operations superintendent, gets congratulated by Brig. Gen. Scott Kindsvater (right), 82nd TRW commander and Chief Master Sgt. Eric Johnson, 82nd TRW command chief, after learning he had been selected for promotion to chief master sergeant Nov. 14, 2013. Three members of Team Sheppard were selected for the promotion. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

Moving on up: Three promoted to Chief

Published Nov. 14, 2013
82nd Training Wing Public Affairs

SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Three Team Sheppard senior master sergeants were selected for promotion to the service's highest enlisted grade Nov. 14.

Being promoted to chief master sergeant are Senior Master Sgts. Craig Pogue, Rich Parsons and Thomas Sewitsky.

Pogue is the the 82nd Training Wing's Training Operations superintendent.

Parsons is assigned to the 366th Training Squadron detachment at Naval Air Station, Gulfport, Miss.

Sewitsky is at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., with the 372nd Training Squadron.

According to the Air Force Personnel Center, 400 of the 2,023 eligible senior master sergeants were selected for an AF-wide selection rate of 19.77 percent.

Congratulations and Lead the way Chiefs!