Air Force Staff Sergeant Promotion Rates Plummet to Lowest Rate in Nearly 30 Years
Only 17% of airmen were promoted to staff sergeant this month, marking the lowest promotion rate since at least 1996.
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Only 17% of airmen were promoted to staff sergeant this month, marking the lowest promotion rate since at least 1996.
The Air Force chose just over 20% of eligible senior airmen to move up the career ladder.
The Air Force chose 17.4% of eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant, down from last year’s selection rate of 21.1%.
Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his brave action in Kunar Province during a conflict in 2008.
The remains of a Kansas WWII veteran killed during the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti in Romania, are being returned to Plains to be buried.