Twenty Vance Airmen selected for promotion to staff sergeant Published Aug. 7, 2012 VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Twenty Vance Airmen were among the 11,337 selected Air Force wide for promotion to staff sergeant. Team Vance members selected were: 71st Security Forces Squadron Jean Arroyomaclean Michael Correa Richard Ficarelli Quintin Haynes Remmecya Lavant Mitchell Melot 71st Operations Support Squadron Derek Bernard Kyle Good Adam Lewis Jerad Robinson James Ward 71st Communications Squadron Beau Brouillette Kevin Ellis Elisha Logan 71st Medical Group Tyler Kuthe 71st Medical Operations Squadron Ryan Garcia Shaun Houlihan 71st Force Support Squadron Rosa Garrette 71st Flying Training Wing Kristabel Hibbard 71st Comptroller Squadron Alton Kelly The average score for those selected Air Force wide was 275.56, with an average time in grade of 1.88 years and an average time in service of 4.44 years. The average score was based on the following point averages: 131.68 for enlisted performance reports, 0.96 for decorations, 63.49 for the promotion fitness examination and 56.66 for the specialty knowledge test. The selection rate among the 26,549 eligible senior airmen was 42.7 percent. Those selected for staff sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning in September. Click here to view the Air Force wide selection list.