38 Vance Airmen selected for staff sergeant Published Aug. 25, 2016 VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- The names of 38 Team Vance senior airmen were on the staff sergeant selection list released by the Air Force today. They were among 16,506 Air Force wide selected for promotion to the first of the noncommissioned officer ranks. The staff sergeant selection rate was 42.25 percent this cycle. Among those selected at Vance, the 71st Operations Support Squadron had 18, the 71st Security Forces Squadron had six, the 71st Medical Operations Squadron had five, the 71st Force Support Squadron had three, the 71st Installation Support Squadron had three, the 71st Medical Support Squadron had one, the 71st Comptroller Squadron has one, and the 3rd Flying Training Squadron had one. The staff sergeant selects are: Steven Alderman, 71st Security Forces Squadron Matthew Andrus, 71st Operations Support Squadron Kibby Anglin, 71st OSS James Atwell, 71st Force Support Squadron Gary Bangs, 71st OSS Erik Barrera, 71st SFS Jessica Bartel, 71st OSS David Bednara, 71st Medical Operations Squadron Daniel Biggins, 71st SFS Brandi Bilaski, 71st Medical Support Squadron Brian Boarman, 71st OSS Dustin Brannan, 71st OSS Kalen Bruce, 71st Installation Support Squadron Matthew Buhrke, 71st OSS Whitley Collier, 71st OSS Kyle Curran, 71st OSS Joshua Daggett, 71st ISS Jose Fernandez, 71st SFS Anthony Franklin, 71st OSS Martin Garland, 71st SFS Toni Greka, 71st MDOS Dejaun Harris, 71st FSS Roderick Jones, 71st SFS Sammantha Jones, 71st Comptroller Squadron Christina Kamka, 71st MDOS Chase Kelly, 71st OSS Shiela Kilpatrick, 71st MDOS James Kincaid, 71st OSS David Kriner, 71st OSS Lizzette Kriner, 3rd Flying Training Squadron Lydia Krotzer, 71st MDOS Zachary Paskovitch, 71st ISS Jacob Pratt, 71st OSS Karson Schaechterle, 71st OSS Chase Schneider, 71st OSS Willard Sonday, 71st OSS Kissinger Tan, 71st OSS Tameka Turner, 71st FSS