{"id":25706,"date":"2020-03-03T22:38:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T22:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/03\/the-list-of-senior-master-sergeant-promotions-is-out\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:37:50","slug":"the-list-of-senior-master-sergeant-promotions-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/03\/03\/the-list-of-senior-master-sergeant-promotions-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The list of senior master sergeant promotions is out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force on Tuesday released the list of airmen who have been selected for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/02\/25\/senior-master-sergeant-promotions-plunge-this-year\/?utm_expid=.jFR93cgdTFyMrWXdYEtvgA.1&#038;utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F#jwvideo\" target=_blank>promotion to senior master sergeant<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force Personnel Center said last week that 1,184 master sergeants out of 15,544 eligible airmen had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/02\/15\/snco-promotion-changes-aimed-at-producing-better-enlisted-leaders\/?utm_expid=.jFR93cgdTFyMrWXdYEtvgA.1&amp;utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F#jwvideo\" target=\"_blank\">selected for promotion<\/a> to E-8 \u2014 a selection rate of 7.62 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/02\/27\/senior-master-sergeant-promotions-drop-in-2019\/?utm_expid=.jFR93cgdTFyMrWXdYEtvgA.1&#038;utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F#jwvideo\" target=_blank>selection rate is a significant drop<\/a> from the last couple of years, and the lowest rate since 2014, when the Air Force was in the midst of a painful drawdown. The lower selection rate was partially due to a significantly larger pool of eligible airmen, personnel officials said, and the Air Force had a lower number of promotion slots allocated to meet its requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/02\/04\/air-force-drops-waps-testing-for-sncos\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/command-chief-EPR-talk.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force drops WAPS testing for SNCOs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The tests will be dropped for senior non-commissioned officer promotions beginning with the chief master sergeant cycle this fall.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to statistics released by AFPC, the average time in grade of selectees was 3.74 years, and the average selectee served 18.08 years. 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Air Force leaders said last year that the change would mean SNCOs are selected more on their performance, and not on how good they are at taking tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selectees will begin to be promoted starting April 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.militarytimes.com\/assets\/pdfs\/1583269293.pdf\" target=_blank><b>The list of selectees can be found here.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first E-8 promotion cycle since the Air Force decided to drop WAPS testing for 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