Goodfellow celebrates its staff sergeant selects Published Aug. 23, 2018 By Staff Sgt. Joshua Edwards 17th Training Wing Public Affairs GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- The 17th Training Wing came together to celebrate its newest NCOs at the Staff Sergeant Release Party at the Event Center Aug. 22. Staff sergeants are expected to be highly skilled technicians with supervisory and training responsibilities. They must continuously strive to further their development as technicians, supervisors and leaders through on- and off-duty professional development opportunities. They are responsible for their subordinates’ development and the effective accomplishment of all assigned tasks. They must ensure proper and effective use of all resources under their control to ensure the mission is effectively and efficiently accomplished. Staff sergeants operate at the tactical expertise level of leadership. Once a senior airman puts on the rank of staff sergeant they will become NCOs. NCOs’ primary focus in this tier is mission accomplishment. NCOs continue occupational growth and become expert technicians. At the same time, NCOs develop as leaders, supervisors, managers and mentors. Additionally, NCOs must ensure they keep themselves and subordinate personnel trained, qualified and ready to deploy and operate in an expeditionary environment while maintaining home station readiness. In this tier, NCOs also continue to develop institutional competencies in preparation for increased responsibilities while continuing to broaden technical skills and pursuing professional development through on- and off-duty education. The staff sergeant selects are: 17th Training Wing: Joseph Carter Randall Moose 17th Civil Engineer Squadron: Ian Crase Jacob Letson 17th Communications Squadron: Lindsey Cook Anthony Kisiday Hunter Orr Cody Stefanek 17th Comptroller Squadron: Trenton Billings 17th Contracting Squadron: Joshua Crist 17th Medical Group: Brooke Erickson 17th Medical Operations Squadron: Jeremey Brown Andrew De Los Reyes Danny Smith Terry Stromatt 17th Medical Support Squadron: Xiaolong Li Sean Wilson Marissa Winder 17th Security Forces Squadron: Shawn Simms 17th Training Support Squadron: Andrew Noble 311th Training Squadron: Dominique Johnson Chance Pruitt Dalton Sturtz Kaila Walker 314th Training Squadron: Joseph Arnold 315th Training Squadron: Andrew Broome Melissa Callahan Owen Cox Hannah Loftin Julia Mariani David Morrison Jacob Otto Lamin Sawo
