2026 SNCO induction ceremony at Goodfellow AFB
GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – The 17th Training Wing held an induction ceremony to recognize the technical sergeants selected for promotion and the newest master sergeants, Sept. 22.
The ceremony is a traditional rite of passage that welcomes newly promoted master sergeants and SNCO selectees into the highest echelon of the enlisted force.
Inductees transition from technical experts to operational leaders, taking on the responsibility of guiding teams, synchronizing efforts across units, shaping the success of the mission and developing future generations of Airmen and Guardians
“Tonight we celebrate you and your achievement,” said U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Derek Neill, 17th TRW command chief. “New SNCOs, take a pause, reflect on where you’ve been, how you can get better, and then we need you back here, locked in and getting our Airmen ready to go to war because that’s what we do. We need you at the front, leading them ever into danger."
Congratulations to the 17th Training Wing’s Senior Noncommissioned Officer Inductees:
Tech. Sgt. Eric Bass, Goodfellow Operational Medical Readiness Squadron Tech. Sgt. Marcel Coleman, 17th Communications Squadron Tech. Sgt. Eric Dewell, 316th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Zain Hedrick, 316th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Phillip Leffel, 17th Force Support Squadron Master Sgt. Arthur Leis, 316th Training Squadron Master Sgt. Andrew Lokrantz, 315th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Grace Lucia, 315th Training Squadron Master Sgt. Matthew Reichardt, 312th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Gabriel Schaffner, 17th Training Wing Master Sgt. Glenn Silva, 312th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Devan Taylor, 315th Training Squadron Master Sgt. Ryan Telford, 315th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Jericho Woznick, 316th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Johnathon Gray, 533rd Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Gabriel Salas, 533rd Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Christian Bertram, 17th Contracting Squadron Tech. Sgt. Payton Burrell, 316th Intelligence Squadron Tech. Sgt. Tenisha Little, 86th Material Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Maxwell Harris, 51st Communications Squadron Tech. Sgt. James Wicker, 17th Communications Squadron Tech. Sgt. Shane Massie, 17th Security Forces Squadron Tech. Sgt. Branden Miner, 315th Training Squadron Master Sgt. Ryan Johnson, 315th Training Squadron Master Sgt. Paul Felts, 313th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Patrick Horanburg, 315th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Rosa Cordova, 533rd Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Ricks, Defense Language Institute Tech. Sgt. Matthew Fitzpatrick, Defense Language Institute Tech. Sgt. Barry Adkins, 517th Training Group Tech. Sgt. Tiffany Caldwell, 517th Training Group Tech. Sgt. Sean Cotter, 311th Training Squadron Master Sgt. Ryan Henderson, 311th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Richard Lathrop, 311th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Matthew Miller, 517th Training Group Tech. Sgt. Mary Paz Chiguina, 314th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Caleb Riley, 314th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. David Waterman, 314th Training Squadron Tech. Sgt. Jesse Zogorski, 22nd Intelligence Squadron Tech. Sgt. Kaleigh Vickers, 34th Intelligence Squadron
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