Tinker AFB, Okla. --   Seventeen members of Strategic Communications Wing ONE and the Take Charge and Move Out community were selected to the rank of chief petty officer.

Those individuals selected were:

Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Ambol Jr., Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron FOUR
Petty Officer 1st Class Derrick Anderson, VQ-7 (student)
Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Berckmann, VQ-7
Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Breske, VQ-4
Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Coats, VQ-4
Petty Officer 1st Class Melvin Durnell, VQ-7
Petty Officer 1st Class Sheryl Gentry, Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training
Petty Officer 1st Class Tommie Hanshew, VQ-3
Petty Officer 1st Class Marcus Howat, VQ-4
Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Intchauspe, VQ-7
Petty Officer 1st Class Jamie Kaminski, VQ-7
Petty Officer 1st Class Adrian Lampkins, VQ-3
Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Latocha, VQ-4
Petty Officer 1st Class Jered Robbins, SCW-1
Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Tatum, VQ-3
Petty Officer 1st Class Freddrick Tillman, SCW-1
Petty Officer 1st Class Ronald White, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Strategic Communications Unit
The selectees will now go through a six-week induction period, where they will learn about being a chief from their chief's mess before having their rank pinned on in a time-honored induction ceremony.