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Yokota celebrates 2023 Chief Master Sergeant selects
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374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs December 4, 2023
Senior Airman Hannah Bean
374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs December 4, 2023
A Yokota Chiefs Group member presents a bottle of champagne to Senior Master Sgt. Danielle Hilliard, 374th Force Support Squadron Sustainment Services flight superintendent, during a chief master sergeant selection tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 30, 2023. The Yokota Chiefs Group accompanied base leaders as they traveled across the base to surprise and celebrate the selection of seven senior enlisted members to the rank of chief master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Hannah Bean) ()
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Yokota Chiefs Group and senior leaders traveled across Yokota Air Base to surprise and celebrate the selection of seven senior enlisted members to the rank of chief master sergeant Nov. 30.
Chief master sergeant is the highest enlisted rank, making up 1% of the USAF enlisted forces. Air Force officials selected 506 Air Force senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant out of 2,249 eligible, with a selection rate of 22.5 percent during this year’s promotion cycle, including supplemental promotion opportunities.