ALS Graduation Published Oct. 23, 2012 By Staff Sgt. Rachelle Elsea 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Thirty-one Tyndall Airmen graduated from Airmen Leadership School in a ceremony Oct. 18, at the Horizons Community Activity Center. Airman Leadership School is a five week-long Air Force program designed to develop Airmen into effective front-line supervisors. It is the first professional military education that enlisted Air Force members encounter. ALS focuses on developing leadership abilities as well as effective communication. Senior airmen with 48 months time-in-service or those with a promotion line number for staff sergeant are eligible to attend. The member must also have at least six months of retainability from the projected class graduation date before being enrolled. ALS covers combat leader, military professional, supervisor of Airmen, verbal and written communication, and group dynamics. A majority of the instruction focuses around various Air Force rules and regulations. Congratulations to the following Senior Airman: Ashbery, Kenneth - Detachment 1, 49th Maintenance Group Banuelos, Jacob - 325th Civil Engineer Squadron Battle, Breona - 325th Force Support Squadron Beaton, Kevin - 325th Communications Squadron Brown, Isaiah - 325th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Burns, Jacob 325th Security Forces Squadron Caban, Daniel - 325th AMXS Corbett, Brandon - 325th SFS Dejesus, Christopher - 325th CS Devezin , Angele - 325th Maintenance Operations Squadron Hall, Cody - 325th AMXS Harris, Cherri - 325th CS Kirsch, Bethany - 132nd Medical Group Largaespada, Jonathan - 325th AMXS Academic Achievement, Distinguished Graduate Marchbanks, Robert - Det. 1, 49th MXG Maxon, Alexander - 325th SFS Ontiveros, Mario - 325th Operations Support Squadron Peters, Vianca - 325th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Poblete, Aldrich - 325th FSS Pouliot, Brittany - 325th FSS John L. Levitow Award Pumphrey, Scott - 325th Maintenance Squadron Rawson, George - 325th MXS Richardson, Zachary - 325th AMXS Schmidt, Jacob - 325th MXS Schuch, Daniel - 325th AMXS Southworth, Patrick - Det. 1, 49th MXG Commandant's Award Stevens, Russell - 325th CS Thompson, Rex - 325th CS Tucker, Shawnette - 325th Contracting Squadron Wilkins, Daniel - 325th AMXS Distinguished Graduate Young, Aaron - 325th MOS