ALS graduation Published July 9, 2012 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Twenty Tyndall Airmen graduated from Airmen Leadership School in a ceremony July 3, at the Horizons Community Activity Center. Chief Master Sgt. Ray Pelletier, 325th Operations Group superintendent, spoke at the event. 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. Staff Sergeant Johnson, Christina - 325th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Sears, Jeremy - 189th Maintenance Squadron, Distinguished Graduate Senior Airman Boykin, Marshall - 325th Civil Engineer Squadron Brown, Ariel - 325th Air Control Squadron, Academic Award Cupeles, Juamai - 325th MXS De La Cruz-Garza, Cynthia - 325th Force Support Squadron Frye, Lucas - Detachment 1, 16th Electronic Warfare Squadron, Distinguished Graduate Garza, Ivan - 325th Security Forces Squadron Gomez, Yanet - 482nd Communications Squadron Matthews, Julius - 325th SFS McDowell, Matthew - 325th Aerospace Medicine Squadron McKenzie, Armand - 325th Communications Squadron Miller, Joshua - 325th AMXS Miller, Shane - 325th SFS Oliver, Ardryell - 325th Maintenance Operations Squadron Ray, Kenneth - 325th SFS Riego, Lillian - 325th Medical Support Squadron Torosian, Stephen - 325th SFS Williams, John - 325th AMXS Williams, Justin - 81st Range Control Squadron