ALS Graduation Published May 18, 2012 By Airman 1st Class Christopher Reel 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Thirty Tyndall Airmen graduated from Airmen Leadership School in a ceremony May 17, at the Horizons Community Activity Center. Chief Master Sgt. Dawna Cnota, 325th Mission Support 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. Brandon Bailey - 325th Operations Support Squadron Ellwood Bowen - 325th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Nathan Bragg -325th Civil Engineer Squadron Justin Brossman - 325th Maintenance Squadron Latashia Brown - 325th Medical Support Squadron Alejandro Diaz - 325th AMXS Ethan Dinnes - 325th AMXS Sebastian Eason - 325th Security Forces Squadron Rachelle Elsea - 325th Fighter Wing, Distinguished Graduate Michael Grapski - 325th MXS Mariana Hopper - 325th Medical Operations Squadron Jacob Jacobs - 325th MXS Curtis Jamison - 325th SFS, Distinguished Graduate Joseph Kelly - 325th AMXS Justin King - DET 1 16 Electronic Warfare Squadron Janel Lowe - 325th FW Jeremy Lowe - 325th Communications Squadron Keith Meilleur - 325th CS Andrew Mezzetti - 325th SFS MKhel Parkhurst - 325th AMXS Andrew Schoonover - 325th AMXS, Academic Award, Distinguished Graduate Samuel Smith - 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group Donald Smothers - 325th SFS Iyonna Sneid - 325gh OSS Michael Stephens- 325th AMXS Levi Turner -325th OSS Brent Wardrip - 81st Range Control Squadron Daniel Welker - 325th Comptroller Squadron Adam Wolfe - 325th SFS Brandon Young -325th Maintenance Operations Squadron