ALS Graduation Published April 3, 2012 By Senior Airman Rachelle Elsea 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Twenty-six Airmen graduated from Airmen Leadership School in a ceremony March 29 at the Horizons Community Activity Center. Chief Master Sgt. Michael Rabb, 325th Maintenance Squadron 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. Anderson, Zachary - 325th Civil Engineer Squadron Betz, Daniel - 325th Operations Support Squadron Bradley, Joshua - 325th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Bradley, Tina - 325th Maintenance Squadron Cochran, Jannie - 325th OSS, John Levitow Award Erickson, Todd - 325th Security Forces Squadron Fillow, Lauren - 325th MXS Hardison, Damon - 325th SFS Harmon, Amanda - 325th Force Support Squadron Hoover, Dustin - 325th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Jones, Christopher - 325th AMXS Kahler, Matthew - 325th SFS Kinkade-Rupert, Michael - 325th SFS Lewis, Irving - 325 MXS Miller, Justin - 325th AMXS, Distinguished Graduate Mitchell, Isaac - 325th OSS Neilan, Sean - 325th OSS Owens, Charles - 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron Pike, Michael - 325th AMXS Pratt, Levi - Detachment 1, 16th Electronic Warfare Squadron Purvis, Chivon - 325th Air Control Squadron Sawvel, Timothy - 325th AMXS Stich, Julie - 325th Medical Support Squadron Terek, Michael - DET 1, 16 EWS Toten, Trace - 325th OSS, Commandant Award Valencia-Espinoza, Brittani - 325th Comptroller Squadron