Tyndall celebrates four chief selects

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  • By Staff Sgt. Timothy R. Capling
  • 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --  Tyndall Air Force Base congratulated four individuals, selected this year for promotion to the rank of chief master sergeant, during a celebration at the Community Activities Center Annex's "The Zone," here Wednesday.

Senior Master Sgt. Leonard Krombel, 325th Maintenance Group weapons standardization superintendent, Senior Master Sgt. Donald Morris, 325th MXG production superintendent, Senior Master Sgt. Richard Nordstrom, Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency emergency management support program manager, and Chief Master Sgt. Leonard Howard, AFCESA civil engineer career field manager and individual mobilization augmentee, were this year's selectees.

Sergeant Krombel said his initial reaction was of a surreal nature. He gave the credit of his promotion to all the people that helped him during his career.

"It's a group effort to make it to chief," he said. "I didn't get here on my own."
Sergeant Nordstrom said being selected for chief has been a long-term goal of his.

"It's always been a goal, but I didn't know if it was attainable," he said. "I never made the assumption that I would make it. I just continued to do the best that I could to contribute to the Air Force. It's an honor to be selected."

Chief Howard was notified in June that he was going to be promoted in August when he was selected for his current position, but was recognized Wednesday for being a 2007 select.

Being selected for Chief had great personal meaning for Chief him.

"I'm an Air Force brat," he said. "My mother and father were in the Air Force, and my brother is in the Army. I have a sister that is an airman first class for the Air Force Personal Center now, so serving in the military means a lot to my family. 'Service to country,' is very important to us, so to make the top enlisted rank is a great honor."