AF selects 28 Airmen for medical training

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- The Air Force selected 28 enlisted members to take part in the Tri-Service Physician Assistant Training Program at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

The board met here in March, selecting 28 people from 57 applicants. The average selectee was 28 years old with 7.1 years time in service and had a 3.5 grade point average. Applicants must have at least 60 college credit hours to apply for the program, with at least a 3.0 GPA in their math and science classes.

Selectees will attend one of three classes, the first beginning in January.

Those attending in January are:
Tech. Sgt. Jason Baker
Tech. Sgt. Joseph Noya
Tech. Sgt. Stacey Vierra
Staff Sgt. Adrian Avalos
Staff Sgt. Jason Hamilton
Staff Sgt. Brandon Rozell
Staff Sgt. Justin Wright
Senior Airman Brian Herb
Senior Airman Charity Miller
Senior Airman Amanda Schwartz

Those attending in May 2007 are:
Tech. Sgt. Michele Church
Tech. Sgt. Benjamin McGarvey
Tech. Sgt. Nathan Sandmann
Staff Sgt. Denise Garcia
Staff Sgt. Brian Jamail
Staff Sgt. Jaime Reed
Staff Sgt. Nicole Sears
Senior Airman Wesley Arnold
Senior Airman James Moore

Those attending in September 2007 are:
Tech. Sgt. Robert Alexander
Tech. Sgt. Donald Mason
Tech. Sgt. Kianna Stewart
Tech. Sgt. Stephen Vela
Staff Sgt. Christopher Daniels
Staff Sgt. Benjamin Jones
Staff Sgt. James Rafiner
Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder
Airman 1st Class Alisha Mathews

Those successfully completing Phase I and II courses will be commissioned as second lieutenants.