Five Team Kirtland Airmen promoted Published Sept. 11, 2012 KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. -- Five Team Kirtland Airmen were selected for promotion by the September supplemental promotion board. Those Airmen selected for promotion tested outside their required cycle due to an extended temporary duty or deployment in support of contingency operations. Airmen selected for promotion achieved an overall score above the cutoff mark in their respective Air Force specialties. The score is a composite of factors under the Weighted Airman Promotion System, which includes time in grade, time in service, enlisted performance reports, decorations, promotion fitness examination and specialty knowledge test scores. Promotion to staff sergeant Lance Berner, 377th Logistics Readiness Squadron David Sarli, 377th Security Forces Squadron Nelson Vargas, 71st Special Operations Squadron Promotion to technical sergeant Blair Baerny, 342nd Training Squadron Julian Ledford, 37th Logistics Readiness Squadron