Barksdale congratulates newest Lt. Col and Maj. selects Published April 4, 2013 By Staff Sgt. Jason McCasland 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- Fifty seven members of Team Barksdale were selected for promotion to the next rank in their careers March 29. Air Force officials selected 439 of 813 eligible majors for promotion to lieutenant colonel for a selection rate of 54 percent this year. Air Force officials also selected 2,463 of 3,161 eligible captains for promotion to majors for a selection rate of 78 percent this year. Congratulations to the following majors who were selected for promotion: Hamilothoris, Achilles Congratulations to the following captains who were selected for promotion: Applegate, Patrick Arnot, Alana Ayers, Bryson Balmaceda, Terence Barnhart, Nathan Bradle, Marc Burns, Kevin Carmean, Douglas Casey, John Coburn, Bryan Dellenbach, Luke Evans, Christopher Esposito, Albert Feldman, Kenton Fischer, Brandon Fortin, Sarah Foster, David Grant, Thomas Hand, Justin Hart, George Haynes, Brad Hollenback, Kris Holmes, Richard Hryhorchuk, Mark Johnson, Nicholas Jones, Leslie Lensgraf, Nickole Londono, David Mahaffey, Jason Matt, Michael Meighan, Alicia Middents, Michael Munska, Matthew Nelson, James Patton, Mitchell Pfeifer, Logan Piernick, Clifford Rolsen, John Rolsen, Kera Scott, David Sha, Frank Shea, Jonathan Sircar, Rita Smeckert, Andrew Soctomah, William Sterling, Kenneth St. George, Paul Tansil, Raymond Tedesco, Erin Van Elsacker, Nicholas Wasserman, Daniel Whitworth, Charles Widner, Dennis Wilwert, Jacob Young, William