From NCO to SNCO; Airmen move upward in SNCO induction ceremony

By Airman 1st Class Erick Requadt, 23 Wing Public Affairs / Published August 01, 2017

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Moody Air Force Base Honor Guard present the colors during a Senior NCO induction ceremony, July 28, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The event honored and celebrated the Airmen who have earned the rank of master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erick Requadt)

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Tech. Sgt. Michaela Maximin, 23d Force Support Squadron chief of readiness and plans, and her daughter Naiya, walk past a saber arch during a Senior NCO induction ceremony, July 28, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The event honored and celebrated the Airmen who have earned the rank of master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erick Requadt)

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Airmen take an induction charge at a Senior NCO induction ceremony, July 28, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The event honored and celebrated the Airmen who have earned the rank of master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erick Requadt)

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Col. Jennifer Short, 23d Wing commander, gives closing remarks at a Senior NCO induction ceremony, July 28, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The event honored and celebrated the Airmen who have earned the rank of master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erick Requadt)

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A Senior NCO plaque rests during a SNCO induction ceremony, July 28, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The event honored and celebrated the Airmen who have earned the rank of master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erick Requadt)

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --

Team Moody celebrated NCOs who earned the rank of master sergeant at a Senior NCO induction ceremony, July 28, here.

Every year NCOs are welcomed into the higher echelon of valor as SNCOs, congratulated by the prestige of officers and enlisted alike.

Master Sgt. Jeffrey Marino, 41st Helicopter Maintenance Unit specialist section chief, and one of the 42 SNCO inductees, expressed what becoming a SNCO meant to him and how it’s broadened his perspective with the mission of helping Airmen fly, fight and win.

“In order to maximize your ability to care for Airmen, you realize you need to learn how you and your organization are a part of the larger Moody team,” said Marino. “You go and seek these team resources to better enable your ability to care for Airmen. Then, you apply deliberate development in mentoring, motivating, and inspiring the staff sergeants and technical sergeants to do the same.”