38 first lieutenants join the rank of captain Published Jan. 10, 2007 By Airman Nathan Riley 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs ELLSWORTH AFB, S.D. -- The Air Force considered 3,890 line first lieutenants for promotion and selected 3,864 first lieutenants for promotion to captain, a 99.3 percent selection rate for line officers. Ellsworth had 38 lieutenants up for promotion, and all still assigned here were selected. Congratulations to Ellsworth's newest captains. (See below for list of names.) David Barker, 28th Medical Support Squadron Joshua Bekkedahl, 34th Bomb Squadron Ren Carr, 28th Security Forces Squadron Alexander Datzman, 37th Bomb Squadron Alicia Datzman, 34th BS Winell de Mesa, 28th SFS Kim Fuller, 34th BS Louis Heidema, 37th BS Katrine Helleberg, 34th BS Chad Hillen, 34th BS Daniel Hilton, 34th BS Carrie Kessler, 28th Bomb Wing Scott Kniola, 28th Services Squadron Joshua Krum, 34th BS Erick Lord, 37th BS Eric Lynn, 28th Communications Squadron Andrew Maguire, 34th BS Robert Marcucci, 28th Civil Engineer Squadron Rober McCollough, 37th BS Alvin McConkey, 28th Maintenance Squadron Christopher Nocks, 28th CES Bernard Nyzio III, 34th BS Brian Paradise, 37th BS Robert Rauch, 34th BS Edward Rozak, 28th Operations Support Squadron Bret Sailsbery, 37th BS Kevin Spork, 34th BS David Stamper, 28th SFS Robert Stinson, 37th BS Matthew Tull, 34th BS Jason VanOverbeke, 28th CS The following members were selected for promotion but have recently PCSed. Ajay Giri, 28th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas Paul Johnson, 28th BS, Dyess AFB, Texas William McMillian, 28th BS, Dyess AFB, Texas Scott A. Olson, PACAF Air Intelligence Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii Frederick William Peterson, Air Force Institute of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio Patrick Sines, 28th BS, Dyess AFB, Texas Jared Tomlin, 28th BS, Dyess AFB, Texas