(Center) Staff Sgt. John Hertel, 28th Maintenance Operations Squadron information management manager, is promoted to the rank of technical sergeant through the Stripes for Exceptional Performers program, Jan. 2. Chief Master Sgt. Clifton Cole, 28th Bomb Wing command chief, and Sergeant Hertel’s wife, Susannah, tacked on Sergeant Hertel’s new stripes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kasey Zickmund)