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Competition for promotion to technical sergeant eased in 2024, after the Air Force's enlisted restructuring efforts drove the selection rate lower in recent years. Just over 6,900 staff sergeants ...

The Space Force is considering adding additional technical sergeant ranks -- similar to its junior enlisted specialist ranks -- so future Guardians have more promotion opportunities while ...

Staff Sgt. Sabrina Scruggs, a 315th Training Squadron instructor, celebrates her achievement during the technical sergeant release party at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, July 1, 2021.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Technical Sergeant, Joseph Allen, is the flight chief of operational integration at the 5th electromagnetic warfare Squadron. Allen says being a father in the ...

It was a tough Tuesday for many Air Force staff sergeants hoping for a promotion to technical sergeant, a role that would give them more responsibilities as well as a bigger paycheck at a time ...

An Air Force technical sergeant who posted a video of her racist ranting on social media on Sunday has been suspended from her leadership role, officials said. Tech. Sgt. Geraldine Lovely ...

An airman poses for a photograph holding a technical sergeant stripe at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., March 1, 2024. (Mark Herlihy/Air Force) This story was updated at 4:30 p.m. Eastern on June ...