Staff Sgt. Lea Keedo, (center) 62nd Aerial Port Squadron, is notified of her selection to technical sergeant through the Stripes for Exceptional Performers Program by Chief Master Sgt. Zaki Mazid, 62nd Airlift Wing command chief (left) and Col. Leonard Kosinski, 62nd AW commander, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 19, 2016. The Stripes for Exceptional Performers Program enables commanders and senior officers to select a limited number of enlisted Airmen, with exceptional potential for promotion, to the grades of staff sergeant and technical sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tim Chacon)