AF names primary, alternate DARPA participants Published July 25, 2013 By Debbie Gildea Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Twelve captains, majors and lieutenant colonels have been selected as primary or alternate fiscal year 2014 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Service Chiefs Program participants. The program begins in September and is designed to immerse outstanding military officers into an imaginative, innovative, fast-paced science and technology research environment. The SCP provides insight into cutting-edge technology and aids in developing future DARPA technology, said Tech. Sgt. Jason Franklin, Air Force Personnel Center Officer Developmental Education. Primary participants include Lt. Col. Tyler Morton, Air Force District of Washington; Majors Steven Leutner, AFPC; Christopher Gentile, Air Force Materiel Command; Christopher Cassem, Pacific Air Forces and Rebecca Carter, Special Operations Command; as well as Captains Benjamin Donberg, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; David Cochran, Air Combat Command; and Steven Byrum, Air Mobility Command. Alternates include Lt. Col. Shane Barrett, Headquarters Air Staff; and Majors Nicholas Delcour and Jeremy Holmes, Strategic Command, and Eric Patton, Air Combat Command. For more information about the DARPA SCP, go to www.darpa.mil, select "Opportunities," then "Military Services," and "Service Chief's Fellows Program." For more information about Air Force Developmental Education and other personnel issues, visit the myPers website at https://mypers.af.mil.