Nurse commissioning program selectees announced Published June 17, 2008 RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- Officials at the Air Force Personnel Center here selected 31 enlisted Airmen to attend the Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program beginning in either fall 2008 or spring 2009. Those attending fall 2008 are: Tech. Sgt. Meki Bocage Tech. Sgt. Michele Bortvit Tech. Sgt. Samuel Cash Tech. Sgt. Samuel Cerezo Tech. Sgt. Edson Charles Tech. Sgt. Kristin Coates Tech. Sgt. Marya Molette Tech. Sgt. Rosio Piz Tech. Sgt. William Young Staff Sgt. Elias Ayala Staff Sgt. Richard Brocksmith Staff Sgt. Rachel Broussard Staff Sgt. Warren Carter Staff Sgt. Markeisha Clark Staff Sgt. Jason Howell Staff Sgt. Ladetra Johnson Staff Sgt. Michele Patterson Staff Sgt. Erica Sanders Staff Sgt. Darline Villanueva Staff Sgt. Amanda Wholly Senior Airman Nicole Clement Senior Airman Markia Gilbert Senior Airman Wendell Miculob Senior Airman Brand Valenzuela Those attending spring 2009 are: Tech. Sgt. Cristi Dueker-Bray Tech. Sgt. Sandy Henkens Tech. Sgt. Takeyla Roberts Tech. Sgt. Lakesha Sawyer Staff Sgt. Kristin Blouin Staff Sgt. Falisha Carman Staff Sgt. Maria Magistrado The program offers active duty enlisted Airmen the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in a high-need academic major. NECP students will complete their degree at a college or university with an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps detachment or a college or university with a "cross-town agreement." Students will commission after passing the National Council Licensure Examination and then attend commissioned officer training and the nurse transition program. Students will be required to attend school year-round for up to 24 consecutive calendar months, to include summer sessions. Airmen who successfully complete the nurse training program will be commissioned as second lieutenants. The next NECP board is scheduled for May 2009. Revised NECP guidelines will be available in January 2009. For more information, contact the local base education office. Comment on this story (comments may be published on Air Force Link) View the comments/letters page