USAF has promoted 417 enlisted members to chief master sergeant, following evaluation of 2,475 senior master sergeants. The selection rate was 16.85 percent, compared to 22.83 percent last year.
A provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill will require the Defense Department to include the military occupational specialty of service members who die by suicide in its annual report on suicide deaths, though it remains to be seen how much data the department will actually disclose.