Army releases names of master sergeants selected for school, promotion

The Army on Tuesday released the results of the 2016 sergeant major training and selection board.

These senior noncommissioned officers have been selected to attend the resident Sergeants Major Course at the Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Under the Army's STEP -- or select, train, educate, promote -- strategy, master sergeants compete for attendance at the Sergeants Major Course. They must graduate from the course before they can be promoted to sergeant major.

See the active Army selections here.

The selection statistics are here.

Also on Tuesday, the Army released board selections for Army Reserve senior NCOs.

• Army Reserve Active Guard and Reserve soldiers recommended for Sergeants Major Academy training and selection.

• Army Reserve Troop Program Unit/Drilling Individual Mobilization Augmentee Command Sergeant Major recommended list.

• Drilling Individual Mobilization Augmentee sergeant first class, master sergeant and sergeant major list.

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