CCAF awards 125 associate degrees in spring ceremony Published June 7, 2007 By Airman Jamie Coggan 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- The Community College of the Air Force granted 125 associate degrees to 114 D-M Airmen during its spring graduation ceremony May 24 at the Mirage Officer's Club here. The CCAF is an accredited Air Force-wide college that provides curricula for Airmen to pursue an associate's degree, most often in their own Air Force specialty. As the largest multicampus community college in the world, it has affiliated schools located in 35 states and the District of Columbia, along with six foreign locations and one territory. To earn a CCAF degree, Airmen must complete 64 semester hours and reach a five-level in their career field. The semester hours required are broken up into five blocks: 24 technical training hours, 4 basic training hours, 6 management hours, 15 general education hours and 15 program elective hours. Statistics show that at least 80 percent of servicemembers are enrolled in CCAF. "(More than) 290,000 servicemembers have earned an associate's degree through CCAF, which gave out its first in 1977," said Senior Master Sgt. Crystal Flowers, the career assistance advisor for the 355th Mission Support Squadron here. Five Pitsenbarger Awards were handed out during the ceremony. The awards provide a one-time grant of $500 to selected top Air Force enlisted personnel graduating from CCAF who plan to pursue a baccalaureate degree. The grants coincide with the CCAF graduation ceremonies, which are held each spring and fall. Recipients this spring were Staff Sgt. Candace Booker of the 355th Communications Squadron, Tech. Sgt. Angela Borum and Staff Sgt. Anna Payne of the 612th Combat Operations Squadron, Staff Sgt Amanda Gleason of the 41st Electronic Combat Squadron, Tech. Sgt. Laurie Holmon of the 355th Fighter Wing legal office. An education fair at the officers' club immediately followed the graduation. "The purpose of having the education fair after graduation to give the Airmen more opportunities," said Raphael Maldonado, a CCAF counselor here. "They just graduated, and now we have all these schools here in one place so that they can shop around and further their educations." Base Training and Education Services has walk-in hours from 8-10 a.m. and 2-3 p.m.; you can call 228-4815 to set up an appointment with a career counselor. List of spring graduates: SrA Alkire, Rachel SSgt Amaya, Rueben SSgt Ambush, Marqus SSgt Armsey, Case MSgt Austin, Russell TSgt Azana, Angelo SSgt Bailey, Damion TSgt Bennett, Brandon SSgt Biggers, Christopher TSgt Blecha, Bethany SSgt Booker, Candace TSgt Borum, Angela TSgt Bowersock, Jason SSgt Cantu, Michael SSgt Christofaro, Jennell MSgt Clark, Scott SSgt Combs, Anthony SSgt Creech, Joseph SrA Cumbie, Thomas MSgt Dimler, Michael SSgt Donalson, Cheryl SSgt Doucet Joseph TSgt Dow, Michael TSgt Dulawan, Christopher MSgt Eberlan, Jeffrey TSgt Eldridge, Kevin MSgt Ellis, Robbie SSgt Elms, George SSgt Farmer, Lequary, SrA Franco, Shanna SSgt Fruit, Jonathan TSgt Gaines, Adrian SSgt Gamber, Wayne SSgt Gavino, Ivana Celeste, SSgt Glass, David SSgt Gleason, Amanda A1C, Gonzalez, Angela MSgt Gouge, Bobby A1C, Graves, Nicholas MSgt Green, Deanna SSgt Halliburton, David TSgt Hamilton, Grant SSgt Harris, Clinton SSgt Hodgson, Bianca TSgt Holman, Laurie SrA Hovorka, Kathryn SSgt Howard, Justin SSgt Jahnke, Joshua SrA Jennings, Tiffany SrA Juell, Aubrey SrA Keating, Marc TSgt Keefner, Erik SSgt Kneier, Jason SrA Knutson, Mark TSgt Kobayashi, Mark SrA Kummerer, Jared TSgt Lemke, Adam SSgt Lesniak, Nicholas SrA Lewis, Amanda MSgt Lewis, Tyler TSgt Lybarger, Richard MSgt Manuel, Tyrone MSgt Marquesen, Richard MSgt Maurer, William, , TSgt Mccallum, Timothy, , SSgt Mciver, Brandon SSgt Melgosa, Robert MSgt Melton, James MSgt Milcic, Kevin MSgt Miller, Jimmy SSgt Monroe, Adriana MSgt Moore, Brandon TSgt Mykes, Michael MSgt Nielsen, Kevin MSgt Olekshuk, Russell TSgt Oreilly, Nicholas SSgt Parshall, Brandon SSgt Payne, Anna SSgt Perea Gregory SSgt Porter, Judd SSgt Rolen, Barry SSgt Rosales, Alexander TSgt Roser, Douglas SSgt Sabotka Bradley TSgt Shoulders, Reginald MSgt Snapp, Robert SSgt Soto, David SrA Sroka, Jeffrey TSgt Staley, Richard TSgt Stenberg, Heather SrA Tanner, Oliver SSgt Taylor, Paula MSgt Thompson, Barry MSgt Timberlake, Richard TSgt Vera, Matthew SSgt Villamayor, Elizabeth SSgt Vollmer, Frank SSgt Warriner, Adam SSgt Warriner, Melanie A1C, Weigelt Justin, , MSgt White, Melissa TSgt Williams, Archie TSgt Williams, Clarissa MSgt Williams, Jon MSgt Williamson, Brian, TSgt Wilson, Thomas SrA Work, Daniel MSgt Wright Leon TSgt Yates, Jason MSgt Yetter, Michael