Air Force selects 875 for promotion to captain

A promotion ceremony attendee pins on a new captain’s rank on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 26. The Air Force Personnel Center announced Friday that 825 first lieutenants have been selected for promotion to captain. (Airman 1st Class Joshua Magbanua/Air Force)

The Air Force Personnel Center announced Friday that 825 first lieutenants have been selected for promotion to captain.

The list of selectees for the 2017C quarterly selection process includes 753 Line of the Air Force officers. It also includes seven LAF-judge advocates, 87 Nurse Corps officers, 14 Biomedical Services Corps officers, 11 Medical Service Corps officers, and three chaplains.

All but four of the 756 LAF lieutenants who were in the promotion zone were selected, for a selection rate of 99.5 percent. One above-the-zone LAF officer was selected, but two others were passed over.

The other categories had 100 percent selection rates in-the-zone, and no above-the-zone officers were considered for promotion in those categories.

The Air Force released the names of the first lieutenants selected for promotion to captain in the latest quarterly cycle..(Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett/Air Force)

The list of selectees can be found here.

Stephen Losey is the air warfare reporter for Defense News. He previously covered leadership and personnel issues at Air Force Times, and the Pentagon, special operations and air warfare at Military.com. He has traveled to the Middle East to cover U.S. Air Force operations.