Little Rock Airmen graduate from NCO academy Published April 15, 2011 19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Twenty-two technical sergeants from Little Rock Air Force Base graduated March 31 from the NCO Academy at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Tech. Sgt. Carrie Ezell, 19th Force Support Squadron, received the Commandant's award for excellence in leadership. Tech. Sgt. Timothy Walsh, 19th Component Maintenance Squadron, received the Academic Achievement award. He was also recognized as a distinguished graduate along with Tech. Sgts. Kerry Thompson, 19th Security Forces Squadron, and Matthew Palmer, 41st Airlift Squadron. The graduates were: 19th Operations Support Squadron Carlos Phillips 41st Airlift Squadron Matthew Palmer 50th Airlift Squadron Jason Terry 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Michael Ezell Jeffrey Parks Nicholaus Shoaf Lucas Schellhammer 19th Component Maintenance Squadron Jason Hook Timothy Walsh 19th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Charles Hulke Jason Lodder Joseph Mills 19th Maintenance Operations Squadron Gregory Edelstein 19th Medical Group Tanya Miller Tasha Sheerin 19th Force Support Squadron Carrie Ezell 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron Scott Berrier Christopher Loar 19th Security Forces Squadron Kerry Thompson 314th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Mark Adkins 29th Weapons Squadron Derek Albert Det 3, AMCAOS Matthew Leonard