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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Otto Feather, 374th Airlift Wing commander, promotes Staff Sgt. Ontario Rogers, 374th Medical Operations Squadron NCO in charge pediatrics services element, to Technical Sergeant in front of his family at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 19, 2011. Rogers was selected for promotion under the Stripes for Exceptional Performers program. Each fiscal year, a limited number of enlisted Air Force personnel with exceptional potential may be promoted to the grades of Staff Sergeant through Master Sergeant under the STEP program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)