Technical Sergeant Almira Rochelle Baptiste is the unit NCOIC of Personnel, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 365, Massachusetts Institute Technology, Cambridge, MA.
She entered the Air Force in June 2011 where she attended Basic Military Training, then Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi to attend Personnel Technical School. After graduating from Technical School in October of 2011, she received her first orders to Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana, 341st Force Support Squadron where she performed her duties as a Customer Service and Promotions Journeyman. In 2015 she PCS’d to Ramstein AB, Ramstein, Germany 786th FSS, where she worked as the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge for the Installation Personnel Readiness office and the NCOIC of Commander Support Staff for 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron. She left Germany in 2019 and received an assignment to Barksdale AFB, LA as the NCOIC of the CSS for 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the NCOIC for Force Management for 2nd FSS. Finally, she arrived at Massachusetts Institute of Technology to work as the unit NCOIC of Personnel in February of 2022.
EDUCATION
2007 Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy
2011 Personnel Technical School
2015 Airman Leadership School, In-Residence (Distinguished Graduate)
2017 Associates Degree in Human Resource Management
2018 SEJPME I, Correspondence
2021 NCO Academy, In-Residence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Oct 2011 – May 2015: Customer Support Representative, 341st FSS, Malmstrom AFB, MT (April – July 2013 Al Udeid AB, Doha, Qatar)
2. May 2015 – August 2017: NCOIC Installation Personnel Readiness 786th FSS, Ramstein AB, Ramstein Germany
3. August 2017 – June 2019 NCOIC Commander Support Staff 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Ramstein AB, Ramstein Germany
4. June 2019 – Feb 2021 NCOIC CSS 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Barksdale AFB, Barksdale, LA
5. Feb 2021 – Feb 2022 NCOIC of Force Management, 2nd FSS, Barksdale AFB, Barksdale, LA
6. Feb 2022 – Present NCOIC of Personnel AFROTC, Det 365, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf cluster
Armed Force Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with two oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Airman First Class June 2011
Senior Airman Oct 2013
Staff Sergeant Aug 2015
Technical Sergeant Oct 2020
(Current as of March 2022)