Marcie J. Whiteaker has been promoted to the rank of master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force.

Whiteaker, a flight chief with 14 years of military service, is in the 99th Security Forces Group, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nev.

She is the daughter of Lauretta and Michael Whiteaker of Rossville.

The master sergeant graduated in 1992 from Rossville High School, and received an associate degree in 2007 from the Community College of the Air Force.