Changes of command

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81st Logistics Readiness Squadron - 9 a.m. Friday at the Transportation Bay, Lt. Col. Robert Hicks takes command from Maj. Clarence "Icy" Lee. Colonel Hicks was previously chief of movement and transportation, logistics division, Allied Air Component Command Headquarters NATO at Izmir, Turkey. Major Lee, who's been selected for promotion to lieutenant colonel, is taking a new assignment at 2nd Air Force. 

81st Comptroller Squadron -- 1 p.m. Friday at the Mathies NCO Academy auditorium, Lt. Col. Randolph Toris takes command from Maj. Robert Paleo. Colonel Toris was previously the commander of the 27th Special Operations Comptroller Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. Major Paleo remains at Keesler as chief of the 81st Training Wing's exercise and evaluation team.