Oct. 2 ceremony welcomes Keesler's new commander Published Sept. 24, 2007 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Brig. Gen. Paul Capasso turns over command of the 81st Training Wing to Col. Gregory Touhill, 8:30 a.m. Oct. 2, on the parade grounds. In case of rain, the ceremony moves to Welch Auditorium. General Capasso, the wing commander since November 2005, is headed to Stuttgart, Germany, to be the director of command, control, communications and computer systems for U.S. Africa Command. Colonel Touhill comes to Keesler from Air Mobility Command headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., where he serves as director of communications. The directorate manages AMC's terrestrial and airborne communications, computer and information management resources. The colonel is responsible for policy guidance, program management, resource allocation and information management, transfer and disposition for AMC's communications and computer systems. He also manages the communications group providing AMC's enterprise network management, command and control system software and engineering services. Colonel Touhill, a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, holds master's degrees from the University of Southern California and Air War College. He also participated in the senior executive fellows program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He attended two courses at Keesler -- the basic communications-electronics officer course, 1983-84, and advanced communications-computer officer training course, 1991. He's held assignments at McChord AFB, Wash.; Royal Air Force Fairford, United Kingdom; Offutt AFB, Neb.; King Abdul Aziz Air Base, Saudi Arabia; McClellan AFB, Calif.; Air Force Communications and Information Center and Air Force headquarters, Washington, D.C.; Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas; and Al Udeid AB, Qatar. Colonel Touhill's awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Air Force Recognition Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service Medals, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal and Kuwait Liberation Medal. He earned the Air Force Science and Engineering Award for engineering achievement in 2006 and the Air Force Communications-Computer Systems Professional Achievement Award in 1986, 1988 and 1989.