Security forces gets new commander
From left, Jeremy Ellway, 81st Security Forces Squadron, Maj. Matthew Pignataro, new 81st SFS commander, and Maurice Mathis, 81st SFS, discuss the associated challenges and benefits of Defense Biometric Identification System implementation at the White Avenue Gate. Pignataro took command July 16. The new commander
comes to Keesler from the Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, where he was the chief of security forces air and space expeditionary force scheduling. Maj. James Clark, previous commander, is pursuing a master’s degree in homeland defense at the Naval Post-graduate School, Monterey Bay, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)