3 medical squadrons change leaders in July Published July 8, 2008 By Steve Pivnick 81st Medical Group Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MISS. -- Three squadrons in the 81st Medical Group change leadership this month. Lt. Col. Michael Dietz assumed command of the 81st Medical Operations Squadron from Lt. Col. Steven Reese, Tuesday. Before coming to Keesler, Colonel Dietz commanded the 27th Special Operations Medical Support Squadron and was the administrator of the 27th Special Operations Medical Group at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. Colonel Reese will attend Air War College at Maxwell AFB, Ala. Lt. Col. Brian Casleton assumes command of the 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron from Col. (Dr.) Michael Johnson, 8 a.m. July 16 in Keesler Medical Center's Don Wylie auditorium. Colonel Casleton comes to Keesler from Lackland AFB, Texas, where he commanded the 59th Laboratory Squadron's clinical laboratory flight. It's his second Keesler tour -- he served as chief of the medical center's blood bank element from August 1996-January 2000. Colonel Johnson has been reassigned to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, where he'll command the 39th Medical Group. Col. Cassandra Salvatore takes command of the 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron from Col. Chet Roshetko, 11 a.m. July 18 in the Don Wylie auditorium. Colonel Salvatore was the commander of the 9th Medical Group at Beale AFB, Calif., for almost three years. Colonel Roshetko will also attend Air War College at Maxwell.