39th APS welcomes new commander

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  • By Staff Sgt. Derrick M. Gildner
  • 302nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs
The 39th Aerial Port Squadron change of command ushered in a new commander during the January unit training assembly.

Lt. Col. James L. Gregory II took command of the 39th APS in a change-of-command ceremony officiated by Lt. Col Michael J. McCully, 302nd Mission Support Group commander. Previously the unit deployment officer of the 39th APS, Colonel Gregory succeeds Lt. Col. James E. Tully, who is now the 302nd Airlift Wing’s inspector general.

Colonel Gregory served as the 39th APS unit deployment officer from 2003 until taking his new position. After a 5-year break in service to pursue a civil aviation career, his previous positions included T-1 aircraft instructor trainer, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, and KC-135 instructor evaluator and flight commander, Minot AFB, N.D.

Colonel Tully, a member of the 302nd AW since 1989, succeeds Col. Michael J. Marques, who became the inspector general at Youngstown Air Reserve Base, Ohio.