L. Scott Rice

Major General Leon Scott Rice (born 27 May 1958) currently serves as commander of the Massachusetts Air National Guard and as an assistant to Phillip A. Breedlove, Commander of the United States Air Forces in Europe. Rice has also served as Commander, Air Force Forces for United States Central Command in the Middle East Area of Operations. He is concurrently a Boeing 777 First Officer flying for United Airlines in Washington, District of Columbia. On 3 April 2012 he was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick as acting Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard.

Early life
Leon Scott Rice was born 27 May 1958 to Leon Harold Rice (1919–2002) and Margery Ann (Miller) Rice (1918–2005) in Bedford, New Hampshire; a military family with his mother serving as a Captain during WWII in the Army Nurse Corps, and eventually becoming in 1990 the first female Commander of the Department of New Hampshire Veterans of Foreign Wars. Rice is a direct descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony. Rice attended local public schools and earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 1972.

Education

 * 1980 Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
 * 1981 Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
 * 2000 Air War College, by correspondence
 * 2009 Harvard University, National and International Security Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts
 * 2009 George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
 * 2010 George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
 * 2010 Capstone Military Leadership Program, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, District of Columbia
 * 2011 Senior Reserve Component Officer Course, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
 * 2011 Combined Force Air Component Commanders Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama

Assignments

 * 1) May 1981 - May 1982, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas
 * 2) May 1982 - July 1982, Student, AT-38B Lead-In Training Course, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
 * 3) July 1982 - January 1983, Student, F-111 United States Air Force Operation Training Course, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico
 * 4) January 1983 - November 1984, Aircraft Commander, F-111, 493rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
 * 5) November 1984 - October 1985, Instructor Aircraft Commander, F-111, 493rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
 * 6) October 1985 - December 1985, Student, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
 * 7) December 1985 - May 1986, Student, F-111 Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho
 * 8) May 1986 - April 1987, Chief, Weapons and Tactics/Instructor Pilot, F-111, 493rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
 * 9) April 1987 - April 1988, Instructor Pilot, F-111, 391st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho
 * 10) April 1988 - November 1989, Chief, Wing Weapons Section, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho
 * 11) November 1989 - January 1992, Pilot, A-10, 131st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
 * 12) February 1992 - December 1994, Pilot, A-10, 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
 * 13) December 1994 - December 1995, Assistant Flight Commander, 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
 * 14) December 1995 - June 1997, Instructor Pilot, A-10, 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
 * 15) June 1997 - June 1998, Commander, Operations Support Flight, 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
 * 16) June 1998 - September 1999, Commander, Operations Support Flight, 104th Operations Support Flight, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
 * 17) June 2002 - April 2004, Commander, 104th Operations Group, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
 * 18) May 2004 - July 2007, Director of Operations, J2, Massachusetts Joint Force Headquarters, Massachusetts National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts
 * 19) July 2007 - September 2010, Assistant Adjutant General-Air, Massachusetts National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts
 * 20) September 2010 – Present, Chief of Staff, Massachusetts Air National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts; dual hatted, February 2010 - February 2011, (A-6), Assistant to the Director, Air National Guard; dual-hatted, March 2011 – Present, Assistant to the Commander, United States Air Forces Europe
 * 21) April 2012 – Present, The Acting Adjutant General, Massachusetts National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts

Other achievements

 * 2005 George W. Bush Award for Leadership in the Guard/Reserve