L. Scott Rice
| Leon Scott Rice | |
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Lt. Gen. Leon Scott Rice
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| Nickname(s) | "Catfish" |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Years of service | 1980 - present |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant General
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| Commands held | |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit |
| Other work | Pilot for United Airlines |
Lieutenant General Leon Scott Rice is director of the Air National Guard. He previously served as The Adjutant General (TAG) and Commander of the Massachusetts National Guard and as an assistant to Gen Mark A. Welsh III, former commander of the United States Air Forces in Europe. Rice has also served as commander of USAF Forces deployed for United States Central Command in the Middle East Area of Operations. He is a Boeing 777 first officer flying for United Airlines (though currently on a military leave of absence) in Washington Dulles International Airport. On 3 April 2012 he was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick as The Adjutant General (TAG) of the Massachusetts National Guard and reappointed as The Adjutant General by Governor Charles Baker on 12 May 2015.
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 a 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.
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