L. Scott Rice

Leon Scott Rice
Leon Scott Rice
	Maj. Gen. Leon Scott Rice (USAF Photo)
Nickname	"Catfish"
Born	27 May 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Bedford, New Hampshire
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	1980 - Present
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Massachusetts Air National Guard; ; Massachusetts National Guard;
Battles/wars	Kosovo War; ; Gulf War; Iraq War;
Awards	Legion of Merit; ; Bronze Star Medal; Meritorious Service Medal (3); Air Medal (5); Aerial Achievement Medal (2); Air Force Commendation Medal; Air Force Achievement Medal; Combat Readiness Medal (6); National Defense Service Medal (2); Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2); Kosovo Campaign Medal (2); Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Armed Forces Service Medal; Armed Forces Reserve Medal; NATO Non-Article 5 Medal for ISAF (2); Louisiana Emergency Service Medal; Massachusetts Air National Guard Service Medal (2);
Other work	Pilot for United Airlines

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.^[1]^[2]^[3] On 3 April 2012 he was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick as acting Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard.^[2]

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.^[4] Rice is a direct descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[5]^{[nb 1]} Rice attended local public schools and earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 1972.^[2]

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[]

May 1981 - May 1982, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas
May 1982 - July 1982, Student, AT-38B Lead-In Training Course, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
July 1982 - January 1983, Student, F-111 United States Air Force Operation Training Course, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico
January 1983 - November 1984, Aircraft Commander, F-111, 493rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
November 1984 - October 1985, Instructor Aircraft Commander, F-111, 493rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
October 1985 - December 1985, Student, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
December 1985 - May 1986, Student, F-111 Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho
May 1986 - April 1987, Chief, Weapons and Tactics/Instructor Pilot, F-111, 493rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
April 1987 - April 1988, Instructor Pilot, F-111, 391st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho
April 1988 - November 1989, Chief, Wing Weapons Section, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho
November 1989 - January 1992, Pilot, A-10, 131st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
February 1992 - December 1994, Pilot, A-10, 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
December 1994 - December 1995, Assistant Flight Commander, 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
December 1995 - June 1997, Instructor Pilot, A-10, 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
June 1997 - June 1998, Commander, Operations Support Flight, 131st Fighter Squadron, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
June 1998 - September 1999, Commander, Operations Support Flight, 104th Operations Support Flight, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
June 2002 - April 2004, Commander, 104th Operations Group, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
May 2004 - July 2007, Director of Operations, J2, Massachusetts Joint Force Headquarters, Massachusetts National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts
July 2007 - September 2010, Assistant Adjutant General-Air, Massachusetts National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts
September 2010 – Present, Chief of Staff, Massachusetts Air National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts;^[7] 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
April 2012 – Present, The Acting Adjutant General, Massachusetts National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts

Awards and decorations[]

US Air Force Command Pilot Badge

	Legion of Merit
	Bronze Star Medal
	Meritorious Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters
	Air Medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters
	Aerial Achievement Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster
	Air Force Commendation Medal
	Air Force Achievement Medal
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor device and silver and bronze oak leaf clusters
	Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
	Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
	Combat Readiness Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
	Air Force Recognition Ribbon
	National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star
	Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with bronze service star
	Kosovo Campaign Medal with bronze service star
	Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
	Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
	Armed Forces Service Medal
	Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon with bronze oak leaf cluster
	Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon
	Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold frame
	Air Force Longevity Service Award with silver oak leaf cluster
	Armed Forces Reserve Medal with bronze hourglass, M device and numeral 3
	Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon with bronze oak leaf cluster
	Air Force Training Ribbon
	NATO Non-Article 5 Medal for ISAF with bronze service star
	Louisiana Emergency Service Medal
	Massachusetts Air National Guard Service Medal with bronze service star
	Massachusetts Desert Storm Service Ribbon
	Massachusetts Defense Expeditionary Ribbon

Other achievements[]

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

Effective dates of promotion[]

Promotions
Insignia	Rank	Date
	Major General	December 22, 2010
	Brigadier General	July 24, 2007
	Colonel	June 15, 2003
	Lieutenant Colonel	September 9, 1998
	Major	November 18, 1992
	Captain	November 18, 1984
	First Lieutenant	November 18, 1982
	Second Lieutenant	May 17, 1980

References[]

Notes

↑ The descendancy of Gen. Rice from Edmund Rice is as follows: Edmund Rice (1594-1663); Thomas Rice (1626-1681); Thomas Rice (1654-1747); Charles Rice (1684-?); Elijah Rice (1719-1785); Elijah Rice (1750-1805); Isaac Rice (1784-1876); Hiram Rice (1816-1894); John Henry Rice (1863-1951); Leon Hiram Rice (1890-1980); Leon Harold Rice (1919-2002); Maj. Gen. Leon Scott Rice (b. 1958).^[6]

Citations

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Catfish balancing on a stool with different legs". National Guard News 26 May 2011. http://states.ng.mil/sites/MA/News/Pages/A%20%E2%80%9CCATFISH%E2%80%9D%20is%20balancing%20on%20a%20stool%20with%20different%20legs%E2%80%A6.aspx. Retrieved 1 Nov 2011.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Major General L. Scott Rice". United States Air Force, National Guard Bureau, General Officer Management Office. http://www.ng.mil/ngbgomo/library/bio/2007.htm. Retrieved 30 Oct 2011.
↑ "Citizen soldier L. Scott Rice, of Southampton, leads Massachusetts Air National Guard". by Cynthia Simison, MassLive.com 10 Nov 2010. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/citizen_soldier_l_scott_rice_o.html. Retrieved 31 Oct 2011.
↑ "Margery Rice Obituary 27 May 2005". GazetteNet.com (Daily Hampshire Gazette). http://www.gazettenet.com/2005/05/27/rice. Retrieved 30 Nov 2011.
↑ Descendants of Edmund Rice:The First Nine Generations (2011). Edmund Rice (1638) Association.
↑ p.1318 In: Ray Lowther Ellis (ed.), 1970. A Genealogical Register of Edmund Rice Descendants. Edmund Rice (1638) Association and The Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont.
↑ "U.S. Sen. Scott Brown to speak at annual veterans' breakfast in West Springfield". MassLive.com 5 Nov 2010. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/us_sen_scott_brown_to_speak_at.html. Retrieved 30 Oct 2011.

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[7] The descendancy of Gen. Rice from Edmund Rice is as follows: Edmund Rice (1594-1663); Thomas Rice (1626-1681); Thomas Rice (1654-1747); Charles Rice (1684-?); Elijah Rice (1719-1785); Elijah Rice (1750-1805); Isaac Rice (1784-1876); Hiram Rice (1816-1894); John Henry Rice (1863-1951); Leon Hiram Rice (1890-1980); Leon Harold Rice (1919-2002); Maj. Gen. Leon Scott Rice (b. 1958).^[6]

[NGnews-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Catfish balancing on a stool with different legs". National Guard News 26 May 2011. http://states.ng.mil/sites/MA/News/Pages/A%20%E2%80%9CCATFISH%E2%80%9D%20is%20balancing%20on%20a%20stool%20with%20different%20legs%E2%80%A6.aspx. Retrieved 1 Nov 2011.

[SLRice-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Major General L. Scott Rice". United States Air Force, National Guard Bureau, General Officer Management Office. http://www.ng.mil/ngbgomo/library/bio/2007.htm. Retrieved 30 Oct 2011.

[3] "Citizen soldier L. Scott Rice, of Southampton, leads Massachusetts Air National Guard". by Cynthia Simison, MassLive.com 10 Nov 2010. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/citizen_soldier_l_scott_rice_o.html. Retrieved 31 Oct 2011.

[Rice-obit-4] "Margery Rice Obituary 27 May 2005". GazetteNet.com (Daily Hampshire Gazette). http://www.gazettenet.com/2005/05/27/rice. Retrieved 30 Nov 2011.

[5] Descendants of Edmund Rice:The First Nine Generations (2011). Edmund Rice (1638) Association.

[6] .1318 In: Ray Lowther Ellis (ed.), 1970. A Genealogical Register of Edmund Rice Descendants. Edmund Rice (1638) Association and The Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont.

[8] "U.S. Sen. Scott Brown to speak at annual veterans' breakfast in West Springfield". MassLive.com 5 Nov 2010. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/us_sen_scott_brown_to_speak_at.html. Retrieved 30 Oct 2011.

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