Maj. Gen. Scott Rice has been confirmed by the Senate for promotion to lieutenant general and for assignment as the new director of the Air National Guard. Rice, the adjutant general of the Massachusetts National Guard, replaces Maj. Gen. Brian Neal, who has served as the acting director since Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke retired in March. Rice was commissioned in 1980 through the ROTC program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, N.Y., and joined the Massachusetts ANG’s 104th Fighter Wing in 1989, flying the A-10. He has deployed to Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Iraq, and currently serves as the secretary of the Adjutants General Association of the United States.
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
