The Senate on July 26 confirmed Army Lt. Gen. Frank Grass to be the next National Guard Bureau chief and Air Force Maj. Gen. Joseph Lengyel to be vice chief, announced Guard officials. For these positions, Grass will receive a fourth star and Lengyel will add a third star. Grass has been deputy commander of US Northern Command since September 2010. He will become the 27th NGB chief, replacing Gen. Craig McKinley who’s commanded the National Guard since November 2008 and is retiring after some 38 years of Active Duty and Air National Guard service. Lengyel, who’s served since June 2011 as the senior US defense official in Cairo, will be the first three-star NGB vice chief based on a provision in the Fiscal 2012 defense authorization act. (Washington, D.C., report by Jim Greenhill)
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
