Brig. Gen. Steven B. Rice was a 23-year-old Staff Sergeant serving on active duty in the U.S. Air Force at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona during Operation Desert Storm.
Rice, now the Assistant Adjutant General – Air, Illinois National Guard, told the group gathered at the Illinois State Military Museum in Springfield, Feb. 28, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Persian Gulf War cease fire, commonly know as Operation Desert Storm, that although he didn’t deploy during that time, he and his fellow Airmen were training and ready to go.
Source: DVIDS Marines | Author: Barbara Wilson | Published: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:28:29 -0500