SpaceCom chief has 'transformation' background.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Washington Pulse - Lance Lord, Air Force chief - Interview

The newly appointed head of the Air Force Space Command, Lt. Gen. Lance Lord, can be expected to bring to the job a 'transformational' way of doing business. In the mid-1970s, Lord served as an intern at the secretive Office of Net Assessments, led by Andy Marshall, who is the forefather of today's transformation efforts advocated by the Bush administration. The defense secretary at the time was none other than current Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld. And one of Lord's colleagues at ONA was James Roche, the current secretary of the Air Force.

At the time, both Roche and Lord were focused on how the Air Force should be restructured after the end of the Vietnam War.

"It seems fitting [that] that little group from Andy's office is back...