Lt. Gen. Marc H. Sasseville was the 12th Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. The VCNGB is second in charge of the National Guard Bureau which is a joint activity of the Department of Defense. The VCNGB assists the Chief of the National Guard Bureau in performing duties as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of the Army, and Secretary of the Air Force. He served as a channel of communication to the Department of the Army, Department of the Air Force on matters relating to the National Guard. He oversaw the NGB’s participation in the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution process, and the administration of funds appropriated to the NGB. He also oversaw NGB’s participation in the Joint Strategic Planning System, Global Force Management, and Force Employment on matters pertaining to homeland defense and defense support of civil authorities.

Lt. Gen. Sasseville graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in International Affairs. Following pilot training, he served in various operational units in United States Air Forces Europe, Tactical Air Command/Air Combat Command, and Pacific Air Forces. After his last active-duty assignment, he joined the District of Columbia Air National Guard. He has held squadron, group, wing and numbered air force command. He also served as the Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché to Turkey.

Prior to assuming his current position, Lt. Gen. Sasseville was the Commander, Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and First Air Force, Air and Space Forces Northern, headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.