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'''Marc Henry Sasseville Frontera'''<ref group="note">{{family name hatnote|'''Sasseville'''|'''Frontera'''|lang=Spanish}}</ref> (born March 23, 1963) is a [[United States Air Force]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] who currently serves as the 12th [[Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau]]. He previously served as the commander of the Continental United States [[North American Aerospace Defense Command|North American Aerospace Defense Command Region]] and concurrently as commander of the [[First Air Force]] (Air Forces Northern) from June 2019 to August 2020. Sasseville previously served as commander of the [[113th Wing]], [[District of Columbia Air National Guard]] at [[Andrews Air Force Base]] in [[Maryland]] and was the first [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic American]] to hold the position.

On September 11, 2001, Sasseville was the acting operations group commander under the 113th Wing of the D.C. Air National Guard. He was one of four pilots given the mission of finding [[United Airlines Flight 93]] during the [[September 11 attacks ]] and destroying it, even if it meant [[Air ramming|ramming the aircraft]]. He also served as the Senior Defense Official/Defense Attache, Turkey, United States European Command, Ankara, Turkey.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LIEUTENANT GENERAL MARC H. SASSEVILLE|url=http://www.nationalguard.mil/portals/31/Features/ngbgomo/bio/2/2362.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=April 13, 2015|website=National Guard Bureau}}</ref> He assumed his current assignment in August 2020.