Lord was educated at Castle Heights Military Academy[2] and Otterbein College, where he earned a bachelor's degree and graduated from the ROTC program.

He directed the Ground-Launched Cruise Missile Program Management Office in Europe.

He was a Military Assistant to the Director of Net Assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and represented the Air Force as a research associate in international security affairs at Ohio State University.

In addition, the new badge is no longer limited to pure space and missile operators/maintainers, but is also awarded to 61XX, 62XX and 63XX (officer) AFSCs who have performed space/ICBM acquisition duties, even if they were non-operational in nature.

This article incorporates public domain material from Biographies: General Lance W. Lord.