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First Name: Bruce

Last Name: Loveless

Birthplace: Chicago, IL, USA

Gender: Male

Branch: Navy (present)

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Home of Record: Chattanooga, TN
Middle Name: F.



Date of Birth: 13 November 1963



Rank or Rate: Rear Admiral (lower half)

Years Served: 1986-2016
Bruce F. Loveless

   
Graduate, U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1986

Engagements:
•  Gulf War (1990 - 1991)
•  Operation Southern Watch (1992 - 2003)
•  Afghanistan War (Operation Enduring Freedom) (2001 - present)

Biography:

Bruce F. Loveless was born in Chicago, IL, and raised in Chattanooga, TN. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1986. He completed graduate studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government as a Federal Executive Fellow.

At sea and during operational assignments, he served as Air Intelligence Officer for Tactical Air Control Squadron 21 deploying to the Mediterranean Sea in USS Iwo Jima (LPH 2); Staff Intelligence Officer for U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th Fleet, forward-deployed to Manama, Bahrain, participating in Operations Desert Storm, Desert Strike, Southern Watch, Vigilant Sentinel, and Vigilant Warrior in Iraq, and United Shield in Somalia; Assistant Intelligence Officer for Carrier Group Four and NATO Striking Force Atlantic, sailing the Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea in each U.S. Atlantic Fleet aircraft carrier and USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20); Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (N2) for Carrier Strike Group Five, Battle Force Seventh Fleet (CTF 70), and U.S. Seventh Fleet, forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, sailing the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean in USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19); and Director of Intelligence (J2) for Joint Task Force 515 participating in Operation Enduring Freedom – The Philippines (OEF-P).

Ashore, he served at the Navy Operational Intelligence Center in Suitland, MD, and with the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS J2) and Director of Naval Intelligence (OPNAV N2) at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Most recently, he commanded U.S. Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Operations Center (PACOM JIOC), Pearl Harbor from 2009 to 2012.

In February 2013, he assumed his present duty as Director of Intelligence Operations (N2/N6I) at the Pentagon.

His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and various other personal, campaign, and unit awards including the Edwin Layton Award for Leadership in Naval Intelligence, the U.S. Army’s Knowlton Award for Military Intelligence, and the Joint Meritorious Unit Award for intelligence provided by PACOM JIOC during Operation Tomodachi following the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan.

Two Admirals Face Probe

On 10 November 2013, Fox News announced that two U.S. Navy admirals have reportedly become ensnared in a far-reaching bribery scandal involving the sale of classified information to a Malaysian defense contractor. The Washington Post reports Vice Admiral Ted Branch and Rear Admiral Bruce F. Loveless have both taken forced leaves of absence and had their access to classified materials suspended.

The news comes on the heels of the reports that at least two Navy Commanders allegedly leaked inside information to Malaysian businessman Leonard Glenn Francis -- chief executive of the contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia, which resupplies ships and submarines across Asia.

Federal prosecutors are reportedly accusing Navy Commander Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz, 46, of tipping off Francis to the worldwide movement of Navy ships so his company could obtain contracts to service those vessels at port. Also reportedly arrested was Naval Criminal Investigative Service supervisory Special Agent John Beliveau, 44, who allegedly (and secretly) downloaded reports on his agency’s investigation into Glenn Defense Marine Asia -- and how it won a $125 million contract to service naval ships at ports of call. Such information allegedly allowed the company to bilk the U.S. government of more money – and even secure more contracts worth up to $200 million -- as it defended itself from the Navy's criminal investigations.

According to The Post, neither Branch nor Loveless has as-yet been charged with a crime or service violation, or been demoted. As Director of Naval Intelligence, Branch serves as the Navy’s top intelligence officer. But the paper cited a Navy official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, as saying the Naval Criminal Intelligence Service unearthed evidence of “personal misconduct” by Branch and Loveless as part of the larger investigation into Glenn Defense Marine.

And the paper adds the alleged improprieties predate either man’s promotion to their current positions. “We do believe that other naval officers will likely be implicated in this scandal,” Rear Admiral John F. Kirby, the Navy’s chief spokesman, told The Post in a telephone interview.



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