Bruce Loveless

Bruce Loveless is a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He is currently Director of Naval Intelligence Operations (N2/N6I)

Education
Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1986

Military career
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. Most recently, he commanded U.S. Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Operations Center (PACOM JIOC), Pearl Harbor from 2009 to 2012.

On November 8, 2013, the Navy temporarily relieved RAdm. Loveless of his duties and suspended his security clearance in connection with an NCIS bribery investigation involving Singapore-based defense contractor, Glenn Defense Marine Asia. The investigation as to Branch involves a non-criminal accusation of "inappropriate conduct" associated with his acceptance of gifts from Glenn Marine during the time of his Pacific commands, before his appointment as chief of Naval Intelligence.

Military Awards and Decorations
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge