John K. Love

John K. Love
Allegiance United States United States of America
Service/branch United States Marine Corps United States Marine Corps
Years of service 1981–Present
Rank

Lieutenant General
Commands held 2nd Marine Division
8th Marine Regimental Combat Team
Battles/wars
Awards

Legion of Merit

  Joint Meritorious Unit Award

  Combat Action Ribbon

  Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Navy Unit Commendation

  Recruiting Service Ribbon

Lieutentant General John K. Love is the senior United States military representative to NATO in Brussels.[1] He is the former commanding officer of the Second Marine Division which is based in the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in North Carolina.[2][3][4]

Career

Love graduated from Texas Tech University. After, he was a corporal in the Marine Reserves and in 1984, he was commissioned. He participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009. His assignments as a general officer included the time he participated in Operation Unified Protector in 2011 as part of NATO.[5] As of 2018 he is a Major General in the Marine Corps after being nominated for promotion by the Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter[6] and then being approved by the U.S. Senate in March 2015.[7]

In June 2018, Love was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general[8] and assignment as a military representative to the NATO Military Committee.[9]

Awards and Decorations

He was awarded the legion of merit for “exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States” [10].

John K. Love is the recipient of the following awards and decorations:

Parachutist Badge
Rifle Expert Badge (7th award)

References

  1. ↑ "Lieutenant General John K. Love". NATO. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Major General John K. Love". Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. ↑ "John K. Love". Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. ↑ http://www.camplejeuneglobe.com/bushmaster-challenge/image_e5773864-90b0-11e6-8720-9ffb501ba8a0.html?mode=jqm. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "John K. Love". Marines. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  6. ↑ https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/605407/general-officer-announcements/
  7. ↑ "PN245 — Marine Corps". U.S. Congress. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  8. ↑ "PN2070 — Maj. Gen. John K. Love — Marine Corps". U.S. Congress. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  9. ↑ "General Officer Announcement". U.S. Department of Defense. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  10. ↑ "John K. Love". Sightline Media Group. Retrieved July 18, 2018.

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