Rear Adm. (select) Loveless reported to the Pentagon in November 2012 after serving as the commander of U.S. Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Operations Center (PACOM JIOC), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Born in Chicago and raised in Chattanooga, Tenn., he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1986.

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 USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and each U.S. Atlantic Fleet aircraft carrier; assistant chief of staff for Intelligence (N2) for Carrier Strike Group Five, Battle Force 7th Fleet (CTF 70), and U.S. 7th 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.

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, D.C. 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.

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.