John K. Love


John K. Love is an American general and serves as senior United States military representative to the NATO in Brussels. He is the former commanding officer of the Second Marine Division which is based in the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in North Carolina.

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. As of 2018 he is a Major General in the Marine Corps after being nominated for promotion by the Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter and then being approved by the U.S. Senate in March 2015.
In June 2018, Love was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as a military representative to the NATO Military Committee.

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