Harvey Picks Lovelace as Top Army Official for Stability Ops

By Sebastian Sprenger / March 3, 2006 at 5:00 AM
Army Secretary Francis Harvey has picked Lt. Gen. James Lovelace, head of the service's operations division, to lead the Army's stability operations initiatives and represent the service at Defense Department-wide meetings on this mission area, according to a Feb. 15 memorandum from the secretary. Inside the Pentagon reported Feb. 9 that Lovelace had been recommended for the post to senior service leaders. According to a November 2005 DOD directive, each service, as well as U.S. Special Operations Command, must designate...

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