John M. Lovett is a former U. S. Army officer with over 17 years of active duty and reserve experience. For the past ten years, his group The Hollywood Military Advisor has providing military technical advice to the video gaming, television, and motion picture industries. The HMA has provided consultation and assistance to Warriors, Inc., Dreamworks Interactive, Legacy Interactive, Silvertouch Pictures, Synergy Group, and Nichols Productions. Working as a writer, John is a contributing editor to e-magazine Suite101 ? Military Movies. He has been an editor for The Ordnance Magazine, reviewer for Military Intelligence Magazine, and contributor to various volumes of The International Military Encyclopedia. He is a trained linguist in both Russian and German. He has advised the Egyptian, Israeli, and German armies. He has been interviewed regarding his views on current military affairs by the Scripps Howard News Service, Der Spiegel, MBC Korean Television, and the Orange County Register.
