Bruce Holdt is a retired U.S. naval officer. He spent six years as an enlisted sailor, four of which were attending the University of Washington as student in the Naval Enlisted Science Program. On May 30, 1968, he graduated, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. On August 30, 1968, he was commissioned as regular in the U.S. Navy. He served as the anti-submarine officer on the USS Taussig (DD-746) from September 1 to May 30, 1968. He was ordered to attend destroyer school. From April 1 to October 30, 1971, he served as operations officer on the USS Reasoner (FF-1063). He then served as combat cargo officer on the USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187) from November 1, 1972, to March 30, 1974. He then attended Naval Postgraduate School, earning a Master of Science degree. From August 1 to October 30, 1976, he served as the commanding officer of the USS Grand Rapids (PG-98). He was then assigned to the office of chief of naval personnel in Washington, DC. From September 1, 1980, to December 15, 1982, He served as the commanding officer of the Implicit (MSO-455). He then attended the NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy. He then was assigned to the office of supreme allied commander in Mons, Belgium, from May 1, 1983, to August 1988. He then served as operations officer on the USS Nassau, as operations officer until August 30, 1986. He was then assigned to the office of chief of naval personnel in Washington, DC. He was then assigned as the military attaché to Brazil in Rio de Janeiro until September 30, 1989. From there, served in the office of chief of naval personnel in Washington, DC, retiring from the U.S. Naval Service on August 30, 1990. After his retirement from the U.S. naval service, he worked as a consultant for sever firms. He applied for a position with MCI as a project manager for a reengineering project for MCI Proceda, a communications company, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He worked in Brazil for three years before returning to his home on Clitherall Lake in Minnesota. He continued consulting until he became very ill with liver disease. He suffered four compression fractures of his spine and received a liver transplant. He lives and writes books from his home on a beautiful lake in northern Minnesota, USA.
