Jonathan Bruce

Jonathan Bruce, is the pen name of co-authors John H. Schumacher and Bruce T. Smith. Both are 20+ year Air Force veterans who provide a behind-the-scenes perspective from inside the halls of power, to the flight line, to the battle lines of the war on terror in their new novel, "Seventh Psalm", published by Outskirts Press, Denver.

John H. Schumacher is a retired US Air Force Judge Advocate. During his career, he spent three years at RAF Bentwaters, and was present there when USAF F-111 fighter/bombers flew from the U.K. to bomb Libya in April 1986. Subsequently, John spent three years at the Air Force Special Operations Command Headquarters at Hurlburt Field, Florida. He has extensive experience in the real-world, “black ops,” application of the Geneva Conventions, International Law, and the Law of War. John has deployed to Somalia, Kenya, Bosnia and Honduras. Bruce T. Smith is a retired US Air Force Judge Advocate. During his career, he spent three years at RAF Lakenheath, which was one of the U.K. bases from which American F-111 fighter/bombers attacked Libya in April 1986. He won acclaims by the United States Air Forces in Europe for his command-wide knowledge in the Law of Armed Conflict. After obtaining his Masters of Law degree in International Law at the University of Virginia/US Army JAG School, Bruce was an instructor at Air University and later spent three years in a highly-classified billet at HQ CENTAF during the Iraq war. He then served for three years as a Military Judge, presiding over military courts-martial throughout the United States. He has extensive teaching experience in military justice, the Law of Armed Conflict and International Military Operations.