$HALB  New Company President BIO   Reuben Jame

$HALB  New Company President BIO

Reuben James Lowing

Just days after graduation from high school in 1981 Reuben headed to basic training at RTC Great Lakes to pursue a career in the US Navy, he was selected for the rating Designation as a Tradeavsman (TD) and headed to near Memphis, TN to attend Naval Aviation Training Center for advanced aviation electrical schools.  While enrolled in Naval Aviation Training Center he won the novice Golden Glove Featherweight Championship.  Upon graduation Reuben accepted orders to NAS Pensacola where is was assigned as a maintenance technician for the 2F101/T2 Buckeye simulator.   He applied for Basic Underwater Demolition/Seal Teams and was enrolled in BUD/s class 141 October 1986, Reuben Graduated third and fourth peer ranking in his class February 20th 1987.

 Reuben accepted his orders to SEAL Team Four where he completed Seal Tactical Training and was awarded as a Combat Swimmer Seal designation August 1987 his first deployment with SEAL Team Four Delta Platoon to the Persian Gulf June of 1988.  He held the secondary air operations and intelligence rep for his platoon.  With SEAL Team Four Delta platoon he held the primary communications department head and air operations department head position simultaneously.  He deployed to the Republic of Panama June 1989 and December 17th 1989 redeployed back to Virginia Beach and three days later recalled back to Panama for Operation "Just Cause".  December 20th 1989 with Delta Platoon assaulted Patella Airfield and for his actions received a Navy Commendation Medal with Valor.

 October 1993 Reuben accepted overseas assignment to Naval Special Warfare Unit Eight on Rodman Naval Station Panama as the Air Operations Department head responsible to all air operations activities in the Southern Command theater.  If a Navy SEAL did it out of an aircraft, helicopter or fixed wing aircraft he was in charge of it, from maintaining and issuing the gear, scheduling, briefing the pilots, the crew, the platoons and SEAL operators, load planning and mobility as a free fall and static line jump master, cast master and parachute rigger.  September 1993 Reuben was awarded Sailor of the quarter and October 1993 he transferred to SEAL Team One in Coronado CA. he deployed to Korea and was honorably discharged May 26th 1996.

 Reuben entered civilian life starting off in sales and obtained his California real-estate license working as a mortgage loan officer for several mortgage and real-estate brokers, independently operating branch officers and supervising loan officers and real-estate agents earning a six figure income and then in 2006 with the down turn in the residential real-estate market Reuben obtained his insurance license and series 6 and 63 to diversify into financial services and attained the level of Marketing Director for Transamerica Financial Services and October 2009 he reached the top of the leader's board for all of San Diego county and the top ten for personal production for nationally.

 Reuben took employment as a maritime security agent in the Indian Ocean aboard two merchant ships protecting them against Somalia pirates.  During his time in the Indian Ocean he realized a need for better intelligence collection and early warning procedures.  While focusing on these challenges he as introduced to Halberd Corp. and because of his operational, business, financial and insurance backgrounds he was asked to take over the president's position for Halberd Corp. November 2011.