Mike Bernacchi
{{short description|U.S. Navy rear admiral}}
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| birth_place = Pleasant Ridge, Michigan
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| allegiance = United States
| branch = United States Navy
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| serviceyears = 1988–2023
| rank = Rear Admiral
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| commands = Naval Service Training Command
Submarine Group 10
Submarine Squadron 4
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| awards = Legion of Merit (8)
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Michael Dennis Bernacchi Jr. (born 1965){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DD8BVZeVFP4C&pg=PA168 |title=Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty |date=October 1, 1990 |page=168 |publisher=Bureau of Naval Personnel |access-date=June 26, 2021 |archive-date=June 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626123418/https://books.google.com/books?id=DD8BVZeVFP4C&pg=PA168 |url-status=live }} is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who last served as the deputy commander of the United States Tenth Fleet.{{cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Flag-Officer-Biographies/Search/Article/2236513/rear-admiral-mike-bernacchi/|title=Rear Admiral Mike Bernacchi|work=United States Navy |date=October 7, 2020|agency=United States Navy|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409113349/https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Flag-Officer-Biographies/Search/Article/2236513/rear-admiral-mike-bernacchi/|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}
Early life and education
Bernacchi was raised in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, where his father was a professor of marketing at the nearby University of Detroit.{{cite web |url=https://business.udmercy.edu/centers/mike-roscope.php |title=Under the Mike-roscope |publisher=College of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy |access-date=June 26, 2021 |archive-date=June 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626123419/https://business.udmercy.edu/centers/mike-roscope.php |url-status=live }} The younger Bernacchi attended Shrine High School{{cite book |title=Spirit |chapter=Class of ’84 Expands and Explores to Find Unity |date=1983 |volume=33 |page=112 |publisher=Shrine High School |location=Royal Oak, Michigan}} and graduated from the University of Detroit in 1988{{cite web |url=https://libraries.udmercy.edu/archives/special-collections/index.php?collectionCode=commencement_com&record_id=38&item_id=1466 |title=105th Annual Commencement |date=May 14, 1988 |page=9 |publisher=The University of Detroit |access-date=June 26, 2021 |archive-date=June 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626124921/https://libraries.udmercy.edu/archives/special-collections/index.php?collectionCode=commencement_com&record_id=38&item_id=1466 |url-status=live }} with a B.S. degree in biology. He later earned master's degrees in nuclear engineering and industrial engineering from the University of Michigan.
Military career
From August 9, 2017, to April 25, 2020, Bernacchi commanded the Naval Service Training Command.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/video/542748/naval-service-training-commands-change-command|title=Naval Service Training Command's Change of Command|website=DVIDS|access-date=April 9, 2022|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409113349/https://www.dvidshub.net/video/542748/naval-service-training-commands-change-command|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Rear Admiral Sands Assumes Command of Naval Service Training Command|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/320046/rear-admiral-sands-assumes-command-naval-service-training-command|access-date=2020-09-25|website=DVIDS|language=en|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629050722/https://www.dvidshub.net/news/320046/rear-admiral-sands-assumes-command-naval-service-training-command|url-status=live}}
In June 2020, Bernacchi was reassigned to the United States Space Command as the director of strategy, plans, and policy.{{Cite web|last=staff|first=Navy Times|date=2020-06-16|title=New assignments for Navy flag officers announced|url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/06/16/new-assignments-for-navy-flag-officers-announced/|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Navy Times|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Flag Officer Assignments|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2221794/flag-officer-assignments/|access-date=2020-09-25|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US|archive-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618132845/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2221794/flag-officer-assignments/|url-status=live}} He started in his new assignment on July 10, 2020.{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704072609/https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/January%202022%20Roster%20Public.pdf?ver=AtsvOR4lxkT7sJP5Gy8P7A%3D%3D |title=UNITED STATES NAVY FLAG OFFICERS (Public) January 2022|date=July 4, 2022 }} In March 2022, he was reassigned as deputy commander of the United States Tenth Fleet.{{Cite web|title=Flag Officer Assignments|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2964521/flag-officer-assignments/|date=2022-03-11|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312235302/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2964521/flag-officer-assignments/|url-status=live}}
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:People from Pleasant Ridge, Michigan
Category:University of Detroit Mercy alumni
Category:University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni
Category:United States submarine commanders
Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Category:United States Navy rear admirals
Category:Military personnel from Michigan
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