{{short description|U.S. Navy rear admiral}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use American English|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox military person | name = Mike Bernacchi | image = Michael D. Bernacchi, Jr. (3).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Official portrait, 2019 | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}} | birth_place = Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | birth_name = | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Navy | branch_label = Branch | service_years = 1988–2023 | rank = Rear Admiral | service_number = | unit = | commands = Naval Service Training Command<br />Submarine Group 10<br />Submarine Squadron 4<br />{{USS|Alexandria|SSN 757}} | battles = | awards = Legion of Merit (8) | relations = | other_work = | signature = }} '''Michael Dennis Bernacchi Jr.'''<ref name=UofD/> (born 1965)<ref>{{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 }}</ref> is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who last served as the deputy commander of the United States Tenth Fleet.<ref name=biography>{{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}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Bernacchi was raised in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan,<ref name=biography/> where his father was a professor of marketing at the nearby University of Detroit.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The younger Bernacchi attended Shrine High School<ref>{{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}}</ref> and graduated from the University of Detroit in 1988<ref name=UofD>{{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 }}</ref> with a B.S. degree in biology. He later earned master's degrees in nuclear engineering and industrial engineering from the University of Michigan.<ref name=biography/>
==Military career== From August 9, 2017, to April 25, 2020, Bernacchi commanded the Naval Service Training Command.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
In June 2020, Bernacchi was reassigned to the United States Space Command as the director of strategy, plans, and policy.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Flag Officer Assignments|url=https://www.war.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}}</ref> He started in his new assignment on July 10, 2020.<ref name="January 2022">{{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 }}</ref> In March 2022, he was reassigned as deputy commander of the United States Tenth Fleet.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Flag Officer Assignments|url=https://www.war.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}}</ref>
==Dates of promotion== {| class="wikitable" |+ ! Rank !! Date |- |- ||{{Dodseal|USNO7|75}} Rear Admiral (lower half)||2017<ref name=roster>{{Cite web|url=https://docplayer.net/53872453-United-states-navy-flag-officers.html|title=UNITED STATES NAVY FLAG OFFICERS - PDF Free Download|website=docplayer.net|access-date=April 9, 2022|archive-date=September 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906093811/https://docplayer.net/53872453-United-states-navy-flag-officers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ||{{Dodseal|USNO8|75}} Rear Admiral||June 1, 2020<ref name="January 2022"/> |}
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