NAVSUP's Global Logistics Support Holds an Assumption of Command Ceremony

By Kim Longstaff, Naval Supply Systems Command Global Logistics Support Public Affairs

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- NAVSUP Global Logistics Support (GLS) will hold an assumption of command ceremony aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego Aug. 31 at 3 p.m.

William E. Bickert Jr., NAVSUP GLS acting commander, will relinquish command to Rear Adm. Jonathan A. Yuen, a native of San Francisco.

Bickert, a member of the Senior Executive Service and a retired U.S. Navy Supply Corps captain with 24 years of active service, led the command since July 15 and will return to his position as NAVSUP GLS deputy commander.

Guest speaker Rear Adm. Mark F. Heinrich commanded the Navy's global logistics organization from June 2009 to July 2011. Heinrich is currently serves as commander, NAVSUP and chief of Supply Corps.

Yuen's last assignment was as deputy chief of staff for Logistics, Fleet Supply and Ordnance, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Prior to that tour, Yuen served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the Joint Contracting Command - Iraq/Afghanistan, headquartered in the international zone of Baghdad.

Heinrich, Bickert and Yuen served aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) during their careers. Heinrich and Yuen are both U.S. Naval Academy graduates.

NAVSUP GLS is comprised of more than 5,700 military and civilian logistics professionals operating from 110 locations worldwide. NAVSUP personnel provide an array of integrated global logistics and contracting services to Navy and joint operational units across all warfare enterprises and base supply functions at 70 shore entities.

A component of NAVSUP, headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pa., NAVSUP GLS is part of a worldwide network of more than 22,500 military and civilian personnel providing combat capability through logistics.