[1] A native of San Francisco, Yuen is the grandson of Chinese immigrants who became naturalized American citizens.

[2][3] His father and several uncles served in the United States Army and Yuen had been accepted to both West Point and Annapolis, ultimately choosing the latter.

His shore assignments include Navy acquisition contracting officer intern; aide to the director of the Supply, Programs and Policy Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; career counselor and community manager, Navy Supply Corps Personnel; executive assistant, Defense Logistics Support Center, Defense Logistics Agency; executive officer, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka; deputy commander of Corporate Operations, Naval Supply Systems Command; deputy commander for Ships and Submarines, NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support; fellow on the Chief of Naval Operations' Strategic Studies Group and deputy chief of Staff for Logistics, Fleet Supply and Ordnance, U.S. Pacific Fleet.

He also completed a Navy individual augmentee (IA) assignment as director, U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center (CDDOC), Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

[1] Previously, he served as commander, NAVSUP Global Logistics Support, headquartered in San Diego, California.