Michael Dennis Bernacchi Jr.[1] (born 1965)[2] is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who last served as the deputy commander of the United States Tenth Fleet.

[3] Bernacchi was raised in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan,[3] where his father was a professor of marketing at the nearby University of Detroit.

[4] The younger Bernacchi attended Shrine High School[5] and graduated from the University of Detroit in 1988[1] with a B.S.

[6][7] In June 2020, Bernacchi was reassigned to the United States Space Command as the director of strategy, plans, and policy.

[10] In March 2022, he was reassigned as deputy commander of the United States Tenth Fleet.