Capt. Juan Carlos Uribe assumed command of Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, August 2024. He is a native of San Antonio, Texas, graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and earned his commission through Officer Candidate School in 1999.
Uribe holds a Master of Business Administration in financial management from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, Executive Development Program.
He served as disbursing, sales, and food service officer aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47); supply department head for amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland (LPD 7); and principal assistant for logistics and assistant supply officer for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
Overseas, he served as Fleet Services department head at Fleet and Industrial Supply Center in Sigonella, Italy, and as stock control and hazardous materials officer for the Base Command Group at Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq.
Ashore, Uribe served as integrated logistics support intern, Logistics and Fleet Support Competency, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California; deputy business financial manager, Triton Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Office, Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland; chief of information management for the Office of the Director, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; inventory accuracy officer, NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and director, Fleet Requirements and Resources Division, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk, Virginia.
Uribe is Naval Aviation Supply Corps, Surface Warfare Supply Corps, and Fleet Marine Force (officer) qualified, and a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps.
He has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal (six awards), Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards), and various campaign and unit awards.
Cmdr. Christopher Cromie assumed duties as executive officer, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, March 2025.
He is a native of Phoenix, New York, and graduated from the University at Buffalo with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Cromie earned his commission in December 2008 and received his master’s in Business Financial Management at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
He served as supply officer aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) in Norfolk, Virginia, and Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) in Sasebo, Japan. As Supply department head aboard USS Stethem (DDG 63) in Yokosuka, Japan, his department earned the Logistics Readiness Excellence Award from Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Ashore, Cromie served as an assistant logistics support officer and assistant operations officer at NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center, Norfolk; assistant regional supply officer at Aviation Support Detachment Norfolk; advisor for the Naval Innovation Advisory Council at the Pentagon; action officer at U.S. Transportation Command; and deputy business financial manager for Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft, Program Executive Office Unmanned Aviation, and Strike Weapons.
While serving as deputy business financial manager for Naval Air Systems Command Program Executive Office for Air Anti-Submarine Warfare, Assault, and Special Mission Programs, he supported multiple program offices and executed $44 billion in spending to provide full life-cycle support of naval aviation aircraft, weapons, and systems operated by Sailors and Marines.
Cromie is Naval Aviation Supply Corps and Surface Warfare Supply Corps qualified and has earned the Joint Qualified Officer designation.
His personal awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and various campaign and unit awards.
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