A native of Camarillo, California, Captain Hill is a 2001 graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in General Science. He holds a Master of Business Administration in Acquisition and Contract Management from the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, CA.
Captain Hill’s operational assignments include Supply Officer USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71), Principal Assistant - Logistics USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71), Supply Officer USS VANDEGRIFT (FFG 48), and Disbursing/Sales and Food Service Officer USS DULUTH (LPD 6).
Ashore, Captain Hill served as; Director of Contracts and Deputy Commander Aviation, NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, PA; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Acquisition, Research & Development (ASN-RDA) - Executive Assistant, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy - Acquisition and Procurement (DASN-AP); Director of Policy and Rotary Wing Contracts, NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, PA; Procuring Contracting Officer – Unmanned Aircraft Systems, NAVAIR, Patuxent River, MD; Contracting and Operations Officer (Code 200), FISC Sigonella-Detachment Bahrain; Assistant Stock Control Officer, Commander Naval Surface Forces (CNSF); and Assistant Operations Officer, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar.
He is a qualified Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer (SWSCO), Naval Aviation Supply Officer (NASO), Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Level I, Acquisition and Contracting Level III, and is a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps. Hill’s personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (3), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (4), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (3) and various other unit and service awards.
Robert “Bert” Heck reported to NAVSUP FLC San Diego on February 11, 2024 where he serves as the senior civilian leader and business advisor to the command. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Heck was assigned to the Military Sealift Command in Norfolk Virginia as the Operations and Maintenance Contract Division Director where he led contracting support for a $1B+ portfolio for MSC’s Government Owned and Contractor Operated vessels. Prior to MSC, Mr. Heck worked at NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka Japan where he served alternately as both the Deputy Department Head and Acting Department Head and Chief of the Contracting Office where his large contracting officer team, dispersed in various strategic locations throughout the Pacific Fleet area of operations, was responsible for field level contracting support to the fleet to include contracting for ship repair, aviation depot maintenance and port services.
Mr. Heck also previously served as the Acquisition Management Division Director, and the Regional Procurement Officer for the Northwest/Arctic Region of the U.S. General Services Administration Public Building Service located in Auburn Washington. The Region develops and delivers PBS programs, projects and services to GSA customers located in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Prior to his Civil Service career, Mr. Heck served a long career in the US Navy and retired as a Captain in March 2017. His 35-year Naval career featured many logistics, supply, and acquisition roles culminating in his final assignment as the Lead Contracting Executive for the NAVSUP Global Logistics Support where he had contracting oversight of the Navy’s 8 world-wide field contracting offices responsible for approximately 60,000 annual contracting actions valued at $3.5B. Mr. Heck’s various other assignments in the Navy over the years include operational assignments on the USS BUNKER HILL (CG-52), USS AMERICA (CV-66), USS FREDERICK (LST-1184), and Electronic Attack Squadron 209 (VAQ-209), as well as overseas assignments in Japan and in the Philippines.
Mr. Heck has DAWIA certifications in Contracting, Program Management and Life Cycle Logistics. He has a BS in Finance from Old Dominion University, an MBA from the College of William and Mary, and attended the Executive Program in Strategy and Organization at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
A native of Santa Maria, California, CDR Matthew “Matt” L. Miller enlisted in the Navy in May 1996. In May 2003, after eight years of enlisted service as an Aviation Electrician Mate (AE1), he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia College of Missouri, graduating with honors (Magna Cum Laude), and received his commission in June 2004 through Officer Candidate School, Pensacola, Florida. He holds a Master of Science degree in Operations Research from Naval Postgraduate School and is a graduate of the Institue for Defense & Business (IDB) “Advanced Program in Logistics and Technology” and “Aviation Industrial Readiness Program”, both held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School.
His operational assignments include Supply Officer (Chop) onboard USS WEST VIRGINIA (SSBN 736) (Blue), completing four strategic deterrent patrols as well as two Supply Management Inspections (SMI); N4 of NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE UNIT TWO in Stuttgart, Germany; Principal Assistant for Logistics (PAL) onboard USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70), completing a DPIA, INSURV, SMI, and WESTPAC deployment; Supply Officer USS MAKIN ISLAND (LHD 8) “The Mighty Ocho”, completing a DSRA, INSURV, SMC, WESTPAC deployment and earing the Logistics Readiness Excellence Award and Blue E.
His shore assignments include Supply Corps Basic Qualification Course in Athens, Georgia; Operational Logistician (POL) Internship at Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC) Jacksonville, Florida; a one year GSA in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)/Operation New Dawn (OND) as the Operations Officer for Defense Logistics Agency Support Team Iraq on the US Forces Iraq J4 staff; Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, California; COMMANDER NAVAL AIR FORCES PACIFIC (CNAP) as the Afloat Readiness Policy, Training and Inspections (N4121) as well as JSF CVN Integration Officer; FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST (FRCSW) as the first full tour Supply Officer of an FRC; NAVSUP FLEET LOGISTICS CENTER SAN DIEGO, as Director, Supply Management Department (Code 400).
CDR Miller’s awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy Commendation Medal (four awards), Navy Achievement Medal (four awards), and various other unit and service awards. He is qualified as a Submarine Supply Officer, Naval Expeditionary Supply Corps Officer, Naval Aviation Supply Officer, Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer, certified Acquisition Life Cycle Logistics Level II, and is a member of the Navy Acquisition Professional Community.
Command Master Chief Larry Gordon is a native of Tupelo, Mississippi. He attended Recruit Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, in 1996 and later reported to Service School Command, Great Lakes, for Common Core and Electrician’s Mate “A” Schools.
He first served with USS Stout (DDG 55) in Portsmouth, Virginia. He immediately deployed to the Middle East for six months where he earned his Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist qualification and advanced to electrician’s mate third class petty officer.
He reported to the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in 2000, earning his Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist qualification and advanced to second class petty officer. Following his Nimitz tour, he reported to Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, Norfolk, Virginia. He advanced to first class petty officer and was selected to serve at Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 4 (MSRON-4) in 2005. While attached to MSRON-4 as a plank owner, he deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) area of responsibility (AOR) and quickly earned his Patrol Leader, Level II Coxswain, Small Craft Insignia, and Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare Specialist qualifications which led to his advancement to chief petty officer.
In 2009, Gordon served as the leading chief petty officer aboard Training Support Center Hampton Roads where he facilitated Naval Military Training for Intelligent Specialist new accession students, earning his Master Training Specialist qualification. Shortly afterwards, he was assigned to USS O’Kane (DDG 77) as electrical division leading chief petty officer where he completed two deployments to C5F and U.S. 7th Fleet AORs. During this tour he was advanced to senior chief petty officer.
Following his USS O’Kane tour, Gordon reported to U.S. Pacific Fleet Command as N004 senior enlisted leader. He was selected for the Command Senior Chief program and is a graduate of the Navy’s Senior Enlisted Academy, Class 201. In 2018, he served as the 3MC aboard USS San Diego (LPD 22) and shortly afterwards was selected to command master chief (CMC). His first CMC tour was onboard USS Higgins (DDG 76) where he successfully completed a homeport shift from U.S. 3rd to U.S. 7th Fleet and numerous forward-deployed naval forces - Japan patrols. Following a successful tour, he transferred to Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center, San Diego, where he is currently serving as command master chief.
He holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Management from American Military University and Associate’s of Arts in Electrical/Mechanical Technology from Coastline Community College. His personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals (six awards), the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, and various campaign, unit and service decorations.
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