Command Bios

Command Biographies

Captain Michael S. Carl

Commanding Officer, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka

Captain Carl is a native of Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Carlow College in 1997 and received his commission in 1998 from Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from George Washington University.
 
His operational assignments include division officer, USS Carter Hall (LSD 50); supply officer, USS Princeton (CG 59); principal assistant for logistics, principal assistant for services, and assistant supply officer, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75); and supply officer, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
 
Ashore, his assignments include Naval Acquisition Contracting Officer (NACO) intern, Naval Sea Systems Command; replenishment and logistics officer, Commander Task Force Five-Three; aide to the Director and Deputy National Account Manager, Navy, Defense Logistics Agency; military staff assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness; head program objective memorandum development section head, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, N80; and executive officer, Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
 
Captain Carl is a Joint Qualified Officer and a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps. He is qualified as a Naval Aviation Supply Corps Officer and Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer.
 
His personal awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, along with various other personal, unit, and service awards. He received the Navy and Marine Association Leadership Award – 2016 while serving with USS Ronald Reagan.

Commander John-Paul “JP” Tamez

Executive Officer, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka

CDR Tamez is a native of Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Dallas.  He also earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas, as well as a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.
 
His operational assignments include duty as Supply Officer, USS TENNESSEE (SSBN734), completing four deterrent patrols; Aviation Support Officer (S-6), USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69), completing two deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom; and Logistics Planner, Global Logistics Support Liaison to Commander, Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan.
 
He deployed as an Individual Augmentee to a Global War on Terrorism billet at Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command (CFSOCC) in Qatar as a Logistics Planner in support of Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom.
 
Shore assignments include Passenger, Mail, CASREP and Cargo Division Officer at Commander, Task Force 63 (CTF-63); Student at the Naval War College and the Maritime Advanced Warfighting School (MAWS) in Newport, RI; Operations Analyst/Strategic Planner Combat Logistics Force Programs & Policy Branch and Naval Strategy Panel (OPNAV N42/N5X); Supply Operations Division Head at Naval Sea Systems Command, Industrial Supply Chain Department (SEA 04S), and Director, Maritime Industrial Support (N977), at NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support.
 
CDR Tamez assumed his current duties as Executive Officer at NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka in June 2023.
 
His personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and various unit and service awards.  He is a qualified Submarine Supply Officer and Naval Aviation Supply Officer.  He received the 2022 Admiral Stan Arthur Award for Military Officer Logistics and Sustainment Professional of the Year.

Mr. Jeffrey A. Buck

Executive Director, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka

Mr. Jeffrey Buck assumed his role as Executive Director for NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka (FLCY) on December 3, 2023.  Before taking this position, Jeff previously served as the FLCY Business Operations Director since May of 2022.

A native Hoosier, he was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana and attended college at Indiana University, Bloomington where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2004.   His federal career began in 2006 at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) in Indianapolis, IN where he worked in various HR capacities including recruitment, classification, policy, and personnel security.

In 2014 Jeff accepted a position with the Department of Army in Brussels, Belgium where he served as the Deputy HR Director for the US Mission to NATO until being promoted to the Director role in 2016. At the conclusion of his first overseas tour, Jeff returned to DFAS to serve as the agency’s Human Capital Program Manager and 4^th Estate representative to USD (P&R) for HR reform and legislative proposals.  In 2019 he returned to HR Operations to establish a new recruitment team supporting the Defense Information Systems Agency and in early 2021 he was promoted to Director of the DFAS HR Regional Service Center, overseeing the HR shared services provided by DFAS to six different Defense Agencies, USAFMCOM, and multiple Department of State bureaus.

He has been recognized with the Department of Army Commanders Award for Civilian Service and the Department of State Meritorious Honor Award. 

CMDCM (AW/SW) Todd Wende

Command Master Chief, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka

A native of Eastland, Texas, Command Master Chief Todd Wende enlisted in the United States Navy in June 1994 and attended basic training at Recruit Training Command and Hospital Corpsman “A” School in Great lakes, Illinois.

His first assignment was to Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. Later assignments include USS John S. McCain (DDG 56); U.S. Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan; USS Chancellorsville (CG 62); Commander, Task Force 70/Carrier Strike Group 5, permanently embarked aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and USS George Washington (CVN 73) and Military Sealift Command Headquarters.

Wende served as Command Master Chief of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 “Diamond Backs” from November 2012 to September 2014, Carrier Air Wing 5 in Atsugi, Japan while embarked aboard both USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS George Washington (CVN 73) from September 2014 to July 2017 and served as Command Master Chief for Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 51 “Warlords,” before reporting to NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka in November 2020.

He is a graduate of the Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman School and the United States Navy Senior Enlisted Academy in Newport, Rhode Island. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and a Master of Arts in Education from Touro University in 2006.

Wende’s personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (five awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (five awards), the Navy Good Conduct Medal (six awards) and various unit and campaign awards.