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NAVICP Commander Retires After 39 Years, Changes Command

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Story Number: NNS080915-24
Release Date: 9/15/2008 11:08:00 PM

From Naval Inventory Control Point Office of Corporate Communications

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (NNS) -- Commander, Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) conducted a change of command and retirement ceremony Sept. 12 on the Naval Support Activity-Philadelphia (NSA-P).

Supply Corps Rear Adm. Raymond E. Berube relieved Supply Corps Rear Adm. Michael S. Roesner, who retired after 39 years of service in the U.S. Navy.

"I love the Navy for the family that it is. I believe with all my heart that what drives men and women to sacrifice themselves and their lives is the commitment that they make to their comrades in arms just as if they were flesh and blood relatives," said Roesner in his remarks.

Addressing a host of family, friends, employees and special guests, Berube recognized his predecessor's accomplishments.

"Today truly belongs to Mike Roesner. During the last four years his dynamic leadership and vast experience resulted in unmatched levels of wholesale logistics readiness across all supported naval weapons systems."

Also participating in the traditional ceremony was Supply Corps Rear Adm. Alan S. Thompson, commander, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) and Chief of Supply Corps.

"One of the strengths of our Navy is the fact that every time we are forced to say good-bye to a great leader like Mike Roesner, we have another highly qualified officer waiting in the wings... Rear Adm. Berube is a superb leader who brings impressive credentials to this assignment," said Thompson.

Berube's personal awards include the Legion of Merit (four awards), Meritorious Service Medal (five awards), Navy Commendation Medal and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. He is a native of Fall River, Mass., and graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Boston College. Berube was commissioned in 1979 through Officer Candidate School and received a master's degree in financial management from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. He is also a graduate of the UCLA Anderson Business School Strategic Leadership Institute. Berube last served as Commander, Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers (COMFISCS).

Roesner, who received the Distinguished Service Medal during the change of command and retirement ceremony, is also a recipient of the Legion of Merit (3 awards), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (4 awards), Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal and various campaign/unit ribbons. A native of Flint, Mich., Roesner enlisted in the United States Navy in 1969, serving in VA-44 and VF-126 before his selection for training as a riverine patrol advisor. He earned his baccalaureate in accounting and marketing from Northern Michigan University and was commissioned via the Aviation Officer Candidate School in August 1975.

In November he transferred to the Supply Corps and completed the Basic Qualifications Course in June 1976. He earned his Master of Science degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1982 and completed the Executive Training Curriculum at the University of Michigan in 1997.

NAVICP, a field activity of the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP), procures, manages, and supplies spare parts of Naval aircraft, submarines and ships worldwide. It has two locations, one in the Lawncrest section of Northeast Philadelphia and the other in Mechanicsburg, just outside Harrisburg, Pa.

NAVICP employs 2,392 civilian personnel with annual sales of $4.2 billion and an annual operating budget of $251 million.

NAVSUP's primary mission is to provide U.S. naval forces with quality supplies and services. With headquarters in Mechanicsburg, Pa., and employing a diverse, worldwide workforce of more than 25,500 military and civilian personnel, NAVSUP oversees logistics programs in the areas of supply operations, conventional ordnance, contracting, resale, fuel, transportation, and security assistance. In addition, NAVSUP is responsible for quality of life issues for our naval forces, including food service, postal services, Navy Exchanges and movement of household goods.

The more than 3,400 active and Reserve Supply Corps officers of the Navy Supply Corps are responsible for supply and logistics support for the ships of the active fleet and hundreds of naval shore installations worldwide, providing combat capability through logistics.

For more news from Naval Supply Systems Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/navsup/.