Michael J. Steffen is a

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

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and

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who serves as the commander of Navy Reserve Forces Command since July 11, 2022. He most recently served as the 92nd Commandant of

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and deputy commander of the

Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region (JFHQ-NCR) is directly responsible for the homeland security and defense of the Washington D.C. area as well as surrounding counties in Virginia and Maryland. Primarily made up of joint military un ...

from June 22, 2021 to June 10, 2022. Before that, he served as deputy commander of the

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, with tours as commander of

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (abbreviated NAS JRB Fort Worth) includes Carswell Field, a military airbase located west of the central business district of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. This military a ...

from August 2015 to April 2017 and commander of the inactive Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 60 (HSL-60) "Jaguars" (now HSM-60). A native of

Bedford, Virginia Bedford is an incorporated town and former Independent city (United States)#Virginia, independent city located within Bedford County, Virginia, Bedford County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It serves as the county seat of Bedford County. As of the ...

, Steffen graduated from

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...

in 1992. He received an M.S. degree in global business leadership from the

University of San Diego The University of San Diego (USD) is a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Chartered in July 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University (comprising the College for Men and Schoo ...

. In March 2022, he was nominated for promotion to

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steffen, Michael J. Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) People from Bedford, Virginia Military personnel from Virginia Virginia Tech alumni University of San Diego alumni Recipients of the Legion of Merit United States Naval Aviators United States Navy admirals