Rear Adm. Mark Heinrich is a native of Southern California.  He was commissioned in the Navy Supply Corps following graduation from the Naval Academy in May 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering.  He also holds Master’s degrees in Business Administration and Petroleum Management from the University of Kansas.  He is also a graduate of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management Advanced Executive Program.  He is a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps.

Heinrich’s additional flag assignments include extensive Joint experience.  He served as Director, Logistics Operations and Readiness (J-3/4) for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va.  He deployed to Kuwait from June to December 2008 as Director of the United States Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center at Camp Arifjan, where he applied deployment and distribution expertise to enable the planning and execution of Joint and combined force military operations.   His first flag officer assignment was as Commander, Defense Supply Center Richmond, Va., the lead supply center for aviation within DLA.

Heinrich’s sea tours included duties as Assistant Supply Officer of USS Kinkaid(DD 965), and Supply Officer of USS Gridley (CG 21) and USS Constellation (CV 64).

His numerous additional shore assignments included serving as Force Supply Officer on the staff of Commander, Naval Surface Forces; Commanding Officer of the Naval Petroleum Office; Supply Officer of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island; Executive Assistant to the Commander, Naval Information Systems Management Center; and Special Assistant for Pollution Prevention and Compliance in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment).

For his final assignment, Heinrich served as commander, Naval Supply Systems Command and 46th Chief of Supply Corps from July 2011 to October 2013.
Prior to his last assignment, he served as commander, NAVSUP Global Logistics Support, headquartered in San Diego.

His personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medals (two awards), Legions of Merit (two awards), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and various other awards.  He is a qualified Surface Warfare Supply Corps officer and a Naval Aviation Supply officer.

Last Updated: 14 January 2022