CAPT Michele Day attended Texas A&M University where she graduated and received her commission in 1996.
CAPT Day has served at sea as 1st Lieutenant in USS BARRY (DDG 52), as Strike Officer and Network Operations officer in Destroyer Squadron 50, as Weapons Officer and Combat Systems Officer in USS MOMSEN (DDG 92), as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer in USS BENFOLD (DDG 65), as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Future Operations and Plans (CTF 70/CCSG 5), and as the Executive Assistant to the SEVENTH Fleet Commander in Yokosuka, Japan.
Her tours ashore include post-graduate studies at The Naval Postgraduate School; Instructor at the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Electronic Warfare Officer for the Army in Iraq; Action Officer for Joint Staff, J-1 Directorate Action Group; Post-Department Head Detailer (PERS-411) at Navy Personnel Command in Millington, TN; Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans for Commander Logistics Group Western Pacific/Commander Task Force 73 in Singapore; and the Standardization and Education, Training, Exercises, and Evaluations Policy Advisor for the U.S. Military Delegation to the NATO Military Committee in Brussels, Belgium. CAPT Day assumed command of the University of Michigan NROTC Unit in August, 2024.
CAPT Day holds a Bachelor of Science in Bioenvironmental Science and a Master of Science in Information Systems and Operations.
CAPT Day is authorized to wear the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (two awards), Defense Meritorious Service Medal (one award), Bronze Star (one award), Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy Commendation Medal (six awards), Navy Achievement Medal (one award), and various unit and service awards.
