berlake’s assignments in the operating forces include: platoon commander and company executive officer, 2d Battal- ion, 6th Marines; company commander, operations officer 1st Battalion, 1st Marines; regimental operations officer, 1st Marines and inspector and instruc- tor, 23d Marines. His assignments in the supporting establishment include: platoon commander and company com- mander. Headquarters and staff assign- ments include: action officer, Manpower Equal Opportunity Branch; and plans of- ficer and deputy J54, U.S. Pacific Com- mand. Brigadier General Timberlake’s military education includes: Amphibious Warfare School, Command and Staff College, and the Naval War College. He has also earned a master’s degree in military studies and a Master of Arts, National Security and Strategic Studies.
LIEUTENANT GENERAL WILLIE J. WILLIAMS Director, Marine Corps Staff
Willie Wil-
liams was com- missioned in the Marine Corps in 1974 and began his thirty-seven career with the 11th Marine Artillery Regi- ment, serving first as battalion supply officer and then as a regimental supply officer/assistant S4 officer. He also served as a ship’s detachment supply officer, Pacific Ocean Area, barracks executive officer, pla- toon commander, and as logistics officer. After completing Armed Forces Staff College, he was assigned to joint duty with the Department of Defense Inspec- tor General’s Office in January 1990. In 1993/94 he attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Follow- ing graduation, he assumed command of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support from September 1994 to September 1996. In June 1997 he left Okinawa for duty with the 1st Force Service Support Group initially as the assistant chief of staff, and in 1998 as the commanding officer of Brigade Service Support Group 1. He returned to Okinawa, Japan during July 2000 as the commanding general, Marine Corps Base, and as the commanding general, 3rd Force Service Support Group from
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June 2001 to September 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he served as assistant deputy commandant, Installations and Logistics, prior to taking command of Marine Corps Logistics Command June 2005 to June 2009 when Lt. Gen. Williams was selected for his current position. He earned a a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a Master of Arts also in business admin- istration from National University and a master’s degree in strategic resources management from the National Defense University.
COAST GUARD
VICE ADMIRAL MANSON K. BROWN Commander, Pacific Area and Commander,
Coast Guard Defense Force West United States Coast Guard
Vice Admiral Manson K. Brown is a 1978 gradu- ate of the Coast Guard Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He also holds two Master of Science
degrees in Civil Engineering, from Uni- versity of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and Master’s degree in National Resourc- es Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He is a registered professional civil engineer. Vice Admiral Brown’s commands include 14th Coast Guard District, Main- tenance and Logistics Command Pacific, Sector Honolulu, and Group Charleston. From 1999 to 2002, he served as Military Assistant to the Secretary of Transporta- tion, including duty as the Acting Deputy Chief of Staff for six months after the ter- rorist attacks of September 11. In 2003, he was assigned as Chief of Officer Per- sonnel Management at the Coast Guard Personnel Command. He was temporar- ily assigned, from April to July 2004, as Senior Advisor for Transportation to the Coalition Provisional Authority. Working in a combat zone, he oversaw the restora- tion of Iraq’s transportation systems, including two major ports. Previous tours of duty include
serving as an Assistant Engineering Officer aboard the icebreaker Glacier;
Project Engineer at Civil Engineering Unit Miami; Deputy Group Commander, Group Mayport; Engineering Assignment Officer in the Officer Personnel Division at Coast Guard Headquarters; Facilities Engineer at Support Center Alameda; and Assistant Chief, Civil Engineering Division at Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific. In 1994, VADM Brown was honored as the first recipi- ent of the Coast Guard’s Captain John G. Witherspoon Award for Inspirational Leadership. Off duty, he is an active road cyclist.
AIR NATIONAL GUARD
MAJOR GENERAL GARRY C. DEAN Director of Operations, Joint Forces Command, Naples Italy
Major General Garry C. Dean was recently selected for assignment as Director of Operations, Joint Forces Command, Naples, Italy.
General Dean was commissioned in 1978 as a gradu- ate of the U.S. Air Force Academy with a degree in Computer Science. Upon completion of undergraduate
pilot training, he served as a T-38 instruc- tor pilot and was selected as Air Educa- tion and Training Command’s Instructor Pilot of the Year. A distinguished gradu- ate of fighter lead-in training, he complet- ed F-15 upgrade training in December 1983 and was assigned to the 12th Tacti- cal Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan. In 1987, he joined the Georgia Air National Guard, serving as an F-15 flight instructor and mission commander. He transferred to the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing in 1990, serving in a variety of assignments including F-15 mission commander, flight examiner, instructor pilot and Chief of Safety. He has commanded the 142nd Aircraft Generation Squadron and 123rd Fighter Squadron, and served as the wing’s vice commander. He took full command of the 142nd FW in January 2001. In November 2003, he moved to the Oregon Joint Force Headquarters -
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