Then-Rear Adm. Manson Brown, while he was the commander of the 14th U.S. Coast Guard District, presents special operations ribbons aboard Navy frigate USS Crommelin. Brown thanked the awardees and Crommelin crew for successfully supporting the Coast Guard in a joint mission to locate and investigate illegal fishing activity along a route from Hawaii and through the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia in June 2009.
“He is one of the most highly effective senior officers that I have met in my 36 years of military service," Rochon observed. "He always stood out among his peers as someone with a keen ability to lead and make things happen. His has unquestionable integrity, loyalty, commitment and dedication to anything he pursues."
Brown's previous tours of duty include service as an assistant engineering officer aboard the icebreaker Glacier; project engineer at Civil Engineering Unit Miami, deputy group commander at 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 Logis- tics Command Pacific. Vice Admiral Brown’s previous com- mands include the 14th Coast Guard District, Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific, Sector Honolulu, Hawaii and Group Charleston in South Carolina. “VADM Brown is a member and past national president of the National Naval Officers Association,” Rochon also told USBE&IT. “The organization supports the three Sea Services― Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps with their recruitment, development, and retention of qualified minority officers. “In this capacity, he volunteered time to expand mentor- ing opportunities for numerous junior officers to ensure their success. Now he has extended his reach to provide the same support to all five branches of the military through the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Stars and Stripes organiza- tion. He has always been known for reaching back to grab the hand of an officer, civilian or enlisted to help them climb the
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ladder with him, having a profound impact on numerous people throughout his incredible career." A native of Washington, D.C., Brown is a 1978 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering. He also holds master of science degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign- Urbana, and national resources strategy from the Industrial Col- lege of the Armed Forces. He is a registered professional civil engineer. Vice Adm. Manson Brown assumed the duties as the Coast Guard's second deputy commandant for Mission Support in May 2012. He is responsible for all facets of support for the Coast Guard’s mission set through oversight of human capital, engineer- ing, acquisition, telecommunications and information technology programs. He also oversees service-wide training and performance technology programs and the logistics delivery system. “Manson always had a deep appreciation for history and the special legacy left behind by the Coast Guard’s famed first African American crew of the Pea Island Lifesaving Station,” Rochon said.
“These brave men performed over three hundred daring res- cues of crews and their ships that were in peril, and often sank off the Outer Banks of North Carolina, from 1880 until it closed its doors in 1947. From a very personal perspective, he made it possible for me to share the legacy of these legendary heroes by hosting the last two Pea Island surfmen at Black History Month events so that we could share their incredible story while he was in command at Charleston, S.C.; Washington, D.C.; Honolulu, Hawaii, and Alameda, Calif.”
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