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Rear Adm. Annie B. Andrews Director, Total Force Requirements Division
ear Adm. Annie Andrews was as- signed to her current position in 2011. As human resources officer, her assignments have been in manpower, training and education. Upon commis- sioning through Naval ROTC at Savan- nah State University, she was assigned to the Training Air Wing Five, and Helicopter Training Squadron Eight. She was commanding officer of the Military Entrance Processing Station, Boston; Navy Recruiting District San Francisco; and Recruit Training Command (RTC).
During her tour at RTC, she led training of 100,000 sailors for duty in the fleet, and was instrumental in the commissioning of the Navy’s immersive simulator trainer, USS Trayer.
She received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Savannah State University and a master’s in management from Troy State University. Her military education includes a master’s in national security and strategic studies. She also graduated from the Joint Forces Staff College and is desig- nated a joint qualified officer.
Rear Adm. Sandra E. Adams Deputy Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command
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ear Adm. Sandra Adams graduat- ed from Michigan State Universi- ty in 1978. She was commissioned in 1981 from Officer Candidate School, transitioned to the Navy Reserve (NR) in 1986 and then to Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare in 1990. She served as the commanding of- ficer of five units including the USS Bolster Reserve unit; Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 203; and NR Commander, Naval Forces Japan.
Adams earned her master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College in 2003. She has served on numerous staff positions including the U.S. Joint Forces Command. In 2010, based in Kabul, she served as the senior advisor to an Afghan minister of defense lieutenant general and his staff. She was selected for her current assign- ment as deputy commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command in 2012.
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Rear Adm. Paula Campbell Brown Civil Engineer Corps U.S. Navy
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ear Adm. Paula Brown graduated with a bachelor of science in civil engineering from the University of the Pacific and was a direct commis- sion to the Civil Engineer Corps in 1982. She reported to active duty in Washington, D.C., from October 1982 through December 1986. Brown completed a master’s degree at the George Washington University in January 1987 and subsequently affiliated with the Navy Reserves in 1988.
Her tours include commanding officer of Naval Mobile Con- struction Battalion 18 from 1999-2001, and commander, First Naval Construction Regiment, Port Hueneme, Calif. She was also mobilized as the commander, 30th Naval Construction Regiment (rear) in Pearl Harbor with the Pacific Seabees, and then served as commander, 30th Naval Construction Regi- ment (forward) in Iraq from September 2005 to March 2006.
Returning from her Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment, she became the commanding officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, contingency officer in charge of construction, then served as deputy chief of staff for Engineering, commander Naval Forces Korea. Brown served a six-month active duty tour as vice commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific in 2009. Her first flag officer assignment is as deputy commander, First Naval Construction Division.
Brown, a registered civil engineer and environmental en- gineer, is also a qualified Seabee Combat Warfare officer, Fleet Marine Force qualified officer, and Defense Acquisition Workforce Level III contracting officer.
Rear Adm. Althea H. Coetzee Executive Director, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition and Procurement)
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ear Adm. Althea Coetzee graduat- ed from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1985 and earned her master’s de- gree in business administration (law) from National University. Coetzee left active duty and joined the Navy Reserve in 1993.
Her active duty assignments include Operations Desert Shield
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