Erroll Mingo Brown is a retired

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in the United States Coast Guard. Brown was the first African-American promoted to flag rank in the Coast Guard.

Education

After graduating from Dixie M. Hollins High School in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1968, Brown enrolled in the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. In 1972, Brown graduated from the

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, majoring in Marine Engineering. He also earned a master's degree in naval architect and marine engineering and a second master's in industrial and operations engineering at the University of Michigan. In 1986, Brown received the Master of Business Administration degree from the

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. He then received a master's degree in national security and strategic studies when he graduated from the Naval War College in 1994.

Service years

Brown served in ships including the Coast Guard icebreaker '' Burton Island'' (WAGB-283), Cutter '' Jarvis'' (WHEC-725), and Cutter ''

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'' (WHEC-723). He has held positions on board ships including damage control assistant, assistant engineer officer, and maintenance type deck officer. He has also served in the Small Boat Branch as the supervisor for two inspection officers instructors in the Marine Engineering Department at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy, and served as executive officer. He has been a program reviewer in the Office of the Chief of Staff, Programs Division in Coast Guard Headquarters, and has served as the military assistant to the Secretary of Transportation. He was also assigned as chief of the Budget Division in the Office of the Chief of Staff in Coast Guard Headquarters. In 1998, Brown was promoted to rear admiral. Recently, he was the commanding officer of the USCG Integrated Support Command in Portsmouth, VA. Before he retired, he was the Commander of the Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia. He retired after 33 years of service. He currently serves as the program evaluator for the

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. He coauthored with Harry Benford of the University of Michigan a book entitled ''Ship Replacement and Prediction of Economic Life''. He presented this to the 25th Annual Colloquium of Shipbuilders in

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at the University of Hamburg.

Awards and decorations

References

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