William A. "Andy" Brown (born April 5, 1958) was a vice admiral in the

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last serving as the director for logistics, J4 for the

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. *Currently serves as President and CEO of NDTA (National Defense Transportation Association) Brown previously served as the

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(USTRANSCOM) deputy commander at

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, and USTRANSCOM director of Strategy, Policy, Programs and Logistics (J5/4).

Early life and education

Brown was raised in

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, and attended the

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as a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship student. He graduated from the Institute in 1980 and was commissioned as a Navy

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in the same year. Brown went on to receive his master's degree in

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in 1990 from the

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and later attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Training Program in 2004.

Assignments

In the course of his career he has completed the following assignments: * June 1980 – December 1980, Student,

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* December 1980 – April 1983, Disbursing Officer, Wardroom Officer, Stock Control Officer,

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* September 1983 – January 1985, Naval Acquisition Contracting Officer Intern,

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* May 1985 – October 1986, Aide to the Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C. * January 1987 – May 1989, Supply Officer, USS Leftwich (DD-984),

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* May 1989 – December 1990, Student, Naval Post Graduate School,

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* December 1990 – November 1993, H-60 Weapons Manager and Contracts Division director, Naval Aviation Supply Office,

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* November 1993 – November 1996, Carrier Supply Operations Officer, Naval Air Force,

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, Norfolk, Virginia * November 1996 – April 1999, Operations Action Officer,

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. * April 1999 – March 2001, Supply Officer

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, Norfolk, Virginia * March 2001 – April 2003, Operations Director, Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Philadelphia * April 2003 – July 2006, Force Supply Officer, commander, Naval Air Forces,

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* August 2006 – July 2008, Director of Ordnance Supply/Fleet Supply Officer U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk, Virginia * July 2008 – June 2009, Commander, Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers, San Diego, California * July 2009 - July 2012, Director of Logistics, US European Command * July 2012 - August 2015, J5/J4 and Deputy Commander, US Transportation Command * August 2015 - October 2017, Director of Logistics (J4), Joint Staff

Awards and decorations

Vice Adm. Brown has been awarded the following decorations and awards: Rear Admiral Brown is a qualified Naval Aviation Supply Corps Officer and Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer. Admiral Brown is a 1989 recipient of the Navy League's Vice Admiral Robert F. Batchelder Award and a 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Naval Postgraduate School

Dates of promotion

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May 16, 1980 *

Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Lieutenant junior grade is a junior commissioned officer rank used in a number of navies. United States Lieutenant (junior grade), commonly abbreviated as LTJG or, historically, Lt. (j.g.) (as well as variants of both abbreviations), is ...

May 28, 1982 *

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June 1, 1984 *

Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...

September 1, 1990 *

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August 1, 1995 *

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June 1, 2001 *

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) A rear admiral in the uniformed services of the United States is either of two different ranks of commissioned officers: one-star flag officers and two-star flag officers. By contrast, in most other countries, the term "rear admiral" refers only t ...

April 1, 2008 *

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August 1, 2011 * Vice Admiral October 18, 2013 * Retired from Active Duty 1 November 2017 * President and CEO of National Defense Transportation Association November 2017 * Fellow, Institute for Defense and Business 2017-2018

References

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