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|name=Thomas L. Brown |
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|born= {{Birth year and age|1960}} |
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|image=[[File:RDML Brown.jpg|300px]] |
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|caption='''Rear Admiral Thomas L. Brown II'''<br/>Commander of Special Operations Command South|nickname= |
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|allegiance=[[United States|United States of America]] |
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|branch=[[File:United States Department of the Navy Seal.svg|25px]] [[United States Navy]] |
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|serviceyears=1983-present |
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|rank=[[File:US-O7 insignia.svg|25px]]<br/>Rear Admiral |
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|commands=*Deputy Commander of Special Operations Command Europe<br/>*Commander of Special Operations Command South |
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|battles=[[Iraq War|Operation Iraqi Freedom]] |
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|awards=[[Defense Superior Service Medal]]<br/>[[Legion of Merit]]<br/>[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] with V|laterwork= |
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'''Rear Admiral Thomas L. Brown II''' (born 1960) is a [[United States Navy]] officer and is the first U.S. Naval officer to command Special Operations Command South based in [[Homestead Joint Air Reserve Base]], [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Special Operations Command South welcomes new commander during ceremony|url=http://www.blackanthem.com/News/toa/Special-Operations-Command-South-welcomes-new-commander-during-ceremony22776.shtml|accessdate=3 December 2010|newspaper=blackanthem.com|date=2010-09-26}}</ref> |
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== Military Career == |
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Rear Admiral Brown was commissioned as a Naval officer from the [[University of New Mexico]]'s [[Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps]] (NROTC) in 1983. |
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He completed Underwater Demolition/ SEAL Training and Army Airborne School prior to his assignment to [[United States Navy SEALs]] Team 5 in 1984. In 1987 he studied Spanish at DLI and then reported to SEAL Team 1 to serve as platoon commander and operations officer. |
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Brown’s assignments include SEAL Team 8 executive officer where he deployed as Naval Special Warfare Task Unit (NSWTU) commander NSWTU-Wasp under commander Amphibious Task Group 185.2; and then as commander NSWTU-America under CTF60. Brown commanded Naval Special Warfare Unit 4, Puerto Rico, under U.S. Southern Command from 1999-2001. |
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Brown’s other assignments include the Office of the [[Assistant Secretary of Defense]] for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, [[United States Special Operations Command]], and Navy section chief, U.S. Military Advisory Group [[El Salvador]]. In 2002 Brown reported to the Directorate of Operations of the Joint Staff, Deputy Directorate Special Operations, serving as the Global War on Terrorism branch chief until September 2005. He was then assigned as assistant chief of staff for Ops and Plans at [[Naval Special Warfare Command]] until June 2007, when he took command of Naval Special Warfare Group 1. Prior to commanding SOCSOUTH, Brown served as the deputy commander of Special Operations Command Europe. |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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* [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=559 US Navy biographies: Rear Admiral Thomas L. Brown] |
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