Following completion of
Officer Candidate School in
Newport, Rhode Island, in June 1974, Vice Adm. Brown reported to her first duty station, Naval Communications Station,
Norfolk, Virginia She was assigned as communications watch officer, followed by automation officer and personnel officer. She then served as the special projects and manpower requirements officer at the Naval Telecommunications Command in
Washington, D.C. After her tour in Washington, D.C., Vice Adm. Brown attended
Naval Postgraduate School in
Monterey, California, where she earned a Master of Science degree in Communications Systems Management. She was then assigned to the Defense Commercial Communications Office at
Scott Air Force Base in
Belleville, Illinois. This joint tour qualified Vice Adm. Brown as a proven subspecialist in communications and led to her designation as a joint specialty officer (JSO). From this joint assignment, Vice Adm. Brown was enrolled in the Junior Course at the
Naval War College in
Newport, Rhode Island. Completion of this course led to the awarding of a Master of Arts Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. Her follow-on assignment was as the officer in charge,
Naval Radio and Receiving Facility Kamiseya, Japan. Returning from overseas, Vice Adm. Brown was assigned to the Joint Tactical Command, Control and Communications Agency in Washington. After this second joint tour, she was assigned as the executive officer (XO) at the Naval Communications Station in
San Diego, California. A major segment of this tour was devoted to the establishment of the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, San Diego. Upon completing this XO tour, Vice Adm. Brown was enrolled in the Senior Course at the
Army War College in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In August 1993, Vice Adm. Brown assumed command of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Cutler, Downeast,
Maine. After completing her command tour, she was selected for assignment to the
National Security Council staff at the
White House where she reported for duty in August 1995. In July 1997, Vice Adm. Brown assumed command of the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic headquartered in
Norfolk, Virginia. Completing her command tour in June 1999, Vice Adm. Brown returned to the
White House as the deputy director,
White House Military Office. It was during this tour Vice Adm. Brown was selected for
Rear Admiral. In October 2000, she reported to the
Chief of Naval Operations as deputy director and Fleet Liaison, Space, Information Warfare, Command and Control (N6B). In August 2002 she assumed duties as Vice Director for Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems (J6), the Joint Staff. In August 2004 she deployed to
Iraq becoming the first Multi-National Force–Iraq C6 Headquartered in
Baghdad and returned to the Joint Staff in April 2005. In August 2005 Vice Adm. Brown assumed the duties as J6 Director for both
North American Aerospace Defense Command and
United States Northern Command. In August 2006 she assumed her duties as the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4 Systems), The Joint Staff. == Education ==