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BRIGADIER GENERAL MARK
A. BROWN
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Brig. Gen.
Mark A. Brown is the Comptroller, Headquarters
Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, Ohio. He is responsible for the
financial planning and fiscal execution of the
Air Force's research, development, test,
acquisition and sustainment programs. He serves
as Principal Financial Adviser to the AFMC
Commander, and is responsible for identifying
funding requirements; building the command's
budgets; administering the Air Force Working
Capital Fund; and executing AFMC's annual budget
program of $56 billion. He also oversees 3,000
professional financial managers providing vital
services supporting the command's units
worldwide, including 10 major bases.
General Brown was commissioned through the
Reserve Officer Training Corps program at
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala., and entered
active duty in 1986. He has served in
comptroller, command, and staff positions at all
levels of the Department of Defense, including
extensive experience with the legislative branch
of government. His global experience includes
serving in the Philippines, Spain, England,
Turkey and Iraq. He has commanded three times
consisting of two squadrons and a Mission
Support Group, deployed in support of Operation
Provide Comfort, and served as the Assistant
Executive Officer for the 17th Air Force Chief
of Staff.
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Science degree in
Accounting, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee,
Ala.
1991 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell
AFB, Ala.
1992 Master's degree in public
administration, Troy State University, Troy,
Ala.
2000 Air Command and Staff College, by
correspondence
2001 Master's degree in
strategic studies, Air Command and Staff
College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 Air War
College, by correspondence
2005 Master's
degree in national security strategy,
National War College, Fort McNair, Washington,
D. C.
2007 Air Force Incident Management
Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2008 AETC Senior
Leader's Maintenance Course, Randolph AFB, Texas
2008 Expeditionary Mission Support Group
Commanders Course, Air Expeditionary Center
2008 Joint Chiefs of Staff Level IV
Antiterrorism Course
2009 Enterprise
Leadership Seminar, Darden School of Business,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 1986
- September 1988, Deputy Accounting and Finance
Officer, 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Clark Air
Base, Republic of the Philippines
2. October
1988 - October 1990, Accounting and Finance
Officer, 380th Bombardment Wing, Plattsburgh
AFB, N.Y.
3. November 1990 - September 1992,
Accounting and Finance Officer, 401st Fighter
Wing, Torrejon AFB, Spain
4. October 1992 -
June 1994, Chief, Financial Analysis Branch,
20th Fighter Wing, RAF, Upper Heyford, United
Kingdom
5. July 1994 - September 1995,
Commander and Regional Accounting and Finance
Officer, 32nd Accounting and Finance Squadron,
Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
6. October 1995 -
June 1998, Major Command Budget Analyst for
Flying Hour Program, Headquarters Air Combat
Command, Langley AFB, Va.
7. July 1998 - July
2000, Commander, 7th Comptroller Squadron, 7th
Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas
8. August 2000 -
June 2001, Student, Air Command and Staff
College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
9.
July 2001 - February 2002, Base Operations
Support Budget Analyst, Headquarters U.S. Air
Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
10.
March 2002 - September 2003, Assistant Executive
Officer to the Air Force Chief of Staff,
Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon,
Washington, D.C.
11. October 2003 - July
2004, Congressional Liaison, Headquarters U.S.
Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
12.
August 2004 - June 2005, Student, National
Defense University, National War College, Fort
McNair, Washington, D.C.
13. July 2005 - June
2006, Congressional Liaison and, later, Deputy
Director, Budget and Appropriations Affairs,
Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of
the Comptroller, the Pentagon, Washington,
D.C.
14. July 2006 - June 2007, Senior
Military Assistant, Under Secretary of Defense
Comptroller, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
15. July 2007 - July 2009, Commander, 14th
Mission Support Group, Columbus AFB, Miss.
16. August 2009 - October 2011, Comptroller,
Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB,
Ill.
17. November 2011 - present, Director,
Financial Management, Headquarters Air Force
Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2005 - June 2006, Congressional
Liaison and later Deputy Director, Budget and
Appropriations Affairs, Office of the Secretary
of Defense, Office of the Comptroller, Pentagon,
Washington, D.C., as a colonel
2. July 2006 -
July 2007, Senior Military Assistant, Under
Secretary of Defense Comptroller, Pentagon,
Washington, D.C., as a colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal
with six oak leaf clusters
Air Force
Commendation Medal with two oak leaf
clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with
four oak leaf clusters
Southwest Asia Service
Medal
Air Force Recognition Ribbon
Air
Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air Force
Organizational Excellence Award
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1995
USAFE Accounting and Finance Officer of the
Year
1995 Air Force Accounting and Finance
Officer of the Year, runner up
1997 DOD
Distinguished Budgeting Award
1999 ACC
Financial Management and Comptroller of the
Year
1999 Commander of ACC Comptroller
Squadron of the Year
1999 Air Force
Comptroller of the Year
2000 Tuskegee Airman
Field Grade Officer of the Year, Gen. Benjamin
O. Davis Award
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
American Society of Military
Comptrollers
2011 Broad Academy Fellow
Airlift/Tanker Association
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant July 24, 1986
First Lieutenant July 24, 1988
Captain July
24, 1990
Major April 1, 1998
Lieutenant
Colonel March 1, 2002
Colonel March 1,
2006
Brigadier General Sept. 30, 2011
(Current as of January 2012)
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