VADM Brown ’s commands include Coast Guard Pacific Area , the Fourteenth Coast Guard District , Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific , Sector Honolulu , and Group Charleston . From 1999 to 2002 , he served as the Military Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation , including duty as the Acting Deputy Chief of Staff for six months after the terrorist attacks of September 11 , 2001 . In May 2003 , he served as the Chief of Officer Personnel Management at the Coast Guard Personnel Command . From April to July 2004 , he was temporarily assigned as the Senior Advisor for Transportation to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad , Iraq . Working in a combat zone , he oversaw restoration of Iraq ’s major transportation systems , including two major ports
terrorist attacks of September 11 , 2001
September 11 attacks
Manson K. Brown