Rear Admiral Scott Brown is a second-generation naval officer who joined the Navy through the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate Program. He is a 1991 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he achieved a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University at Albany, and a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering and an Engineer Degree in Nuclear Engineering, both from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He served as a nuclear-trained surface warfare officer for seven years with tours as Machinery Division Officer and Chemistry and Radiological Controls Assistant onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), and as Plant Evaluation Officer at Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit, Ballston Spa where he supervised propulsion plant operational performance and maintenance.
In July 1998, he was selected for lateral transfer to the Engineering Duty Officer (EDO) community, serving as a nuclear qualified EDO (EDO-N). He served onboard USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) as Reactor Electrical Assistant during the ship’s Refueling Complex Overhaul. Rear Admiral Brown then completed tours at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery Maine, supervising and managing depot level submarine maintenance, and U.S. Fleet Forces Command Ship Maintenance Directorate (N43) as Carrier Maintenance Branch Head and Norfolk Naval Shipyard Program Manager. He then served as Reactor Officer aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), leading the ship through a combat deployment and refueling overhaul; and as the Production Resources Officer for Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY). Brown served as NNSY’s 107th Shipyard Commander, then Executive Assistant to Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command.
Rear Admiral Brown was selected to flag rank in January 2019. He is presently assigned as Director of Fleet Maintenance, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Hawaii.
Rear Admiral Brown is authorized to wear the Legion of Merit (2 awards), Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Navy Commendation Medal (4 awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2 awards), Armed Forces Service Medal (2 awards) and a number of unit and campaign awards.