Brown, James, CMDCM

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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Command Master Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
9580-Command Master Chief
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Command Master Chief
Primary Unit
2009-2012, Navy Recruiting District Houston, TX, Commander Naval Recruiting Command (CNRC)
Previously Held NEC
RM-2304-Morse Code Operator
RM-2342-Teletype Repairman
RM-2343-Communications Maintainer
RM-2346-Low Level Keying Teletype Maintenance
RM-2321-Surface Communications Systems Operator
RM-2313-Independent Duty Radioman
RM-2318-Communications System Technical Control Operator
IT-0000-Information Systems Technician
Service Years
1981 - 2012
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Rock
Panama Canal
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
Realm of the Czars
Seven Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Command Senior Chief Petty Officer of the Command Recruiting Command of Excellence US Navy Retired 30

Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Persian Gulf Yacht Club Cold War Medal Navy Chief Initiated

Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993 Persian Excursion Cold War Veteran Cold War Veteran

Excellence Award for the best Communication Departments Command & Control Excellence Award Efficiency Excellence Award Retention Excellence Awards




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Fleet Reserve Association (FRA)Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV)United Services Automobile Association (USAA)American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)The Tin Can Sailors Radio NetUnited States Navy Radioman Association (USNRMA)United States Naval Institute
  1992, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) - Assoc. Page
  1994, Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) - Assoc. Page
  2002, United Services Automobile Association (USAA) - Assoc. Page
  2004, American Legion - Assoc. Page
  2008, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) - Assoc. Page
  2012, The Tin Can Sailors Radio Net - Assoc. Page
  2012, United States Navy Radioman Association (USNRMA) - Assoc. Page
  2012, United States Naval Institute - Assoc. Page


 Remembrance Profiles -  1 Sailor Remembered


Operation Northern Watch (Iraq)
From Month/Year
January / 1997		 To Month/Year
March / 2003

Description
Operation Northern Watch (ONW), the successor to Operation Provide Comfort, was a Combined Task Force (CTF) charged with enforcing its own no-fly zone above the 36th parallel in Iraq. Its mission began on 1 January 1997.

The coalition partners of the United States, United Kingdom, and Turkey provided approximately 45 aircraft and more than 1,400 personnel to support Operation Northern Watch. The joint U.S. forces of some 1,100 U.S. personnel, included airmen, sailors, soldiers, as well as aircraft from every arm of the United States Armed Forces.

The original mandate from the Turkish government allowed the operation to continue for six months. Turkey subsequently approved two 6-month extensions, but indicated that it would not become a permanent mission.

For the first year of the mission, northern Iraq was quiet, with no combat between Coalition aircraft and Iraqi forces.

Operation Northern Watch forces did not take part in Operation Desert Fox in December 1998. After Desert Fox, Iraq announced they would no longer recognize the no-fly zones and urged their troops to attack Coalition aircraft. On December 28, 1998 Iraq fired SA-3 surface to air missiles against coalition aircraft patrolling the northern no-fly zone. In response, U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15Es, F-16Js, and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) EA-6Bs launched anti-radiation missiles and dropped precision guided munitions (PGMs) on the SA-3 ground-based missile site that fired on the ONW aircraft, and destroyed it. From December 1998 to March 1999, U.S. aircraft over northern Iraq came under almost daily fire from Iraqi surface-to-air missile sites and anti-aircraft guns. U.S. aircraft responded by bombing Iraqi air-defense sites, using laser-guided bombs as well as AGM-88 HARM missiles and AGM-130 long range air-to-surface missiles. The first combat use of the AGM-130 was conducted during ONW.

Coalition aircraft flew patrols on an average of 18 days per month, and were usually fired upon. The most common threat was from anti-aircraft guns. Despite Saddam Hussein offering a $14,000 reward for downing a Coalition aircraft, no warplanes were shot down.

Low level conflict continued up until the invasion of Iraq in 2003, although the number of response incidents declined dramatically after 1999. The final combat air patrol occurred on 17 March 2003 (from the Incirlik Air Base). Six weeks later the operation concluded with an official stand down on 1 May 2003.

A grand total of 36,000 sorties were flown during Operation Northern Watch, and 40,000 personnel had been deployed at some point during the operation. Operation Northern Watch was the longest combat operation in the history of the European Command.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1997		 To Month/Year
March / 2003
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories

Memories
Lots of VBSS & Air Warfare Commander duties.
   
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

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