Hello, I am Gib Brown
Born October 9, 1933 at Louisville, Ky.
Raised in New Albany, Indiana (across the Ohio River from Louisville)
Attended Schools there until 1950; then attended Culver Military Academy, Culver, IN.
Graduated from Culver Military Academy - May 1952
Entered the U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn. - June 2, 1952
Graduated and Commissioned in the U.S. Coast Guard - June 4, 1956
Served on the US Coast Guard Cutter Casco, Boston, Mass. until December 1957
Enter US Naval Flight Training, Naval Air Station, Pensacola. Fla. - December 17, 1957
Promoted to Lieutenant(Junior Grade) - December 21, 1957
Completed Basic Flight Training - August 1958
Started Advanced Flight Training, NAS Corpus Christi, TX. - September 1958
Graduated and Received Naval Aviator & Coast Guard Wings - March 1959
Transferred to US Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS), Port Angeles. WA. - April 1959
Promoted to Lieutenant - July 1960
Met my future wife, Diane Kail, in Port Angeles where she was teaching Junior High School
Married in Twin Falls, ID. - August 5, 1960
Tranferred to CGAS Barber's Point, Oahu, Hawaii - May 1962
First child, our daughter, Kaila Lee was born Tripler Army Hospital - March 24, 1963
Second child, our son, Kevin Lynn was born at Tripler Army Hospital - May 24, 1965
Transferred to USCG Headquarters, Washington, DC - June 1965
Promoted to Lieutenant Commander - July 1965
Assigned to Operations, Aviation Units and VIP pilot at CGAS Arlington (National Airport), VA.
Third child, second daughter, Kerri Lou was born Bethesda Naval Hospital - July 21, 1969
Promoted to Commander - October 1969
Assigned as Special Projects Officer for development of VCTS Flight Simulators
Transferred to CG Aviation Training Center, Mobile, AL. - June 1972 as VCTS Officer
Assigned as Head, Aviation Training
Transferred to CGAS San Francisco, CA as Executive Officer - June 1974
Retired in lieu of accepting promotion with 21 years of commissioned service - August 1977
Accepted position as Program Manager, Singer-Link Flight Simulation, Sunnyvale, CA - March 1978
Program Manager on Space Mission Shuttle Simulator (Digital Image Generation Visual Systems)
Program Manager on E2C Radar Simulator
Promoted to Senior, Program Manager, Singer-Link - July 1981
Program Manager on C-130 Radar Simulators
Senior Program Manager on B-2 Visual & Radar Simulators
Promoted to Director, Programs - September 1990
Promoted to Director, Operations - March 1991
Retired from Link Flight Simulation - August 1992
Accepted position as Director, Operations, Deltam Systems, San Mateo, CA. - September 1992
Promoted to Vice President, Operations, Deltam Systems - March 1993
Resigned and retired from Deltam Systems - September 1994
Relocated to Twin Falls, ID - November 1994
Mentoring on Small Business Development Committee at College of Southern Idaho
Started Kelsar Resources, LLC with partners - September 1999
Put http://www.diemakerjobs.com online - December 1999
Put http://www.screwmachinejobs.com online - April 2000
Formed Technology Resources, LLC with partners - November 2000
Put http://www.metalindustryjobs.com online - February 2001
Put "http://www.metalfabjobs.com" online - March 2001 (Removed it March 2003
Formed The Linux Factory (USA), LLC with partners - September 2001
Changed name of Linux Factory to Lynxx Software, LLC - November 2001
Inducted into the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Hall of Honor October 12, 2002 see booklet or website at (http://www.aoptero.org/htm/hall_of_fame.htm)
Constructed our dream mountain home on the Big Lost River of Central Idaho north of Mackay, Idaho - March 2003. See http://www.gibbrown.com/cabin/pictureViewer.html
Awarded a United States Coast Guard Public Service Commendation by the Commandant, Admiral Thad Allen - 29 September 2007
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