David L. Brewer III

David L. Brewer, III
Official Navy portrait of Vice Admiral David L. Brewer, III Commander, Military Sealift Command
Born	(1946-05-19) May 19, 1946 (age 70) Farmville, Virginia
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	Amphibious Group 3 Military Sealift Command
Awards	Navy Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (3) Meritorious Service Medal (2) Navy Achievement Medal
Other work	Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District

David L. Brewer (born May 19, 1946) is a retired Vice Admiral of the United States Navy and former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The 35-year veteran of the Navy commanded Military Sealift Command from August 2001 until his retirement in March 2006, and served as Vice Chief of Naval Education and Training from 1999-2001. As Vice Chief of Naval Education and Training, he is known for helping to develop the Navy College Program and negotiating contracts with 11 colleges, universities and community colleges to provide bachelor and associate degree programs to more than 300,000 sailors. As Commander of Military Sealift Command, he is known for overseeing the massive Military Sealift Command (MSC) partnership with the private sector shipping contractors operation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom which involved moving over 20,000,000 square feet (1,900,000 m²) of equipment to the Persian Gulf in less than four months. He is also known for leading the Military Sealift Command's disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina.

David was born to David L. Brewer, Jr., and Mildred S. Brewer in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. His naval career began in 1970 when he was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy by former Secretary of the Navy, Senator John Chafee. He was a member of the first graduating class of the first Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps unit at an historically black university, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas.

His flag command posts included Commander Naval Forces Marianas, which had the concurrent posts of Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command Representative Guam/Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Republic of Palau. In January 1997, Vice Adm. Brewer took command of Amphibious Group 3 in San Diego, California. In July 1997, he was nominated for promotion to the rank of Rear Adm. (Upper Half). He later became Vice Chief of Naval Education and Training in Pensacola, Florida, and Commander, Military Sealift Command headquartered in Washington, D.C.