Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Brown ya kammala karatun digiri na digiri na digiri a ranar 6 ga Yuni, 1914 kuma an ba shi izinin Ensign a wannan kwanan wata. Daga bisani an sanya shi zuwa jirgin ruwa mai suna "Georgia" a karkashin jagorancin shugabancin shugabancin Naval Operations, Robert Coontz kuma ya tura shi zuwa ruwan Mexico don kare bukatun Amurka a lokacin juyin juya halin Mexico
Ka yi haƙuri. Daga watan Agusta zuwa Oktoba 1914, "Georgia" ya yi aiki a cikin ruwa na Haiti don kare Amurkawa a kasar, wanda kuma yana fuskantar rikice-rikice na ciki.