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AIR FORCE
                                                                                                  CHIEF OF STAFF

 by Glenys Young
 (First featured in Texas Tech Today)

             Tech, and being the Cadet Corps Commander            “There’s plenty of opportunity, I think, for young
             the first semester of my senior year, all of that    people who join the Air Force,” Brown said. “When
             coming together, helped shape the opportunity        I got commissioned, I was 22; you get a lot of
             for me to get to go fly fighters.”                   responsibility, and you get to do some things. I get
                                                                  to see things and do things most people only read
             Brown has been awarded the Defense                   about.  I read my own bio, and I pinch myself at all
             Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense             the opportunities I’ve had: the airplanes I’ve gotten
             Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit          to fly, the people I’ve had a chance to meet, the
             and the Bronze Star. His 35-year career has been     countries I’ve had a chance to visit. I’ve had great
             guided by his four tenets:                           experiences and the same thing goes for my family.
                                                                  And when the people you get to meet have some
             • Execute at a high standard
                                                                  of the same drive and passion about what they do,
             • Be disciplined in execution                        that, to me, is just as exciting.”
             • Pay attention to details                           Brown and his wife, Sharene, have two sons, Sean
                                                                  and Ross.
             • “Have fun.”


















































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