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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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