Robert Brooks Brown | |
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GEN Brown, commanding USARPAC in May 2016
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Born |
Pennsylvania, United States |
April 14, 1959
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/branch | United States Army |
Years of service | 1981–present |
Rank | General |
Commands held |
United States Army Pacific U.S. Army Combined Arms Center I Corps |
Awards |
Army Distinguished Service Medal (3) Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit |
Robert Brooks Brown (born April 14, 1959) is a United States Army four star general who became commander of the United States Army Pacific on April 30, 2016 shortly after officially being promoted to four star general.
From February 2014 to April 2016 he was the commanding general United States Army Combined Arms Center.
From 2012 to 2014 he was the commanding general of the I Corps at Joint Base Lewis–McChord.
Brown graduated from Grosse Pointe North High School in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in 1977. He played for the Army Black Knights men's basketball team while attending the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1981. He received a Master of Education degree at the University of Virginia in the 1980s.