when he was young, a trait he shares with Colonel Tom Ryan, many Special Forces soldiers having notably overcome adversity at a young age. Bob develops an addiction to heroin having been forcibly injected with it during a mission but with Kim's help he kicks the habit During "Side Angle Side," Brown was promoted to the rank of Sergeant First Class. Bob is possibly the most level-headed member of the team, persuading Mack to consult the team over Tiffy's affair with Colonel Ryan rather than just immediately shooting him. Bob is also the only Unit member to not have the Purple Heart. Although wounded numerous times during the course of the series member of the Unit are never awarded medals (his decorations including a Bronze Star stem from 2 tours in Iraq with the Air Cavalry). In the course of the series he kills at least 30 people. Bob used the call signs Moreno and Whippoorwill in early operations/ however they appear to have been compromised so he currently goes by the call sign "Cool Breeze"/ Bob drives a vintage Mustang with just the primer coat, which he sells in order to better provide for his family. Before being accepted into the Unit Bob and Kim were planning on him attending law school. He is unusual in having a son, as most Unit members tend to have only daughters. According to the writers if the series continued into a fifth season, the plan was Bob would have been badly injured in a parachute training jump leaving him with a permanent limp. He would have been aided in his recuperation by veteran Ron Cheals and Crystal Burn's badly scarred ex-boyfriend Jeremy, allowing the series to tackle the controversy over the Army's treatment of injured soldiers. He would eventually leave the Army and be recruited by the CIA as an instructor and their official liaison with the Unit, their intention being that he can provide them with inside information on the organization. In fact he is still working for Colonel Ryan and providing them with disinformation, acting as the Unit's man within the CIA. According to an interview executive producer Shawn Ryan gave to The Futon Critic "[David] Mamet and I and our writers, we came up with a lot of great stuff," Ryan said about his pitch to CBS executives for a potential fifth season. "It was going to be a