 Lieutenant Colonel Brown received his commission through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1992.He has held various staff assignments within two wings, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, the Air Staff, and the Joint Staff, to include Chief of Space Launch Vehicles Branch, Air Force Space Command, and Chief of Strategic Guidance Branch and Political-Military Planner, Joint Staff.A three-time Guardian Challenge competitor, Lt Col Brown won the Blanchard Trophy for F.E.