▁College ▁Law ▁School ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁During ▁his ▁under grad uate ▁career ▁at ▁Tu ft s , ▁Brown ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁K appa ▁chapter ▁of ▁Z eta ▁P si ▁International ▁F rat ern ity . ▁ ▁Early ▁career ▁ ▁Army ▁National ▁Guard ▁service ▁Brown ▁has ▁said ▁the ▁rescue ▁efforts ▁of ▁Army ▁National ▁Guard ▁during ▁the ▁N ort he astern ▁United ▁States ▁bl izz ard ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁im pressed ▁him . ▁When ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 9 , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Massachusetts ▁Army ▁National ▁Guard , ▁received ▁his ▁basic ▁training ▁at ▁Fort ▁D ix , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁and ▁attended ▁Reserve ▁Offic ers ' ▁Training ▁Corps ▁( RO TC ) ▁classes ▁at ▁the ▁campus ▁of ▁N ort he astern ▁University . ▁He ▁was ▁trained ▁in ▁inf antry , ▁quarter master , ▁and ▁air bor ne ▁duties , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Judge ▁Adv oc ate ▁General ' s ▁Corps ▁( J AG ). ▁He ▁was ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁Guard ▁for ▁ 3 5 ▁years ▁rising ▁to ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁colon el . ▁As ▁the ▁Army ▁National ▁Guard ' s ▁head ▁defense ▁att orney ▁in ▁New ▁England , ▁Brown ▁def ended ▁Guard ▁members ▁who ▁had ▁discipl inary ▁difficulties ▁such ▁as ▁positive ▁drug ▁tests , ▁and ▁provided ▁estate ▁planning ▁and ▁real ▁estate ▁advice ▁to ▁those ▁who ▁were ▁about ▁to ▁deploy ▁to ▁war ▁zones . ▁He ▁spent ▁ten ▁days ▁to ▁two ▁weeks ▁with ▁the ▁Guard ▁in ▁Kaz akh stan ▁and ▁a