Retired January 29, 2014
Commander,
31st Chemical Brigade
Brigadier General David R. Brown was Commander, 31st Chemical, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Brigade, Alabama National Guard. One of the Brigade's main roles is to conduct Defense Support of Civilian (DSCA) missions as assigned through the governor. In this role, he commanded the Department of Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Consequence Response Force B.
General Brown was commissioned in 1986 through the Alabama Military Academy Officer Candidate School in Fort McClellan, Alabama. He deployed to Iraq in 2006 and after a year of deployment, returned to the United States Army War College for two years on Active Duty to serve as a faculty member.
1987 Auburn University, Bachelor of Science, Agronomy and Soils, Auburn,
Alabama
1992 Auburn University, Master of Science, Agriculture, Auburn, Alabama
2006 United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
1. March 1987 - December 1989, Platoon Leader, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion,
167th Infantry, Valley, Alabama
2. December 1989 - September 1991, Executive Officer, Alpha Company, 1st
Battalion, 167th Infantry, Valley, Alabama
3. September 1991 - October 1993, S-4, Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Battalion, 167th Infantry, Talladega, Alabama
4. October 1993 - December 1995, Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 1st Battalion, 167th Infantry, Talladega, Alabama
5. December 1995 - October 1996, Assistant S-3, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 1st Battalion, 167th Infantry, Talladega, Alabama
6. October 1996 - September 1997, S-2, Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Battalion, 167th Infantry, Talladega, Alabama
7. September 1997 - March 2000, Army Training and Evaluation Program Director,
Detachment 3, State Training and Readiness Command, Montgomery, Alabama
8. March 2000 - October 2000, Threat/Opposing Force Officer, Headquarters, State
Training and Readiness Command, Montgomery, Alabama
9. October 2000 - May 2001, S-4, 31st Chemical Brigade, Northport, Alabama
10. May 2001 - October 2002, S-3,145th Battalion, 31st Chemical Brigade,
Centreville, Alabama
11. October 2002 - October 2004, Commander, 145th Battalion, 31st Chemical
Brigade, Centreville, Alabama
12. October 2004 - July 2005, Deputy Support Operations Officer, 167th Theater
Sustainment Command, Birmingham, Alabama
13. July 2005 - June 2006, Student, United States Army War College, Carlisle,
Pennsylvania
14. June 2006 - August 2007, Director of Installation Management, 226th Area
Support Group, Mobile, Alabama
15. August 2007 - June 2008, Director, Joint and Multinational Initiatives,
Center for Strategic Leadership, Unites States Army War College, Carlisle,
Pennsylvania
16. June 2008 - September 2009, Senior Guard Adviser to the Commandant, United
States Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
17. June 2009 - December 2010, Deputy Commander, 31st Chemical Brigade,
Northport, Alabama
18. December 2010 - March 2011, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Alabama
National Guard, Montgomery, Alabama
19. April 2011 - January 2014, Commander, 31st Chemical Brigade, Alabama National
Guard, Northport, Alabama
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
Iraqi Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hourglass and M Device
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
Alabama Commendation Medal
Alabama Veteran's Service Medal
Alabama National Emergency Service Medal (with 911 device)
Alabama Special Service Ribbon of Alabama
Alabama Faithful Service Medal (with 1 Silver and 1 Bronze St. Andrews Cross)
Alabama Active Duty Basic Training Medal of State of Alabama
Second Lieutenant 28 June 1986
First Lieutenant 27 June 1989
Captain 13 February 1992
Major 10 October 1997
Lieutenant Colonel 18 October 2002
Colonel 29 June 2006
Brigadier General 5 January 2011
(Current as of July 2014)