Arthur E. Brown

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General Arthur E. Brown (1989)

Arthur Edmon Brown, Jr. (* 21st November 1929 in Manila , Philippines ) is a retired American officer of the US Army , who most recently as General between 1987 and 1989 Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Army ( Vice Chief of Staff of the Army ) was.

Life

Officer training and the Vietnam War

Arthur Edmon Brown, Jr., son of a dentist in the US Army, began after attending the high school first an undergraduate degree at the University of Alabama , but he dropped out after two years to officer training at the US Military Academy in West Point to start. After graduation he became a lieutenant in the infantry in 1953 . After he had attended the school for paratroopers and special forces (Airborne and Ranger School) , he became platoon leader in the Combat Team of the 508th Airborne Regiment and then company commander in the 60th Infantry Regiment (60th Infantry Regiment) . After he was an officer in the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) in South Vietnam from 1962 to 1963 , he began postgraduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh and completed it with a master’s degree . Subsequently, between 1964 and 1967 he was employed as a colonel in the planning department of the Army Combat Development Command , where he was appointed to Vietnam because of his work on evaluating the effectiveness of combat aircraft and the dynamics of firepower and maneuver studies, as well as his work in Vietnam -Study group and awarded a Legion of Merit in the Institute of Land Combat . He then served from 1967 nis 1968 Administrative Staff Officer ( Executive Officer ) of the Military representatives on NATO's Military Committee and was awarded for its local services, the Joint Service Commendation Medal .

After graduating from the US Army War College (USAWC) in Carlisle , Brown returned to South Vietnam for the second time during the Vietnam War in 1969 and was commander of the 1st Battalion of the 52nd Infantry Regiment and advisor to the 9th Infantry Division of South Vietnam. After that, he served from 1970 to 1973 as director of studies for arms control disarmament at the US Army War College and then from 1973 to 1975 as commander of the 1st Infantry Division ( 1st Infantry Division ) belonging to the 1st Brigade before 1975-1978 Head of he and Administrative staff officer in the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations . Then he was from 1978 to 1980 deputy commander of the Tropic Lightning called 25th Infantry Division ( 25th Infantry Division ) and from 1980 to 1981 deputy superintendent of the US Military Academy in West Point. In this function he organized the welcome party, the accommodation and the onward journey of the hostages released on January 20, 1981 from the occupation of the US embassy in Iran during the Islamic Revolution there .

Promotion to General and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army

Thereupon Arthur Brown was commander for mobilization and operational readiness of the military region IV between 1981 and 1983 and as such was responsible for the units of the reserve armed forces and national guards in five states in the southeast of the USA, Puerto Rico and the American Virgin Islands . In 1983 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and Director of the Army Staff . In this use, he oversaw the largest modernization program since the Second World War , which to equip the army with M1 Abrams - battle tanks , M2 / M3 Bradley - armored personnel carriers , Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk - transport helicopters and Boeing AH-64 Apache - helicopter gunships led. In addition, four light infantry divisions were created or redesigned, namely the 6th Infantry Division , 7th Infantry Division , 10th Infantry Division and 25th Infantry Division . At the same time, he was responsible for the reorganization of the staff after US Senator Barry Goldwater and Congressman Bill Nichols called the reorganization of the US Department of Defense , the so-called Goldwater-Nichols Act . In addition, he was a member of the Stilwell Commission for Security and responsible for public relations during Operation Urgent Fury called US invasion of Grenada (October 25 to December 15, 1983) and after the Gander plane crash , in which a US -Transportflugzeug crashed and 248 soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division ( 101st Airborne Division ) were killed.

Last sparked General Brown in June 1987, General Maxwell R. Thurman as Vice Chief of the General Staff of the Army ( Vice Chief of Staff of the Army ) , and held this position until his retirement in 1989, after General Robert W. RisCassi his Succeeded. In 1987 he was head of the US delegation to the conference of the USA, Great Britain , Canada and Australia on issues of military standardization. He also dealt with analysis and reports for the Washington Treaty on Intermediate Nuclear Systems ( Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ) , the December 8, 1987 on the occasion of the Summit of Washington signed and on 1 June 1988 during the summit in Moscow was put into effect .

After retiring from active military service, he became involved in various organizations and in 2002 received the Distinguished Graduate Award from the Alumni Association of the US Military Academy for outstanding achievements by graduates. In 2010, the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association presented him with the Distinguished Graduate Award from its Faculty of Public and International Affairs (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs) . Arthur E. Brown has been married to Jerry Cook since 1953.

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards :

Web links

  • Entry on Military Hall of Honor
  • Entry in The Hall of Valor Project
personal data
SURNAME Brown, Arthur E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brown, Arthur Edmon Jr. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American general in the US Army
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Manila , Philippines