Brown remains close to the coach and even spoke at a USA Basketball camp in Las Vegas, Nevada prior to the 2008 Olympics.

[4] From June 2003 to December 2005, Brown commanded the 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis–McChord.

Brown led the unit through combat operations and the first elections in a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq.

From February 2014 to April 2016, Brown was the commanding general United States Army Combined Arms Center headquartered at Fort Leavenworth.

[6][7] Brown was serving as commander of the United States Army Pacific until his retirement was announced in September 2019,[8] United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) bid farewell to him on 9 October, and the general officially retired on 1 November 2019.