Gen. Robert B. Brown has been commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific since April 2016. Previously, he was commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He has served 12 years with various units focused on the Indo-Pacific region, including as commanding general of I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; deputy commanding general of the 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; training and exercises director, J7, at the U.S. Pacific Command; executive assistant to the Pacific Command commander; plans officer at U.S. Army Pacific; and commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division. He deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom as a brigade commander and a deputy division commander. He is a 1981 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and holds master’s degrees from the University of Virginia and National Defense University, where he was a Distinguished Graduate.