Bob Brown

Staff Sergeant Bob Brown is a special operations soldier who has helped save the United States from devastating national security threats on numerous occasions.

Robert Davis Brown was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. His father, Hugh, was a bank officer; while his mother, Connie, was an elementary school teacher. After Bob graduated from high school, he went on to Rice University in Houston, Texas. While there, he began dating fellow student, Kim Anderson. After Bob graduated from Rice with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, married Kim. He enlisted in the United States Army shortly after the wedding. Bob decided to become an infantryman.

After completing basic combat training and then infantry advanced individual training at the U.S. Army Infantry School, he went on to the U.S. Army Airborne School. Upon completing airborne training and earning the Basic Parachutist Badge, Bob was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division as an airborne infantryman in the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry regiment. Soon after, he earned the Air Assault Badge at the U.S. Army Assault School and then the Ranger Tab at the U.S. Army Ranger School.

Bob later attended the U.S. Army Sniper School and was then assigned as a sniper to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment. He eventually rose to the position of sniper section leader. A little while later, Bob attended the U.S. Army Pathfinder School and was then assigned as a pathfinder to 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment. Shortly after he graduated from the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School, he was invited to apply to join an elite ultra-clandestine special operations unit.

Designated "1st Special Actions Group", this black ops team is simply referred to as "The Unit" by its members. The Unit officially does not exist and its immediate chain of command goes to The Unit's commanding officer straight to the President of the United States; this bypasses the Secretary of Defense. It operates under the cover of being known as the 303rd Logistical Studies Group, and its operators are all under cover of being desk bound clerks and military logistics personnel.

With Kim's full support, Bob accepted the offer and applied to join the 1st Special Actions Group. After completing the selection and training process, he was assigned to the The Unit's Alpha Team. In his capacity as an operator in The Unit, Bob engages in such missions as hostage rescue, the capture and elimination of terrorist forces and intelligence gathering on terrorist threats, as well as various other "projects" authorized by the U.S. government deemed unsuitable and too risky for standard military forces.

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 * A version of this character appeared in the CBS television series, The Unit.