Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Dị ka Onye isi oche, Brown bụ onye na-ahụ maka ijikwa ihe omume mba ụwa dị ịrịba ama dị ka mbuso agha Turkey nke Saịprọs na 1974, na
"Mayaguez" ihe mere, nke ikpeazụ nke agha na Vietnam na 1975. O mekwara ihe banyere ogbugbu nke 1976 na Axe Murder na Korean Demilitarized Zone, ma lelee Panama Canal Treaty na 1977.Otu n'ime ọrụ ndị isi nke Brown dị ka Onye isi oche nke Joint Chiefs of Staff bụ ịmegharị na ịhazigharị ndị isi n'ime Joint Staff. Otu n'ime ihe ndị Brown mere ka ọ gbanwee ndị isi n'ime Joint Staff bụ site na iwepu J-2 nke bụ isi maka ọrụ nkwukọrịta ma jikọta ya na ọrụ J-3. Brown nyekwara ndị ọrụ ibe ya bụ ndị isi ndị isi ndị isi ndị agha dịka ndị isi ndị agha ụgbọelu, ndị isi ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri, ndị isi ndị agha mmiri na ndị isi ndị agha agha iji dozie ọnọdụ nsogbu, iji kwadebe ha ma ọ bụrụ na a họpụtara ha ịbụ Onye isi oche ọzọ nke ndị isi ndị ọrụ. Otu ihe dị mkpa bụ n'oge ihe mere na Mayaguez, n'oge ahụ Brown nọ na njem ndị ọrụ gọọmentị na mba ọzọ ịga nzukọ NATO na Europe, n'oge ahụ Brown kwere ka Onye isi ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu General David C. Jones rụọ ọrụ dịka onye isi oche nke Joint Chiefs of Staff ma duzie mkparịta ụka n'ime National Security Council na atụmatụ agha na ihe ndị agha iji mezuo ọrụ iji zọpụta ndị ọrụ SS Mayaguez. N'ihi nke a, a họpụtara Jones ka ọ bụrụ Onye isi oche nke Joint Chiefs of Staff, na-anọchi Brown na 1978 na ahụmịhe Jones dị ka onye isi oche nke Joint Chiefs of Staff n'oge Mayaguez Ihe mere ka mbọ Jones na-eme ka ọ dị ugbu a iji meziwanye mmekọrịta ya na ndị isi obodo nke mechara duga na Iwu Mgbanwe Ndị Agha na 1986 nke a maara nke ọma dị ka Iwu Goldwater-Nichols.