Ku qor sii wadida sadarkani - Guddoomiye ahaan, Brown wuxuu mas'uul ka ahaa maaraynta dhacdooyinka caalamiga ah ee caanka ah sida duulaankii Turkiga ee Qubrus ee 1974, iyo dhacdadii "Mayaguez", falkii ugu dambeeyay ee dagaalka Vietnam ee 1975. Wuxuu sidoo kale wax ka qabtay toogashadii 1976 iyo dhacdadii dilka Axe ee ka dhacday Aagga Demilitarized ee Kuuriya, wuxuuna kormeeray heshiiskii Kanaalka Panama ee 1977. Mid ka mid ah waajibaadka ugu muhiimsan ee Brown ee ah Guddoomiyaha Saraakiisha Guud ee Isku-dhafan ayaa ahaa dib-u-habeynta iyo dib-u-habeynta hoggaanka gudaha Shaqaalaha Wadajirka ah. Mid ka mid ah ficillada ugu muhiimsan ee Brown ee dib u habeynta hoggaanka gudaha Shaqaalaha Wadajirka ah waxay ahayd in meesha laga saaro J-2 oo asal ahaan mas'uul ka ahaa howlaha isgaarsiinta oo lagu daro hawlgallada J-3. Brown wuxuu sidoo kale fursad u siiyay asxaabtiisa ka tirsan Saraakiisha Ciidamada Qalabka Sida sida Madaxa Ciidamada Cirka, Madaxa Hawlgallada Badda, Taliyaha Ciidamada Badda iyo Madaxa Ciidamada Qalabka Sida si ay ula tacaalaan xaaladaha qalalaasaha, si ay ugu diyaariyaan haddii ay doortaan inay noqdaan Guddoomiyaha xiga ee Saraakiisha Ciidamada Qalabka Sida. Mid ka mid ah dhacdooyinka cajiibka ah waa intii lagu jiray dhacdadii Mayaguez
, waqtigaas oo Brown uu ahaa sarkaal safar dibada ah si uu uga qeyb galo shirkii NATO ee Yurub, waqtigaas oo Brown u ogolaaday madaxa ciidamada cirka Jeneraal David C. Jones inuu u dhaqmo guddoomiyaha ku meel gaarka ah ee hoggaamiyayaasha shaqaalaha oo hogaamiyay doodda Golaha Amniga Qaranka ee ku saabsan qorsheynta militariga iyo arrimaha militariga si loo fuliyo howlgalada lagu badbaadinayo shaqaalaha SS Mayaguez. Natiijo ahaan, Jones markii dambe waxaa loo magacaabay Guddoomiyaha Saraakiisha Guud ee Wadajirka ah, isagoo ku guuleystey Brown 1978 iyo waayo-aragnimada Jones ee guddoomiyaha ku-meel-gaadhka ah ee Saraakiisha Guud ee Wadajirka ah intii lagu jiray Dhacdadii Mayaguez ee keentay dadaalka Jones ee casriyeynta baaxadda militariga si loo hagaajiyo xiriirka ay la leedahay hoggaanka rayidka ah ee ugu dambeyntii horseeday Sharciga Dib-u-habeynta Milatariga ee 1986 oo caan ku ahaa Sharciga Goldwater-Nichols.