Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin Shugaban, Brown yana da alhakin kula da abubuwan da suka faru na kasa da kasa kamar yadda Turkiyya ta mamaye Cyprus a shekarar 1974, da kuma "Mayaguez"
, wasan karshe na yaki a Vietnam a shekarar 1975. Ya kuma yi ma'amala da harbe-harben 1976 da Axe Murder Incident a Yankin Yankin Koriya ta Koriya, kuma ya kula da Yarjejeniyar Canal na Panama a 1977.Daya daga cikin manyan ayyukan Brown a matsayin Shugaban Kwamitin Harkokin Kasuwanci shi ne sake sakewa da sake fasalin jagoranci a cikin Kwamitin Harkokin Kasuwanci. Ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan farko na Brown a matsayin sake fasalin jagoranci a cikin Ofishin Jakadancin shi ne ta hanyar kawar da J-2 wanda ke da alhakin aikin sadarwa da kuma hada shi da ayyukan J-3. Brown ya kuma ba da dama ga abokan aikinsa na Joint Chiefs of Staff kamar Shugaban Sojojin Sama, Shugaban Ayyukan Sojojin Ruwa, Kwamandan Sojojin Ruwa da Babban Jami'in Sojojin don magance matsalar rikicin, don shirya su a yayin da aka zaɓa su zama na gaba Shugaban Kwamitin Kwamitin. Wani abin lura shi ne a lokacin Mayaguez Incident, a-wanda a wancan lokacin Brown ya kasance a kan jami'in tafiye-tafiye na kasashen waje don halartar taron NATO a Turai, a-wanda a wancan lokacin Brown ya ba da izinin Shugaban Sojan Sama Janar David C. Jones ya zama shugaban zartarwa na Joint Chiefs of Staff kuma ya jagoranci tattaunawa a cikin Majalisar Tsaro ta Kasa kan shirin soja da kuma al'amuran soja don aiwatar da ayyukan don ceton ma'aikatan SS Mayaguez. A sakamakon haka, daga baya aka nada Jones a matsayin Shugaban Hafsoshin Hafsoshin Sojoji, wanda ya gaji Brown a shekarar 1978 da kuma kwarewar Jones a matsayin mukaddashin Shugaban Hafsoshin Hafsoshin Sojoji a lokacin Mayaguez Incident wanda ya haifar da kokarin Jones na sabunta ikon rundunar soji don inganta alakar ta da shugabancin farar hula wanda daga karshe ya haifar da Dokar Gyara Sojoji a shekarar 1986 wanda aka fi sani da Dokar Goldwater-Nichols.