John Sloan Brown (born 30 August 1949) is a retired

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who was the Chief of Military History at the

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(CMH) from December 1998 to October 2005. Born in

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to a military family who originally came from Texas, and raised in

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, Brown graduated from the

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with a bachelor of science degree in 1971. He earned a master of arts degree in history from

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in 1977, and then taught history at the U.S. Military Academy from 1981 to 1984 while completing his doctorate in history at Indiana. His 1983 dissertation was entitled ''Draftee Division: a study of the 88th Infantry Division, first all selective service division into combat in World War II''. Brown earned a Master of Military Art and Science degree at the Army Command and General Staff College in 1985 with a thesis entitled ''Winning Teams: mobilization-related correlates of success in American World War II infantry divisions''. Brown commanded the 2nd Battalion, 66th Armor, in Iraq and Kuwait during the Gulf War and returned to Kuwait as commander of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, in 1995. He served as Chief Historian and Commander of the

from 1998 to 2005; however, he retired from active duty on 1 August 2004.

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from the United States Army.'' * * * 1949 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) United States Military Academy alumni Military personnel from South Carolina Indiana University alumni United States Military Academy faculty United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni United States Army personnel of the Gulf War United States Army generals United States Army historians American male non-fiction writers {{US-army-bio-stub