November Dinner Meeting

Sam Brown was raised by his parents with an expectation that he would embody the values of duty and service to the nation. As the oldest of five children from a rural Arkansas town, Sam knew that that the military could provide what his parents could not - an opportunity to serve his country as well as a path to further education. Thus, it was expected that he would not waiver in his commitment to duty and service upon receiving his acceptance to the United States Military Academy at West Point – one month after the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001. In those initial months of  Operation Enduring Freedom as the initial troops were sent into Afghanistan, he accepted his place with the Class of 2006. 

Following his graduation and commissioning as a Infantry Officer, Sam was further tested and graduated from the elite US Army small-unit leader courses,…