Brown Day' in honor of Soldier of Fortune magazine, its 20th annual convention in Las Vegas, and its founder and publisher.' Career īrown served in the US Army from 1954-1957 and again from 1964–1985. On September 22, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor Oscar Goodman issued a proclamation declaring that day to be 'Soldier of Fortune Day' and 'Lt. Personal īorn in Monroe, Michigan, he graduated from Colorado University. Brown was also president of Omega Group Ltd, which was the parent group of SOF.
Brown (born November 2, 1932) is an American combat correspondent, investigative journalist, and founder and former editor/publisher of Soldier of Fortune magazine (SOF), a magazine which reports on various armed confrontations around the world, as well as on new weapons and other military technology.