Military
- George Brown (British Army officer) (1790–1865)
- George Scratchley Brown (1918–1978), Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Harry W. Brown (1898–1917), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Jacob Brown (1775–1828), U.S. Army officer in the War of 1812, later commanding general, U.S. Army
- John Brown (British Army soldier), British POW and spy during the Second World War
- Peter Brown (VC) (1837–1894), Swedish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Roy Brown (RAF officer) (1893–1944), Canadian World War I flying ace
- Tom Brown (British Army soldier) (1705–1746), hero of the Battle of Dettingen
- Walter Brown (VC), DCM (1885–1942), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Brown (admiral) (1777–1857), Irish-born Argentine Navy admiral
- William Brown (sailor), black woman who served in the Royal Navy disguised as a man
- William Brown (soldier) (18th century), American Revolutionary War soldier
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring ‘em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifry.”
—Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)
“His ugliness was the stuff of legend. In an age of affordable beauty, there was something heraldic about his lack of it. The antique arm whined as he reached for another mug. It was a Russian military prosthesis, a seven-function force-feedback manipulator, cased in grubby pink plastic.”
—William Gibson (b. 1948)
“I’m not a military man, Captain. War holds no romance for me. The side effects are repulsive.”
—Richard Bluel, and Henry Hathaway. Major Hugh Tarkington (Clinton Greyn)