Master Sergeant Tara Brown U.S. Air Force
Master Sergeant Tara R. Brown is the Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, Client Support Technician, Directorate of Personnel, Headquarters, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Ms. Brown was born July, 1977 and graduated from Deltona High School in 1995. She enlisted in the Delayed Entry Program in August, 1995 and reported to Basic Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in February, 1996 Upon completion of basic training and technical training at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, she was assigned to Kadena, Air Base, Japan, where she began working in the administrative career field. Numerous overseas assignments followed along with several deployments. She was assigned to Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations in November, 2006. Sgt. Brown served in the Directorate of Operations and in the Global Watch before being assigned to her current position on June 1, 2010. While assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Sgt. Brown deployed to Detachment 243, Eskan Village, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to Expeditionary Detachment 2413, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. In January, 2011, Sgt. Brown deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, as a Communication Squadron Advisor for NATO Air Training Command Afghanistan. In this role, she served as an international trainer on the basic fundamentals on desktop computers and computer networking to Afghan Air Force technicians. Sgt. Brown was fatally wounded at the Kabul Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Meritorious Service Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak-leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with three oak-leaf clusters
Air Force Combat Action Medal
NATO Medal
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Meritorious Service Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak-leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with three oak-leaf clusters
Air Force Combat Action Medal
NATO Medal