A Lifetime of Service
In 1979 a skinny college senior walked through the door of an army recruiting office in Oklahoma. They tested him and offered him his choice of assignments. He answered: "I want to be a Green Beret." Enlisted as a Private, Diggs Brown spent ten years on a Special Forces A-Team before receiving a direct appointment to Second Lieutenant. He has since risen to the rank of Major in the Colorado National Guard.
For thirty years, Diggs has traveled the globe, from Southeast Asia to Europe, from Russia to the Americas, following the Green Beret motto: "Liberate the oppressed." Since September 11, 2001, he has been deployed twice, once to Afghanistan in 2002 and once to Special Operations Command Africa in 2009.
While serving in Afghanistan, the Taliban had a $10,000 bounty on Diggs Brown’s life.
The Global War on Terror
Diggs Brown knows the threat we face. Deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002-2003, he fought the Taliban, trained the Afghan National Army, and helped win hearts and minds by building a school in an Afghan village. As Major General Eikenberry, commander of Afghan Operations, stated: “This man is an information/operations genius.” We need that experience in Washington.
Standing With Our Troops
Diggs has served with the best of Colorado and he knows their sacrifice firsthand. He’s slept on the ground in the jungles of Asia, and he spent a year in an unheated, bombed-out building in the cold of Afghanistan. Diggs Brown will make sure our military receives the best equipment, the best training, and the best support we can provide. Being a veteran, he will take care of those who have served, and their families.
The Looming Crises
As part of the Special Operations Command in 2008-2009, Diggs Brown saw firsthand the emerging threats to national security. For the past year, his day began with intelligence briefings on the threats we face. Iran is becoming a nuclear power. Terrorists are resurgent in Afghanistan. Terror cells are taking root in sub-Saharan Africa. Now is the time for diligence.
