Colonel Joel N. Brown
Col. Joel N. Brown is the Commander, 360th Recruiting Group, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. He leads more than 900 exceptional Airmen and Guardians across 21 states and Europe. He is responsible for enlisted accessions and a variety of officer accessions programs that sustain the combat capability of the Air Force and Space Force. Col. Brown was commissioned in 2000 following graduation from the United States Air Force Academy. His assignments include serving as an Operations Analyst, leading the modeling and simulation efforts for the Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile, service as the Executive Officer to the Director at Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate, where he played a key role in developing AFRL’s research and development roadmap, in Kosovo as KFOR J5’s Lead Planner, and in U.S. Air Force Europe’s A9 as its Analysis, Red Teaming, and Lessons Learned Branch Chief. Col. Brown has also taught Philosophy and Professional Military Ethics at the U.S. Air Force Academy, commanded the 345th Recruiting Squadron, and prior to his current assignment served as the Vice Commander of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, overseeing 1,800 military and civilian employees across 18 locations ensuring the safety, security, availability, and effectiveness of two-thirds of the nation’s nuclear triad.
