Bob Brown (The Unit)

Sergeant First Class Robert Davis "Bob" Brown (United States Army, callsign: "Cool Breeze") is a fictional character on the CBS television series "The Unit". He is portrayed by Scott Foley.

Brown is a relatively new member of The Unit. He has a wife, Kim, a daughter, Serena, and a son, Theodore. He is a licensed pilot in both fixed wing aircraft and helicopters and is one of the more skilled marksmen in The Unit, frequently serving as a sharpshooter. He is competent in Spanish and a Pashto/Urdu dialect.

During Season 1, upon Brown's first day after Selection and The Unit's Operator Training Course (referred to as OTC Training), as Staff Sergeant, assisting Sergeant Major Jonas Blane, in laying out a new training course for extended deployment with pack animals. On the same day, terrorists hijack an airplane in the fictional city of Wyndham, Idaho. Brown was a part of the operation to reclaim the airplane, doing his part by eliminating terrorist spotters in the nearby woods. After the operation, when the FBI was looking to arrest Jonas Blane's team for conducting the operation prematurely, Brown was used as a decoy, as he was never on the captured aircraft. His natural ability to draw attention away from his comrades and play the 'collaborator' would prove useful in later missions.

Brown is responsible for saving the Secretary of State from assassination by radicals in Africa, as well as capturing a U.S. Air Force cryptologist who was selling secrets to the Chinese. He assisted in the capture of a Bosnian war criminal, which came back to haunt him in the Season 1 finale, as the criminal escaped UN custody and tracked The Unit to their headquarters at Fort Griffith, attacking them while they celebrated Colonel Tom Ryan's marriage.

During Season 2, Brown has become more confident in his skills as an operator, instructing trainees in the art of being a sniper, during the Unit's Operator Training Course. He was responsible for helping to eliminate one of the world's foremost arms dealers.

Brown's membership in The Unit has at times strained his marriage, such as when he was late returning from a mission in Spain, conducted a mission under the guise of taking his wife on a vacation, and became hospitalized during a SERE exercise.

Near the closing of Season 2, Brown was targeted by the Central Intelligence Agency for recruitment. They used the platform of apparent crimes committed by Jonas Blane to try and recruit them, and ironically, Blane signed off on it, saying that the Unit could use a man within the CIA. After returning from a mission in Cyprus, Brown and Alpha Team found that the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division was investigating Alpha Team, and had shut down the 303rd completely. After finding that the CIA was behind the investigation, Brown was given a choice-join the CIA, or go to prison. His wife, Kim, convinced him to join the Agency. Brown's first assignment: find and bring back to custody the disappeared Jonas Blane.

At the beginning of Season 3, Brown was in pursuit of Jonas Blane at the behest of the CIA, but later teamed up with Jonas & other team members to successfully break the CIA conspiracy.

During "Five Brothers" Brown was left no choice but to kill a Lebanese teenager to avoid detection. In the episode "Gone Missing", he started to see visions of people whom he killed during previous missions, involving that boy in particular. Soon his operation capability became questionable, but soon he was able to defeat it by accepting he liked killing. It is also revealed he was abused by his father when he was young.

During "Side Angle Side," Brown is promoted to the rank of Sergeant First Class.

Callsigns

Has gone by the callsigns: "Moreno" and "Whippoorwill" in early operations. He currently goes by the call sign "Cool Breeze."

Children

Has a son named Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Brown. Has a daughter named Serena. He most recently has welcomed another daughter named Emily.

ee also

* The Unit
* List of The Unit episodes
* Delta Force