Staff Sergeant Bob Brown is an American special operations soldier who has helped save the United States from devastating national security threats on numerous occasions. Robert Davis Brown was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. His father, Hugh, was a bank officer; while his mother, Connie, was an elementary school teacher. After Bob graduated from high school, he went on to Rice University in Houston, Texas. While there, he began dating fellow student, Kim Anderson. After Bob graduated from Rice with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, he married Kim. He enlisted in the United States Army shortly after the wedding.