Sean Mclain Brown

Sean Mclain Brown worked as a journalist for the Pasadena Star News and other newspapers as a contributor. After, he worked in broadcast radio where he earned awards for his writing from the National Association of Broadcasting. He now covers veteran and military hero stories, veteran jobs and business, and Military.com's fitness channel. His writing has appeared in more than 50 publications including: The San Francisco Chronicle, The Pasadena Star News, Sierra Madre News, San Francisco Magazine, Indiana Review, and others. He is a Marine Corps veteran who served during the Gulf War as a plane captain on the AV8B Harrier.

Email: sean.brown@military.com

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How This Recon Marine Became an Award-Winning Poet

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Matthew DeMaio is a Marine veteran, inventor and CEO of Condition One nutrition bars. (Photo courtesy of Matthew DeMaio)

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Army veteran Julie Bradley retired at 40 to sail the world. (Photo courtesy of Julie Bradley)

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Combat vets create tiny home villages and provide services to homeless veterans.

David Smith is the chief marketing officer at Dogu, a software company. (Courtesy photo)

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Here's how this combat veteran went from the battlefield to the boardroom and how vets can tackle their transition like a...

5 Tips from an Army Filmmaker for Breaking Into Hollywood

Want to make it in Hollywood? Here's some tips from veteran filmmaker Rebecca Murga on how to do it.

An Uncle Sam poster greets clients in a pharmacy waiting room at the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C.

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Why not continue that stability with a federal civilian job? After all, Uncle Sam provided a lot of job stability while you...

Alan Leggitt, Airborne Ranger, while on active duty in Iraq.

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It seems a most unlikely story -- a combat Airborne Ranger becomes a cerebral data scientist. But this story perfectly...

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