Brig. Gen. Matthew C. Brown
Chief of Staff - Indiana Air National Guard
Brigadier General Matthew C. Brown is the Chief of Staff, Joint Forces Headquarters, Indiana Air National Guard, Indianapolis, Ind. General Brown was assigned to this position on 01 August 2026. As Chief of Staff, he is the senior advisor to the Commander of the Indiana Air National Guard and is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping more than 2,000 Indiana Airmen, State employees, and contractors. He also works with his Army National Guard counterparts within headquarters, non-governmental agencies and inter-agencies to coordinate and provide manpower and resources as needed.
General Brown entered the Air Force in 1987 as an Airman in the 181st Civil Engineering Squadron. In 1997 he was commissioned as an intelligence officer through the Academy of Military Science. He has served in various positions including Chief of Intelligence, Intelligence Liaison Officer to Air Combat Command, Langley, Va., Chief, ISR Strategic Plans and Integration Branch, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Va., Squadron and Group Command, and Director of Staff for the Headquarters of the Indiana Air National Guard. Prior to his current position, General Brown was the Deputy Director of the Joint Staff, Joint Forces Headquarters Indiana National Guard, Indianapolis, IN.
General Brown has served in multiple in-theatre deployments in support of Operations NORTHERN WATCH, IRAQI FREEDOM, INHERENT RESOLVE, FREEDOM’S SENTINEL, SPARTAN SHIELD and ALLIES REFUGE. He also deployed in support of PACOM THEATRE SUPPORT PACKAGE. He has been a Distributed Ground Station Mission Operations Commander where he supported Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, INHERENT RESOLVE, and FREEDOM’S SENTINEL combat missions.