Newly Appointed General Officer Commanding Defence Forces Training Centre

A native of County Cork, Brigadier General Brownen is a professional Infantry officer with over 40 years’ experience in a variety of roles across the Defence Forces as well as deployments with the United Nations, NATO and EU.
Brigadier General Brownen has served in a wide variety of appointments throughout his career in both operations and command. He has served as the Director of Infantry of the Defence Forces and as Staff Officer and Instructor in a variety of Defence Forces Headquarters and Military College appointments. He has had several command appointments including the 3rd Infantry Battalion, 1 Mechanised Infantry Battalion and as Officer Commanding the 57 Infantry Group UNDOF, in Syria. His overseas experience includes multiple deployments to Lebanon, Chad, Afghanistan, Cote de Ivoire, Mali, Syria, and Kosovo. Brigadier General Brownen has been an active participant and leader of the Defence Forces Diving Group and Defence Forces Adventure Group throughout his career and is currently the President of both groups.
Brigadier General Brownens’ educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts from NUIG, an MA in Leadership, Management & Defence Studies from MU and a Diploma in French from the University of Westminster. He is a graduate of the Defence Forces’ Command & Staff Course.