Instructor

Cody Brown

Starting at a young age, Cody wanted to help people. He started taking CPR and First Aid as a Cub Scout and continued through Boy Scouts.

Cody joined the Army after college and became a Combat Medic (68W) at 25. He is a qualified Army instructor (Common Faculty Development Instructor Course). Over his Army career, he has trained hundreds of soldiers in Combat Life Saver (CLS) and other medical briefings. He has trained for thousands of hours in medical knowledge and technique. During a deployment to Kosovo in 2020, he went on hundreds of missions along the disputed border (Administrative Boundary Line) between Serbia and Kosovo, ran the only medical center on the post, and served on humanitarian missions within Kosovo. He was the Senior Medical Advisor on the encampment, treating and caring for over 140 soldiers. During the deployment, Cody trained a company of 86 infantry soldiers from North Macedonia in medical tasks and drills. On his second tour to Kosovo (2025), he was the Liaison for the Joint Medical Office at KFOR HQ. He was a direct adviser to the Medical Advisor (MEDAD) to the Commander of the Kosovo Force (COM KFOR). He was also the subject-matter expert for the Patent Evacuation Coordination Cell (PECC), where he and 2 others tracked all medical movements within Kosovo, including routine to emergent transports requiring Air Evacuations.

 In his civilian life, Cody is currently a CNC Machinist in Redmond, Oregon. Cody has worked as a Machine Operator at Cascades Tissue, where he served as the Emergency Medical Response Team (MERT) facilitator. He has worked as an EMT-B for Metro West Ambulance and American Medical Response, as well as an ER Tech for Providence Health.

He is married with one child. Together they have two dogs, Lilly and Maggie. In his free time, Cody enjoys making medical videos for his soldiers, working out, and being outdoors with his family.