Trump’s Feb. 21 social media post firing Brown, who had since risen to the military’s top uniformed officer, was comparatively reserved. The Republican president dismissed Brown, the second African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
When the Senate unanimously confirmed Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as Air Force chief of staff in 2020, President Donald Trump hailed a “historic day for America!” on social media and said he was ”Excited to work even more closely with Gen.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the three fired judge advocates general (JAGs) were potential “roadblocks” to President Trump’s orders. Hegseth also rejected a reporter’s question that suggested President Trump’s pick for the new Joint Chiefs of Staff chair,
Caine, a three-star general whom Trump has praised since at least 2019, helped lead an operation in Iraq against the Islamic State during Trump’s first term.
Trump announced the dismissal of Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and said he would nominate Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, a retired three-star general, to succeed him as the top U.S. military officer.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated has spoken out following the removal of the first black joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown Jr.
President Donald fired Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr., a decorated fighter pilot and just the second Black general in the role.