Trump fires Gen. Charles Q. Brown as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, other senior officers
President Trump is fired suddenly Air Force General Charles Q. Brown As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, he abandoned the pilots and respected officers who created fighters, as part of a campaign to get rid of leaders supporting diversity and equity levels.
Drive Brownonly the second black general serves as chairman, will surely send a shock wave through the Pentagon. His 16 months were spent in the war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East.
“I want to thank General Charles for his CQ’Brown for providing our country with 40 years of service, including as the current chairman of our current Chief of Staff. To him and his family,” Mr. Trump said. Posted On social media.
Mr. Trump said he is nominating retired Air Force Lieutenant Dan “Razin” Caine as his next president.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in a statement Friday night Lisa Franchetti, head of naval operations The Air Force’s deputy chief of staff was also fired. Franchetti made history when she became the first woman to lead the Navy in 2023.
A defense official told CBS News that Francetty learned on Hergers’ phone call that he intended to replace her. The call happened before the statement was made.
Heggs said the judge advocated that generals of the Army, Navy and Air Force were also replaced.
Mr. Trump supported Brown among key members of Congress and held a seemingly friendly meeting with him in mid-December when the two sat each other for a while in the Army-Navi football game. Brown regularly with HeggsHe took over the top Pentagon job four weeks ago.
Hegseth said in his statement that Caine “embodies the spirit of the warrior and is the leader we need to meet this moment. I look forward to working with him.”
Hegseth said Brown “has differentiated in his career spanning forty years of honorary service,” and praised him as a “consider consultant.”
According to his biography on the Air Force website, Caine served as deputy director of military affairs at the CIA in November 2021, and his most recent position was as director of the special program of the Central Office of the Department of Defense’s Special Visits Program at the Pentagon. As a command pilot, he recorded over 2,800 hours in the F-16, including more than 150 combat hours.
He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Virginia Military Academy in 1990.
Kane is a three-star general. Traditionally, four-star generals were nominated for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
