{"id":22378,"date":"2025-02-22T01:41:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T01:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22378"},"modified":"2025-02-22T01:41:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T01:41:59","slug":"trump-fires-air-force-gen-cq-brown-as-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22378","title":{"rendered":"Trump fires Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"billboard-overlay is-sticky\" data-component=\"billboardOverlay\" data-ad-target=\"billb_atf_below_header\">\n<div class=\"site-container\">\n<div class=\"ad ad--container m-bottom d-none d-block-lg\">\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder ad__placeholder--banner\">\n<div class=\"ad__slot ad__slot--loaded\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-billb_atf\" class=\"dfp-div-gpt-ad-billb_atf dfp-ad-post\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CPHKsJaT1osDFXCvOgUdvNs8Bg\" data-nyp-ad-empty=\"false\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5850\/post.desktop\/billb_atf\/us-news\/politics\/stories_0__container__\">\n<div class=\"kargo-ad-v5 kargo-ad-1\" data-id=\"01952b50-8e78-7539-ac21-5894555f2dbd\" data-format=\"Leaderboard\" data-slot=\"_fomZp7UJsG\">\n<div class=\"kargo-ad-banner  kargo-banner--branding-advertisement\">\n<div class=\"kargo-ad-content   desktop\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"35034668\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\" data-ad-skin=\"false\"><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-container site-container--bg\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"single single--article\">\n<div class=\"layout layout--sidebar\">\n<div class=\"layout__grid layout__grid--gap-30\">\n<div class=\"layout__item layout__item--main\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"featured-image featured-image__wrapper m-top\">\n<figure class=\"featured-image__figure\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single__content entry-content m-bottom \">\n<p>President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/21\/us-news\/judge-clears-way-for-trump-administration-to-pull-thousands-of-usaid-staffers-off-the-job\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to\u00a0rid the military of leaders who support diversity\u00a0and equity in the ranks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured-image__img wp-image-35034668\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/chairman-joint-chiefs-staff-air-98889711-e1740186396760.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=744\" alt=\"Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, speaks during a hearing, May 8, 2024, in Washington.\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" data-modal-image=\"35034668\" \/>President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ouster of Brown, only the second Black general to serve as chairman, is sure to send shock waves through the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>His 16 months in the job had been consumed with the\u00a0war in Ukraine\u00a0and the expanded\u00a0conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank General Charles \u2018CQ\u2019 Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader, and I wish a great future for him and his family,\u201d Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114044712489265353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump says he is nominating Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan \u201cRazin\u201d Caine to be the next chairman.<\/p>\n<div id=\"connatix-outstream-video\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 3 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/21\/us-news\/trump-fires-air-force-gen-cq-brown-as-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff\/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawImCmtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHakWa2zA6ItQkOvZYNPrU2866T5z5QrsdGH22Uk-1zoZs8yvBmISR-BK6g_aem_ePTsyUPuE0ZmkUSs_vwq7w#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 3 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"1\" data-slideshow-slides-total=\"3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35034664\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/u-s-president-donald-trump-98949716.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/u-s-president-donald-trump-98949716.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/u-s-president-donald-trump-98949716.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" alt=\"President Donald Trump stands in the Oval Office of the White House, on the day Howard Lutnick is sworn in as U.S. Commerce Secretary by Vice President JD Vance, in Washington, DC, U.S., February 21, 2025.\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Trump said on Truth Social, \u201cI want to thank General Charles \u2018CQ\u2019 Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.\u201d<span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Caine is a career F-16 pilot who served on active duty and in the National Guard, and had most recently served as the associate director for military affairs at the CIA, according to his official military biography.<\/p>\n<p>Brown had spent the day at the U.S.-Mexico border, assessing the military\u2019s rapid buildup of forces to meet Trump\u2019s executive order on countering illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump acted despite support for Brown among key members of Congress and a seemingly friendly meeting with him in mid-December, when the two were seated next to each other for a time at the\u00a0Army-Navy football game.<\/p>\n<p>Brown had been meeting regularly with\u00a0Defense Secretary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/19\/us-news\/pete-hegseth-orders-defense-leadership-to-draw-up-plans-for-steep-budget-cuts-as-doge-enters-the-pentagon-report\/\">Pete Hegseth<\/a>, who took over the top Pentagon job just four weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>But Brown\u2019s future was called into question during the Senate Armed Services Committee\u2019s\u00a0confirmation hearing for Hegseth\u00a0last month.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he would fire Brown, Hegseth responded bluntly, \u201cEvery single senior officer will be reviewed based on meritocracy, standards, lethality and commitment to lawful orders they will be given.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 3 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/21\/us-news\/trump-fires-air-force-gen-cq-brown-as-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff\/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawImCmtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHakWa2zA6ItQkOvZYNPrU2866T5z5QrsdGH22Uk-1zoZs8yvBmISR-BK6g_aem_ePTsyUPuE0ZmkUSs_vwq7w#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/chairman-joint-chiefs-staff-gen-98889678.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" alt=\"Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown speaks during a press briefing, April 26, 2024, at the Pentagon in Washington.\" width=\"887\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Brown was on the job for 16 months and was the second Black general to serve as chairman.<span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hegseth has embraced Trump\u2019s effort to end programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the ranks and fire those who reflect those values.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth had\u00a0previously taken aim at Brown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, you gotta fire, you know, you gotta fire the chairman of Joint Chiefs,\u201d he said flatly in a podcast in November. And in one of his books, he questioned whether Brown got the job because he was Black.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas it because of his skin color? Or his skill? We\u2019ll never know, but always doubt \u2014 which on its face seems unfair to CQ. But since he has made the race card one of his biggest calling cards, it doesn\u2019t really much matter,\u201d Hegseth wrote.<\/p>\n<p>As he walked into the Pentagon\u00a0on his first day as defense chief\u00a0on Jan. 27, however, Hegseth was asked directly if he planned to fire Brown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m standing with him right now,\u201d said Hegseth, patting Brown on the back as they headed into the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook forward to working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his second term, Trump has asserted his executive authority in a much stronger way and removed most carryover officials from President Joe Biden\u2019s term, even though in typical transitions, many of those positions are meant to carry over independently from one administration to the next.<\/p>\n<p>A career F-16 fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours and command experience at all levels, Brown is known as a calm but determined leader with a track record for driving institutional change.<\/p>\n<p>His selection as chairman was seen as key to propelling the military from two decades of war in the Middle East to a focus on preparing for and deterring potential conflict with China.<\/p>\n<p>Just prior to his Senate confirmation vote in June 2020 to become chief of the Air Force, Brown gained some attention when he spoke out on the police killing of George Floyd the month before.<\/p>\n<p>While he knew it was risky, he said, discussions with his wife and sons about the killing convinced him he needed to say something.<\/p>\n<p>As protests roiled the nation, Brown posted a video message to the Air Force titled, \u201cHere\u2019s What I\u2019m Thinking About.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described the pressures that came with being one of the few Black men in his unit.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled pushing himself \u201cto perform error-free\u201d as a pilot and officer his whole life, but still facing bias.<\/p>\n<p>He said he\u2019d been questioned about his credentials, even when he wore the same flight suit and wings as every other pilot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking about my mentors, and how I rarely had a mentor that looked like me,\u201d Brown said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking about how my nomination provides some hope, but also comes with a heavy burden \u2014 I can\u2019t fix centuries of racism in our country, nor can I fix decades of discrimination that may have impacted members of our Air Force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown was overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate with a vote of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/2020\/06\/09\/roll-call-vote-confirmation-of-gen-charles-q-brown-jr-to-be-chief-of-staff-united-states-air-force-and-to-be-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">98-0<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not long afterward, his name began to surface as the likely successor to Gen. 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Gen. Dan \u201cRazin\u201d Caine to be the next chairman.<span class=\"credit\">DVIDS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brown\u2019s path to the chairmanship was troubled \u2014 he was among the more than 260 senior military officers whose nominations were stalled for months by Republican\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/01\/us-news\/ex-auburn-coach-turned-sen-tommy-tuberville-trolls-coach-tim-walz-for-latest-football-term-fumble\/\">Sen. Tommy Tuberville<\/a>\u00a0of Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville caused ire in the Senate and organizational juggling in the Pentagon when\u00a0he blocked the confirmations\u00a0in protest over a department policy that paid for travel when a service member had to go out of state to get an abortion or other reproductive care.<\/p>\n<p>But when the Senate vote was finally taken in September 2023, Brown easily was confirmed by a vote of 89-8.<\/p>\n<div id=\"outbrain_widget_0\" class=\"OUTBRAIN wp-block-nyp-editor-outbrain-keystone\" data-widget-id=\"KS_11\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/21\/us-news\/trump-fires-air-force-gen-cq-brown-as-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff\/\" data-ob-mark=\"true\" data-browser=\"chrome\" data-os=\"win32\" data-dynload=\"\" data-idx=\"0\">\n<div class=\"ob-widget ob-grid-layout ob-multi-columns-layout KS_11\" data-dynamic-truncate=\"true\" data-interstitial=\"false\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As chairman, Brown spent much of his time on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, helping to determine what military aid to send to Kyiv and coordinating support for Israel as it battled Hamas and fought off several significant attacks from Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Born in San Antonio, Texas, Brown is from a family of Army soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>His grandfather led a segregated Army unit in World War II and his father was an artillery officer and Vietnam War veteran.<\/p>\n<p>Brown grew up on several military bases, which helped instill in him a sense of mission.<\/p>\n<p>It had been 30 years since Colin Powell became the first Black chairman, serving from 1989 to 1993.<\/p>\n<p>But while African Americans made up 17.2% of the 1.3 million active-duty service members, only 9% of officers were Black, according to a 2021 Defense Department report.<\/p>\n<p>Brown\u2019s service as chairman made history in that this was the first time that both the defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, and the Joint Chiefs chairman were Black.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0abruptly fired Air Force Gen. 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