WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s chief of staff — who took the heat for failing to tell the White House that the intensely private former Army general had been hospitalized in ...

Lloyd Austin graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1975 and went on to a 41-year career in the Army. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General C.Q. Brown said Austin was a mentor.

Lisa Franchetti and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen ... the first time that both the defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, and the Joint Chiefs chairman were Black.

CQ Brown Jr. as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday ... was the first time that both the defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, and the Joint Chiefs chairman were Black.

Lisa Franchetti and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen ... the first time that both the defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, and the Joint Chiefs chairman were Black.