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Two sources confirmed to Defense News that the president has chosen Gen. Brown to succeed Army Gen. Mark Milley as the nation’s top military officer.
The four-star Air Force fighter pilot took over from Gen. Mark A. Milley as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. has made a name for himself as a by-the-book commander, but he has ruffled feathers at times for speaking his mind without warning.
Gen. David Allvin, the Air Force’s No. 2 officer, is the frontrunner to become its next chief of staff, four people familiar with the deliberations told Air Force Times. Allvin, a career ...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles "C.Q." Brown was nominated by President Joe Biden on Thursday to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the country's top uniformed officer. If ...
Gen. David Berger, the 38th commandant of the Marine Corps, is a white four-star general, but he is thought to be the underdog.
Significantly, Brown’s appointment and confirmation were historic, closely following the pioneering tenure of Gen. Colin Powell, the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs from 1989 to 1993.
Author and retired Marine officer James Zumwalt argues that former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. “CQ” Brown Jr., should have and still can heed the lessons of his predecessors ...
President Biden on Thursday announced that Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. will become the country’s senior-most military officer later this year. If approved by the … ...
President Joe Biden announces his intent to nominate Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr., right, to serve as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Vice President Kamala Harris ...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown and Marine Commandant Gen. David Berger both commented on the issue in exclusive interviews with Defense One as part of the annual State of Defense series.