President Donald Trump has dismissed Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. from his role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, removing the first Black leader in that position since Colin Powell. The ...

WASHINGTON − President Joe Biden has nominated Air Force Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tapping a history-making fighter pilot as the nation's highest-ranking ...

Brown was the second Black general to serve as Joint Chiefs chairman, following the now late Gen. Colin Powell's term from 1989 to 1993. He served in the position for 16 months before Trump's ...

The last Black officer to hold the role of Joint Chiefs chairman was retired Gen. Colin Powell, who held the role from 1989 to 1993 during the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations ...

In 1989, Powell was promoted to a four-star general and became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under George H.W. Bush, putting him on the national stage and in charge of the 1990 Gulf War.

Brown would be the second Black man to serve as the Joint Chiefs chairman, following Gen. Colin Powell who served from 1989 to 1993. The typically reserved Brown made headlines in 2020 following ...

If confirmed, he would be the only other black officer holding this top post in US history besides General Colin Powell, who served from 1989-93. The chairman is the president's top military adviser.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Colin Powell gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon on Sept. 1, 1993, in Washington to discuss the Defense Department’s Bottom-up Review.

If confirmed, Brown, 60, would replace the often-brash Army Gen. Mark Milley, who has served as Joint Chiefs chairman since October 2019 and is slated to retire in October.

President Donald Trump fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday. The cut was part of Trump's campaign to rid the military of leaders who support DEI.

President Joe Biden has named Gen Charles "CQ" Brown Jr to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top military officer in the US. Gen Brown, currently the Air Force chief of staff ...