The retired Air Force general announced as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Donald Trump after the ...

President Donald Trump on Friday evening fired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen.

In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general ...

Trump will also replace the head of the ... the Men Who Keep Us Free.” Brown, a former fighter pilot who was only the second Black officer to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...

In this week's edition of Editor's Note, USA TODAY Politics and Washington Managing Editor Holly Rosenkrantz takes us behind the scenes ... the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation's ...

Brown Jr. as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ... The fate of thousands of Afghans waiting to reach the United States after serving with American troops was thrown into limbo after ...

Trump removed the military's top officer without explanation as the defense secretary purged the Pentagon's top ranks of five ...

FILE - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown speaks during a press briefing, April 26, 2024, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File) ...

Trump’s purge started with his firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.

The highest-ranking military officer in the country, the chairman has no direct command authority. His role is as a ...