Biden replaces Joint Chiefs head Mark Milley with Air Force General Charles Q Brown

President Biden has selected Air Force General Charles Q. Brown to replace General Mark Milley as the chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The US Senate confirmed the appointment on Wednesday in an 83-11 vote, making Brown the first African American to hold the position as the nation's most senior military officer, according to Fox News.

Gen. Brown, who currently serves as the Chief of Staff for the US Air Force, has more than 130 combat hours and nearly 3,000 flying hours.

Brown was first commissioned in 1984 after graduating from the ROTC program at Texas Tech University. His most notable staff tours include Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force; Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Action Group; and Deputy Commander, US Central Command, according to the US Department of Defense.

Prior to serving as the Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Brown was the commander of Pacific Air Forces, Air Component Commander for US Indo-Pacific Command.

In addition, Brown served as a National Defense Fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia. He has commanded a fighter squadron, the US Air Force Weapons School, two fighter wings and US Air Forces Central Command, according to the DoD.

Brown's confirmation comes after notoriously woke General Mark Milley announced his retirement earlier this year.

Brown's colleagues say he is firm and methodical and has a proven track record in the Pacific, coming at a time when tensions in the region are high.
 

Before the confirmation, President Biden praised Brown's experience and expertise and said that Brown has "unmatched first-hand knowledge of our operational theaters and a strategic vision to understand how they all work together to ensure security for the American people," according to CNN.

Brown spoke to an audience of Airmen at the Air, Space, and Cyber Conference of the Air Force Association about the challenges facing the United States prior to assuming his new position. He was able to shed light on some of the work that has already been completed and will continue to be done. 

"I have found in bureaucratic processes, it is hard to say yes, it's easy to say no. If there is something you believe in, then you need to get past what I call the five stages of no: hell no, no, we'll think about it, not a bad idea, we should be doing it already," Brown said, according to Daily Mail.

As Post Millennial previously reported, Brown, amid the nationwide riots in 2020 following the death of George Floyd, released a video in the days leading up to his confirmation vote in the Senate, saying "I'm thinking about how full I am with emotion not just for George Floyd, but the many African Americans that have suffered the same fate as George Floyd."
 

"I'm thinking about protests in 'my country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty,' the equality expressed in our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution that I have sworn my adult life to support and defend. I’m thinking about a history of racial issues and my own experiences that didn’t always sing of liberty and equality."

Brown was also featured in an Air Force recruiting ad that aired during the 2021 NBA finals, in which he said, "When I’m flying, I put my helmet on, my visor down, my mask up. You don’t know who I am, whether I’m African American, Asian American, Hispanic, white, male or female. You just know I’m an American airman, kicking your butt. I’m General C.Q. Brown Jr. Come join us."