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submitted 14 hours ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

US President Donald Trump dismissed General Charles "CQ" Brown, the top US military officer, on Friday, marking a major shake-up in the leadership of the armed forces.

Trump did not provide a reason for Brown's removal, which came less than two years into his four-year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This follows a series of federal worker layoffs and efforts to dismantle government institutions early in Trump's second term.

Brown, nominated by Democratic President Joe Biden, was the second Black person to hold the position.

In response to Brown’s dismissal, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that he was searching for a replacement for Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead the US Navy.

Brown had made personal remarks about discrimination in the military, particularly after the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Reflecting on his own career, Brown said, “I’m thinking about the pressure I felt to perform error-free, especially for supervisors I perceive had expected less from me as an African American.”

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[-] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

This is cool and normal. I don't think the fact that the administration that despises DEI policies firing a highly qualified black man to replace him with what I'm sure will be a tragically incompetent white man is anything to comment on. Carry on with the top notch governing, maga. 👍

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

The more incompetent the American military the better for the world suffering its terror.

[-] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 2 points 10 hours ago

Not necessarily. They've still got all those cool toys, and a bunch of simpletons with an excess of arrogance and delusions of being "alphas" are going to want to play with them.

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