Gen. Charles Q. Brown has assumed the position of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and is now the top military adviser for President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and the National Security Council.
Brown, 61, served as chief of staff of the Air Force before assuming his new role, for which he made history as the first black service chief in U.S. military history. His assumption of the role held by Gen. Mark Milley, who retired, marks the first time the chairman and secretary are both black.
Brown made headlines in 2020 when he released a video reacting to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. "I'm thinking about the pressure I felt to perform error-free, especially for supervisors I perceived had expected less of me as an African American. I'm thinking about having to represent by working twice as hard to prove their expectations and perceptions of African Americans were invalid," he said.
The incoming chairman was confirmed by the Senate last week, but his nomination was held up by Sen. Tommy Tuberville , who has a hold on more than 300 military nominations and promotions due to the department's policies on abortion. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer brought Brown and two other senior leaders' promotions to the floor individually, a move Tuberville had been insisting was a workaround to his hold.
"I heard some things he talked about, about race and things that he wanted to mix into the military. Our military is not an equal-opportunity employer. We're looking for the best of the best to do whatever. We're not looking for different groups, social justice groups. We don't want to single-handedly destroy our military from within," he told Bloomberg Television's Balance of Power on Tuesday, though the U.S.
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