Mark A. Milley, his predecessor, had been chief of staff of the Army. By law, an officer appointed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs must have served as a vice chairman or must have previously overseen ...

Trump announced the dismissal of Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and said he would nominate Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, a retired ...

The Navy’s top admiral and a senior Air Force general also were dismissed as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to align ...

Charles Q. Brown, Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Naval Operations Lisa Franchetti and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force James Slife. These moves come as the Pentagon ...

Lisa Franchetti and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force ... capable successor for the critical position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.” Congressional Democratic leaders called ...

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

Caine is a career fighter jet pilot who defended Washington, D.C., during the 9/11 attacks and been adored by Trump since they met in Iraq during Trump's first term.

Lisa Franchetti and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen ... "First of all, you gotta fire, you know, you gotta fire the chairman of Joint Chiefs," he said flatly in a podcast in November. And in ...

CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday night ... Lisa Franchetti and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Jim Slife. Franchetti becomes the second top female military ...

Lisa Franchetti and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen ... "First of all, you gotta fire, you know, you gotta fire the chairman of Joint Chiefs," he said flatly in a podcast in November.