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The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with an overwhelming majority.
The vote for Brown’s appointment was finalized, with 83-11.
Currently, Brown is the Chief of Staff for the U.S. Air Force.
According to his biography on the military branch’s website, Brown was commissioned in 1984 as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at Texas Tech University. He has served at numerous squadron and wing levels and served as an F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School.
He has also commanded a fighter squadron, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, two fighter wings and U.S. Air Force Central Command.
Before serving as the Chief of Staff, he was the commander of the Pacific Air Forces, Air Component Commander for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
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The U.S. Senate today confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the head of Pacific Air Forces, to be the 22nd Air Force chief of staff and first African American to lead a branch of the U.S. military as its highest-ranking officer.
Brown, headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, takes over an Air Force grappling with racism in its ranks and the death of George Floyd, a force stretched by lengthy desert conflicts and emerging high-tech competition with China and Russia, as well as the expectation of leaner defense budgets due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The only other African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff was Army Gen. Colin Powell, who was chairman from 1988 to 1993, according to Air Force Magazine.
In a Pacific Air Forces video, Brown, known as “CQ,” spoke of the racism that still plagues the country.
“As the commander of Pacific Air Forces, a senior leader in our Air Force, and an African-American, many of you may be wondering what I’m thinking about the current events surrounding the tragic death of George Floyd,” he said.
“Here’s what I’m thinking about. 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,” Brown said as part of a lengthy list.
Comment:
Brown has misplaced anger.
Floyd died from a drug overdose.
Even though a biased jury convicted officer Chauvin, it was a tainted unjust conviction.
Brown should consider some statistics on interracial violence while he is thinking about Floyd.
The annual murder ratio between Blacks and Whites is 2 to 1, even though the population ratio is over 5 to 1.
We never hear any anger about injustice when a White person is the victim of interracial violence, which happens twice as often.
When Darrell Brooks ran over 60 Christmas paraders because he hated White people, there were no cries of inequality or injustice or hate crime.
None of those innocent victims of interracial violence will get a statue or street mural or pretentious kneeling.
The vote for Brown’s appointment was finalized, with 83-11.
Currently, Brown is the Chief of Staff for the U.S. Air Force.
According to his biography on the military branch’s website, Brown was commissioned in 1984 as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at Texas Tech University. He has served at numerous squadron and wing levels and served as an F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School.
He has also commanded a fighter squadron, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, two fighter wings and U.S. Air Force Central Command.
Before serving as the Chief of Staff, he was the commander of the Pacific Air Forces, Air Component Commander for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
Senate confirms Air Force Gen. Charles Brown as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 83-11
The Senate confirmed late Wednesday the appointment of Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., to take over as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in an 83-11 vote.
www.foxnews.com
The U.S. Senate today confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the head of Pacific Air Forces, to be the 22nd Air Force chief of staff and first African American to lead a branch of the U.S. military as its highest-ranking officer.
Brown, headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, takes over an Air Force grappling with racism in its ranks and the death of George Floyd, a force stretched by lengthy desert conflicts and emerging high-tech competition with China and Russia, as well as the expectation of leaner defense budgets due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The only other African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff was Army Gen. Colin Powell, who was chairman from 1988 to 1993, according to Air Force Magazine.
In a Pacific Air Forces video, Brown, known as “CQ,” spoke of the racism that still plagues the country.
“As the commander of Pacific Air Forces, a senior leader in our Air Force, and an African-American, many of you may be wondering what I’m thinking about the current events surrounding the tragic death of George Floyd,” he said.
“Here’s what I’m thinking about. 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,” Brown said as part of a lengthy list.
Pacific Air Forces general confirmed as 1st African American to lead U.S. military branch | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The U.S. Senate today confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the head of Pacific Air Forces, to be the 22nd Air Force chief of staff and first African American to lead a branch of the U.S. military as its highest-ranking officer.
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Comment:
Brown has misplaced anger.
Floyd died from a drug overdose.
Even though a biased jury convicted officer Chauvin, it was a tainted unjust conviction.
Brown should consider some statistics on interracial violence while he is thinking about Floyd.
The annual murder ratio between Blacks and Whites is 2 to 1, even though the population ratio is over 5 to 1.
We never hear any anger about injustice when a White person is the victim of interracial violence, which happens twice as often.
When Darrell Brooks ran over 60 Christmas paraders because he hated White people, there were no cries of inequality or injustice or hate crime.
None of those innocent victims of interracial violence will get a statue or street mural or pretentious kneeling.
