This comes as the Trump Administration seeks to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in ranks.

Caine, a three-star general whom Trump has praised since at least 2019, helped lead an operation in Iraq against the Islamic State during Trump’s first term.

United States President, Donald Trump has sacked the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.. Trump announced that he will nominate a retired three-star general to succeed Brown as the country’s top military officer.

Five former secretaries of defense are calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on President Donald Trump’s recent firings of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and several other senior military leaders.

President Donald Trump on Friday terminated Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the country’s highest-ranking military officer, from his position. Brown Jr.'s dismissal comes amid a wave of administration shakeups as part of the president's crusade to reshape the federal government.

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, has announced the nomination of retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. According to a post on his official Truth Social account,

Trump fires Charles Q. Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - President says he will nominate Air Force Lieutenant General Dan ‘Razin’ Caine – whom he has often referenced at his rallies – t

President Donald Trump and members of his second administration are continuing their effort to swiftly remake the federal government.

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Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown expressed his gratitude for his military career days after President Trump relieved him from his position as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.