Show threadNonilexAug 19, 2025

Allvin is the fifth #US #military service chief to depart since #Trump took office. In January, Trump directed the firing of #CoastGuard Commandant Adm. #LindaFagan, & in February, he fired Gen. #CQBrown as chair of the #JointChiefsOfStaff & removed Chief of #Navy Operations Adm. #LisaFranchetti. In April, he fired #CyberCommand chief Gen. #TimothyHaugh.

#AirForce #USAF #MilitaryPreparedness #NationalSecurity #MilitaryPoliticization

Show threadNonilexMay 27, 2025

“#Trump & his allies have pushed aggressively to defund or eliminate #DEI programs across the #military. One of Trump’s first actions was to fire the chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff, Gen #CQBrown Jr, only the 2nd #AfricanAmerican ever to hold that position. Training on racial bias, cultural competency & inclusive leadership has been gutted & labeled ‘radical.’

#USpol #hate #discrimination #bigotry #racism #WhiteSupremacy

NonilexApr 11, 2025

The #Senate confirmed early Fri Lt Gen #DanCaine, the fmr National Guardsman & fighter pilot, to be chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff.

Gen Caine is replacing another Air Force fighter pilot, four-star Gen #CQBrown, whom #Trump abruptly fired in Feb.

While Dems expressed concerns about the rash of firings at the #Pentagon, Gen Caine garnered little opposition because the majority viewed him as the best option, given the circumstances.

#NationalSecurity #military
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/senate-dan-caine-joint-chiefs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=87BF3E82-535E-44F2-A290-AADA47A20173

Senate Confirms Dan Caine as Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

Lt. Gen. Dan Caine will serve as the senior military adviser to President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The New York Times
The Japan TimesFeb 28, 2025
The Trump administration's dismissal of two joint chiefs and bogus claims of wokeness and DEI will have a chilling effect on the military. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/02/28/world/firing-top-generals-a-mistake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #cqbrown #lisafranchetti #donaldtrump #petehegseth #dancaine #usmilitary #defense
Firing top generals makes the U.S. less secure

How should we think about this rare purge at the very top of the uniformed military? Is it unprecedented?

The Japan Times
WorlddefensereportFeb 28, 2025

Pentagon Orders Removal of Media Content Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

https://defensemirror.com/news/38953/Pentagon_Orders_Removal_of_Media_Content_Promoting_Diversity__Equity__and_Inclusion

#Pentagon #DEI #MilitaryPolicy #TrumpAdministration #CQBrown #TransgenderBan #DefenseNews #MilitaryLeadership #ContentRemoval #USMilitary #PeteHegseth #MilitaryChanges #DiversityPolicy #CriticalRaceTheory #MilitaryNews

Pentagon Orders Removal of Media Content Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Content purge follows executive order targeting DEI-related materials across DoD platforms

defensedailyFeb 28, 2025

Pentagon Orders Removal of Media Content Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

https://defensemirror.com/news/38953/Pentagon_Orders_Removal_of_Media_Content_Promoting_Diversity__Equity__and_Inclusion

#Pentagon #DEI #MilitaryPolicy #TrumpAdministration #CQBrown #TransgenderBan #DefenseNews #MilitaryLeadership #ContentRemoval #USMilitary #PeteHegseth #MilitaryChanges #DiversityPolicy #CriticalRaceTheory #MilitaryNews

Pentagon Orders Removal of Media Content Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Content purge follows executive order targeting DEI-related materials across DoD platforms

Show threadNonilexFeb 23, 2025

Gen #CQBrown would go on to become the chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff under President #Biden, in an 83-11 Senate vote. For the first time in its history, the #Pentagon was led by two #Black men, with #LloydAustin III, Biden’s #defense secretary.

But in #Trump’s eyes, one Trump adviser said on Saturday, there was no coming back for General Brown after he made his video.

#USpol #law #authoritarianism #autocracy #military #WhiteSupremacy

Show threadNonilexFeb 23, 2025

Gen #CQBrown spoke of how most of his mentors could not relate to his experience as a #Black man. He spoke of wondering whether airmen who have not had similar experiences “don’t see #racism as a problem because it doesn’t happen to them, or whether they’re empathetic.”

Gen Brown finished by talking about the weight he felt as the first African American nominated to be chief of the #AirForce. #Trump had nominated him for that position, on Esper’s recommendation.

#USpol #law #military

Show threadNonilexFeb 23, 2025

Gen #CQBrown limited his words to his own experience, & reflected on the other world in which he lived, the #Black one. “I’m thinking about being a captain at the O Club w/my squadron, & being told by other African Americans that I wasn’t Black enough, since I was spending more time with my squadron than with them.”

#USpol #law #Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #military #WhiteSupremacy

Show threadNonilexFeb 23, 2025
At the time,~43% of the 1.3M men & women on active duty were people of color, but nearly all of the people…at the top were white & male. In a photo taken in Oct 2019, #Trump was surrounded by his top 4-star generals, a sea of white faces,…the top commanders who led an otherwise diverse institution.
In his vid, Gen #CQBrown continued: “I’m thinking about wearing the same flight suit, w/the same wings on my chest as my peers, & then being questioned by another #military member, ‘are you a pilot.’”