“He knows what it means to be in the middle of a battle”: With these words US President Biden introduced his future chief of staff, Charles Brown. Brown currently serves as chief of staff for the Air Force.
US Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Brown is set to become the new Armed Forces Chief of Staff. This was announced by President Joe Biden in the White House. He referred to Brown as a fighter. “He knows what it means to be in the middle of a battle and keep a cool head when things get tough,” Biden said. The high-ranking military – born in 1962 – is to succeed Mark Milley. The US Senate still has to approve the appointment.
The Chief of Staff is the US President’s military adviser and directs the Department of Defense’s strategic planning. Brown has been Air Force Chief of Staff since 2020 and was nominated by former President Donald Trump. He is the first black military commander of a branch of the US Army.
Own experiences with racism shared
Brown shared his own experiences of racism and made history, Biden said. Milley – once deployed as a soldier in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia-Herzegovina – was also brought into office by Trump in 2019.