Charles Quinton Brown Jr. (born March 2, 1962) is a United States Air Force general who served as the 21st chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2023 to 2025. [1][2] Prior to his appointment, Brown served as the 22nd chief of staff of the Air Force from 2020 to 2023.

Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. is the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council. Prior to becoming Chairman on Oct. 1, 2023, Gen. Brown served as the 22nd Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.

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Jun 9, 2020 · Charles Q. Brown Jr. is a four-star general in the US Air Force who was appointed to Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force by the U.S. Senate on June 9, 2020; making him the first African-American military service chief.

General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. served as the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military advisor to the President,...

Feb 27, 2025 · Author and retired Marine officer James Zumwalt argues that former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. “CQ” Brown Jr., should have and still can heed the lessons of his predecessors who...

Feb 22, 2025 · During his 40-year military career, he came to be known as C.Q. Officially, he is Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., and in 2023 he became the second Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the United States’ highest-ranking military officer …

Feb 24, 2025 · General Charles Q. Brown Jr. is a pioneering U.S. military leader who, in 2023, was named chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest military officer. In 2020, he became the first Black American to lead a branch of the military service when he served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.

Aug 13, 2020 · On June 9, 2020, four-star general Charles “CQ” Brown Jr. was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the be the Air Force’s representative on the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), thus becoming the first African American to both head a branch of the military and serve as an ex officio member on the JCS. Born into a military family in San ...