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| What to know about Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the next potential Joint Chiefs chair |
| 2023-05-07 |
| BLUF: [The Hill] Brown is perhaps most known for an Air Force video released shortly after Minneapolis police officers murdered George Floyd, an act that set off a wave of protests and civil unrest across the country. Then the commander of Pacific Air Forces, Brown spoke on camera of his experiences as a Black man in America and in the military. The timing of the video was significant, as it was posted on June 5, 2020, days away from a Senate vote on his nomination to be the Air Force’s next chief of staff. That vote would also make him the first Black person to serve in that role in the country’s history. "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. . . . I’m thinking about my Air Force career, where I was often the only African American in my squadron, or as a senior officer, the only African American in the room," he said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 The necessary boxes are checked and his sad story rivals that of Odysseus. /s |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2023-05-07 21:05 |
| #6 Taiwan will be lost (and renamed) on his watch. We may lose some aircraft or a vessel or two, but container ships hauling Depot, Lowes, Target, and Walmart goods will continue to be unloaded. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-05-07 18:45 |
| #5 Another winner whose going to lose wars. |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2023-05-07 18:41 |
| #4 "I’m thinking about how full I am with emotion, not just for George Floyd, F3, F1, F7, and I'm the reason they made it to Texarkana and back in 28 hours." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-05-07 13:47 |
| #3 #2 Please, don't encourage them. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2023-05-07 09:22 |
| #2 After Colin Powell, you've pretty much used up 'firsts'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-05-07 08:39 |
| #1 All you need to know about.... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-05-07 07:41 |