Trump has nominated a retired three-star Air Force general, Dan Caine, to serve as the next chairman. “General Caine is an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a “warfighter” with significant interagency and special operations experience,” Trump said.

The retired Air Force general announced as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Donald Trump after the abrupt Friday night firing of his predecessor is a respected career F-16 pilot who is described by current and former officials who served with him as a professional with a “strong moral center.

In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's top officer, the Air Force vice chief of staff, and the judge advocates general of three service branches.

Donald Trump announced General CQ Brown was fired as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also issued a slew of firings of top military leaders.