The sackings have little to do with kindling the “warrior ethos”, which the defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, vows to do. General Brown has clocked more than 3,000 flight hours, including 130 in combat. Admiral Franchetti had commanded not one but two aircraft-carrier strike groups.

US President Donald Trump has fired General CQ Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in his latest DEI crackdown. The dismissal of America's highest-ranking military officer came alongside the removal of several other top commanders,

President Donald Trump fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles Q. Brown, breaking with decades of precedent as part of a broader purge of senior military leaders chosen by his predecessor,

The nominee to replace Gen. CQ Brown, the second Black officer to serve in the Pentagon’s senior military post, is a retired Air Force general.