President Donald Trump fired the top military officer in the country, nominating a retired Air Force general to take over as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Charles Q.

President Trump has fired Charles Q. Brown Jr. as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer ... a lower-ranking retired Air Force lieutenant general ...

Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., and announced he will nominate a retired three-star general to succeed him as the nation's top military officer. Trump announced Brown's dismissal in a post ...