A 3,000-hour career Air Force pilot has been tapped to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Charles Quinton Brown Jr., the current head of the Air Force, will assume the post next fall when the current chairman, Army Gen. Mark Milley, will leave the post, assuming he's confirmed by the Senate. Brown has flown 20 aircraft types and flew 130 hours in combat. Most of his postings have been on the F-16. But despite his right stuff resumé, it's Brown's geopolitical specialty that likely tilted the nomination in his favor.
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