Air Force general confirmed as first black chief of a U.S. military service

[Bazza]

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown to be the next Air Force chief of staff, making him the first African American leader of a military service as the Pentagon and the country grapple with a raft of racial issues.
The confirmation also makes Brown the second African American officer to sit on the Joint Chiefs of Staff since Chairman Gen. Colin Powell.

The 98-to-0 vote was a blowout approval for the four-star general. Vice President Mike Pence presided over the historic vote.

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While we're at it......(video is 9:45 long, but it duplicates itself so it's really a 4:53 talk)

 

[Tidewater]

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown to be the next Air Force chief of staff, making him the first African American leader of a military service as the Pentagon and the country grapple with a raft of racial issues.
The confirmation also makes Brown the second African American officer to sit on the Joint Chiefs of Staff since Chairman Gen. Colin Powell.

The 98-to-0 vote was a blowout approval for the four-star general. Vice President Mike Pence presided over the historic vote.

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While we're at it......(video is 9:45 long, but it duplicates itself so it's really a 4:53 talk)

Holy Cow! A non-academy grad as CSAF? (Texas Tech, Class of 1984) That's unusual.

 

[Bazza]

Holy Cow! A non-academy grad as CSAF? (Texas Tech, Class of 1984) That's unusual.

Maybe they just selected who they thought was the best person for the job.

 

[BamaFlum]

He is a family member of a friend of mine from school. Powerful video and what an honor for their family.

 

[Tidewater]

Maybe they just selected who they thought was the best person for the job.

One would hope that is always the standard.
Heretofore, the CSAF has normally* been an academy grad (either West Point or AFA)

* Exceptions were Curtis Le May (Ohio State), David Jones (Univ. of North Dakota), Larry Welch (Univ. of Maryland), Merrill McPeak (San Diego State), John Jumper (VMI), and Mike Moseley (Texas A&M). So six of twenty-two were not academy grads so it was more common than I thought.

 

[Go Bama]

Powerful message.

 

[81usaf92]

Both the head officer and head enlisted member of the ** is African American.

 

[92tide]

Both the head officer and head enlisted member of the ** is African American.

i saw a really good message from the sergeant major (i think that's his title) the other day

 

[81usaf92]

i saw a really good message from the sergeant major (i think that's his title) the other day

**= Chief Msgt
Army & Marines= Sergeant major
Navy & Coast Guard= Master Chief Petty officer
Space Force= ? Probably the same as the Air Force

 

[Crimson1967]

One would hope that is always the standard.
Heretofore, the CSAF has normally* been an academy grad (either West Point or AFA)

* Exceptions were Curtis Le May (Ohio State), David Jones (Univ. of North Dakota), Larry Welch (Univ. of Maryland), Merrill McPeak (San Diego State), John Jumper (VMI), and Mike Moseley (Texas A&M). So six of twenty-two were not academy grads so it was more common than I thought.

Le May was Wallace’s running mate in 1968.

Perhaps the reason there are so many non-USAFA grads at the helm is because the academy itself is relatively new and the grads aren’t as ingrained into the culture as the other branches. The early leaders when it was established were obviously not grads and it would take a generation from its founding for the first grads to work their way up the ladder.

The downside of this guy getting the job is now Trump can boast how he isn’t racist because he put a black guy in charge of the Air Force.

 

[Tidewater]

Le May was Wallace’s running mate in 1968.

Perhaps the reason there are so many non-USAFA grads at the helm is because the academy itself is relatively new and the grads aren’t as ingrained into the culture as the other branches. The early leaders when it was established were obviously not grads and it would take a generation from its founding for the first grads to work their way up the ladder.

The earliest CSAFs were all West Point grads. Le May was the first non-academy grad CSAF.
And a nut. He was angry that the atomic bomb robbed strategic air power from its chance to win the war. Remind me, how did those atomic bombs get to Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

 

[81usaf92]

The earliest CSAFs were all West Point grads. Le May was the first non-academy grad CSAF.
And a nut. He was angry that the atomic bomb robbed strategic air power from its chance to win the war. Remind me, how did those atomic bombs get to Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Kennedy feared only one general and it was LeMay. Im just surprised that Bobby won out on the Cuban Missile Crisis over Le May.

Le May's presence can still be felt at Stratcom today (new name for SAC). I swear you couldn't walk 5 feet without some dedication to "the first of this of SAC" or something about Le May. Hell most major buildings on Offutt AFB have something to do with Curtis Le May.

FWIW I've always thought Spaatz and Vandenberg didn't get enough credit for their part in establishing the Air Force and SAC, and were often overshadowed by Le May.

 

[Tidewater]

Air Force chooses JoAnne Bass as first woman to serve as top enlisted leader: 'The history of the moment isn’t lost on me'
A kinsman has heard her speak at some ** event. Said she was impressive.