{"id":2405478,"date":"2025-02-22T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fires-joint-chiefs-chair-other-dei-pushing-military-officials\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T12:03:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:03:40","slug":"trump-fires-joint-chiefs-chair-other-dei-pushing-military-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fires-joint-chiefs-chair-other-dei-pushing-military-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chair, Other DEI-Pushing Military Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-fires-joint-chiefs-chair-other-dei-pushing-military-officials%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405478&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump\u200b announced\u200b meaningful personnel\u200d changes within the Pentagon, including the firing\u2062 of Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Charles Q. Brown and other military leaders \u200cadvocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Trump nominated Air Force\u200c Lt. Gen. Dan Caine as Brown&#8217;s replacement,emphasizing Caine&#8217;s qualifications in \u2062national security and military operations. Trump&#8217;s decisions aim to shift the military \u2064focus back to its core mission\u2063 of readiness and\u200d effectiveness, amidst concerns that\u200c DEI policies have compromised military\u2064 preparedness.<\/p>\n<p>Brown&#8217;s tenure was marked by a strong emphasis on DEI, influencing personnel decisions, which Trump and others have criticized as detrimental to military performance. Similarly, Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Air Force gen. James Slife were removed\u200b for their advocacy of \u200bDEI \u2062principles. Trump&#8217;s management plans to continue appointing\u200d officials\u200d more aligned with its vision of restoring military strength and effectiveness.\u2062 The changes reflect a broader push to counter perceived leftist ideologies within the armed forces, a topic\u200d of ongoing debate among service members and military experts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump fired his Joint Chiefs of Staff chair and other DEI-pushing military officials on Friday night, marking a major step toward restoring lethality and efficiency to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>In a Truth Social post, the 47th president revealed that he is nominating Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan &ldquo;Razin&rdquo; Caine to replace Gen. Charles Q. Brown to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown was previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/3408275\/biden-nominates-top-notch-strategist-as-next-joint-chiefs-chairman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promoted<\/a> to the position by then-President Joe Biden in May 2023. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;General Caine is an accomplished pilot, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cia-director-critics-slam-biden-over-move-to-pursue-iran-on-nuclear-deal-absolutely-chokes\/\" title=\"Former CIA Director, Critics Slam Biden Over Move To Pursue Iran On Nuclear Deal: \u2018Absolutely Chokes\u2019\">national security expert<\/a>, successful entrepreneur, and a &lsquo;warfighter&rsquo; with significant interagency and special operations experience,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114044712489265353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. &ldquo;Alongside Secretary Pete Hegseth, General Caine and our military will restore peace through strength, put America First, and rebuild our military.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s move is welcome news for Americans and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-seals-told-theyre-undeployable-if-they-dont-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-lawyers\/\" title=\"... SEALs Told They\u2019re Undeployable If They Don\u2019t Get a COVID-19 Vaccine: Lawyers\">service members concerned<\/a> about the spread of neo-Marxist ideology throughout the military. Shortly after legacy media broke the news about his impending nomination, The Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/08\/bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-made-diversity-and-inclusion-focal-points-in-air-force-personnel-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first reported<\/a> about Brown&rsquo;s promotion of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), which military specialists and veterans&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/23\/how-trump-can-restore-integrity-and-lethality-to-americas-declining-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/03\/report-the-militarys-obsession-with-dei-politics-is-hampering-its-readiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argued<\/a>&nbsp;hampers the force&rsquo;s overall readiness.<\/p>\n<p>While participating in a virtual discussion&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/22\/revisiting-the-racialist-nonsense-espoused-by-bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-of-staff-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hosted<\/a>&nbsp;by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in November 2020, Brown, then-chief of staff of the Air Force,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/brown-diversity-push-changing-personnel-decision-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indicated<\/a>&nbsp;that &ldquo;[a]t the higher level of the Air Force, diversity ha[d] moved to the forefront of personnel decisions such as promotions and hiring.&rdquo; During the same event, the general also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/08\/bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-made-diversity-and-inclusion-focal-points-in-air-force-personnel-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a>&nbsp;to using his post to increase opportunities for so-called &ldquo;diverse candidates&rdquo; in the Air Force, saying he &ldquo;hire[d] for diversity&rdquo; when building his staff.<\/p>\n<p>Brown&rsquo;s remarks came months after he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/22\/revisiting-the-racialist-nonsense-espoused-by-bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-of-staff-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a>&nbsp;a video responding to the death of George Floyd, in which he questioned whether non-black airmen viewed racism as a problem. The former Joint Chiefs of Staff chair has also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/policy\/2022\/02\/inside-air-force-chiefs-mission-racial-equity\/362191\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushed back<\/a>&nbsp;on Republican criticisms of DEI in the military and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/12\/senate-republicans-grill-bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-over-dei-transgenderism-in-the-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed off<\/a>&nbsp;on a 2022 Air Force memo directing the Air Force Academy and Air Education and Training Command to &ldquo;develop a diversity and inclusion outreach plan&rdquo; aimed at &ldquo;achieving a force more representative of our Nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Brown wasn&rsquo;t the only DEI-touting military official to get the pink slip on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>In his Truth Social post, Trump also said he had directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to &ldquo;solicit nominations for five additional high level positions,&rdquo; which the president said would &ldquo;be announced soon.&rdquo; Not long afterward, Hegseth issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/4074482\/secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-statement-on-general-officer-nominations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a> revealing Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Air Force Gen. James Slife had been removed from their positions as chief of naval operations and Air Force vice chief of staff, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth further disclosed that the administration is &ldquo;requesting nominations for the Judge Advocates General for the Army, Navy and Air Force.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under President Trump, we are putting in place new leadership that will focus our military on its core mission of deterring, fighting and winning wars,&rdquo; the secretary wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Much like Brown, Slife and Franchetti have not been shy about using their positions to promote DEI and other leftist ideology in the military.<\/p>\n<p>As The Federalist previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/13\/bidens-air-force-nominee-believes-its-naive-for-service-members-to-doubt-the-militarys-institutional-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, Slife authored a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acc.af.mil\/Portals\/92\/Lt%20Gen%20Slife%20%28AFSOC%29%20Reflections%20on%20Diversity%20and%20Inclusion%20%2829%20May%2020%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">memo<\/a>&nbsp;following the death of George Floyd, in which he espoused racialist jargon and claimed the matter was &ldquo;an Air Force issue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;d be naive to think issues of institutional racism and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-military-officials-whose-left-wing-antics-must-be-accounted-for\/\" title=\"5 ... Officials Whose Left-Wing Antics Must Be Accounted For\">unconscious bias don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t affect us,&rdquo; Slife wrote. &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t ignore it. We have to face it. And to face it, we have to talk about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Slife went on to contend that it&rsquo;s important for the military to &ldquo;listen to other perspectives and accept them as valid, but perhaps incomplete.&rdquo; He also all but declared he has what leftists often refer to as &ldquo;white privilege,&rdquo; writing that he is &ldquo;limited in [his] perspective&rdquo; as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-netflix-series-beef-doesnt-focus-on-race-these-characters-happen-to-be-asian-american-but-theres-so-much-more-to-them\/\" title=\"Why Netflix Series \u201cBeef\u201d Doesn\u2019t Focus On Race: \u201cThese Characters Happen to Be Asian American, but There\u2019s So Much More to Them\u201d\">middle-aged white man<\/a> who grew up in a middle class family in a predominantly white area.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Slife additionally encouraged service members to listen to &ldquo;a series on the podcast &lsquo;Scene on Radio&rsquo; called &lsquo;Seeing White,&rsquo;&rdquo; which the then-lieutenant general claimed touched on so-called &ldquo;institutional racism&rdquo; in America. The &ldquo;Scene on Radio&rsquo;s&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SceneOnRadio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X, or Twitter, account<\/a>&nbsp;indicates the podcast is extremely left-wing.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Franchetti has participated in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">multiple military-sponsored events celebrating<\/a> so-called &ldquo;diversity&rdquo; and &ldquo;inclusion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In April 2023, the Navy admiral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/7738651\/cnsp-dei-summit-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delivered<\/a> video remarks at the Naval Surface Forces Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit, which focused on the issue of &ldquo;connectedness.&rdquo; She also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whro.org\/military-veterans\/2024-08-01\/service-chiefs-emphasize-need-for-diversity-at-leadership-conference-in-norfolk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spoke<\/a> at a summer 2024 Navy conference in Norfolk, Virginia, in which she effectively argued that DEI is necessary for military success. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that we&rsquo;re strongest and most effective as a force when we build strong, inclusive, connected teams,&rdquo; Franchetti reportedly said. <\/p>\n<p>Franchetti also &ldquo;[l]iked [a] <a href=\"https:\/\/app.box.com\/s\/3eoracpzkh1iq3c8khcz63m89ob0xjps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn post<\/a> about gender bias and inequality,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/conservative-group-compiles-list-woke-senior-officers-want-pete-hegseth-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Accountability Foundation<\/a>. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump dismissed Joint Chiefs chair and DEI advocates, nominating Lt. Gen. 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