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President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0on Friday fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, and pushed out five other admirals and generals in an unprecedented shake-up of U.S. military leadership.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he would nominate former Lieutenant General Dan \u201cRazin\u201d Caine to succeed Brown, breaking with tradition by pulling someone out of retirement for the first time to become the top military officer.<\/p>\n The president will also replace the head of the U.S. Navy, a position held by Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead a military service, as well as the air force vice chief of staff, the Pentagon said. He is also removing the judge advocates general for the Army, Navy and Air Force, critical positions that ensure enforcement of military justice.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s decision sets off a period of upheaval at the Pentagon, which was already bracing for mass firings of civilian staff, a dramatic overhaul of its budget and a shift in military deployments under Trump\u2019s new America First foreign policy.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n While the Pentagon\u2019s civilian leadership changes from one administration to the next, the uniformed members of the U.S. armed forces are meant to be apolitical, carrying out the policies of Democratic and Republican administrations.<\/p>\n Brown, the second Black officer to become the president\u2019s top uniformed military adviser, was serving a four-year term meant to end in September 2027.<\/p>\n A U.S. official said Brown was relieved with immediate effect, before the Senate confirms his successor.<\/p>\n Reuters in November was first to report that the incoming Trump administration planned a\u00a0sweeping shakeup<\/a> of the top brass, with firings including Brown.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t