General Charles Brown was nominated on Thursday by US President Joe Biden to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Biden praised the Black career pilot as a hero who had battled racism in addition to surviving ejecting from a fighter jet into a swamp.

General Charles Brown was nominated on Thursday by US President Joe Biden to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Biden praised the Black career pilot as a hero who had battled racism in addition to surviving ejecting from a fighter jet into a swamp.