According to multiple reports, President-elect Donald Trump and his choice for secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, are already looking with a jaundiced eye at Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Some say that Brown, only the second Black man to hold the highest-ranking job in the armed forces after the late Colin Powell, is too “woke” for the job, purportedly favoring diversity over excellence in the American military.

I think these kinds of allegations against Brown are bunk. At a minimum, the Trump team should consider a few things about Brown, who became chairman last year when Gen. Mark Milley retired, and who would normally be expected to serve as chairman into 2027.

In his previous job as Air Force Chief of........

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