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February 20, 2025
It’s a new day in paradise!

Good day !TFAM, today, I had planned to send you an email
congratulating you on the good work you are doing sending emails
to General C.Q. Brown expressing your thanks and support for him.
And sending letters to Secretary Pete Hegseth asking to retain
General Brown as the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General
Brown is “immensely” qualified and stands on the shoulders of
Tuskegee Airmen. Instead, I’m asking you to take action today. There
are Red flags waving in front of us.
Conway Jones, Jr. sent the following news article.

February 20, 2025

Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown
on list to be possibly removed by Hegseth

LUIS MARTINEZ and MATT SEYLER
February 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM

Gen. C.Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Adm.
Lisa Franchetti, the Navy’s top admiral, are on the list of general
officers provided to Congress this week whom Defense Secretary
Pete Hegseth could fire or remove from their current jobs, according
to two U.S. officials.
Spokesmen for both Brown and Franchetti declined to comment.
CNN was first to report their names were on the list for possible
removal.
“We are aware of the reports but have nothing to add,” the
spokesman for Franchetti told ABC News.
Brown serves as the president’s top military adviser and has been
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since October 2023, his four-year
tenure is supposed to end in 2027.

PHOTO: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles Q. Brown Jr. at the
Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Jan. 27, 2025. (Shawn Thew/EPA via Shutterstock )

MORE: Hegseth could soon fire or remove generals and senior
officers, US officials say
Franchetti has been the chief of naval operations since November
2023.
The president has the authority to remove any general or senior
officer from their current position and reassign them, should they
refuse a request to resign. Three- and four-star generals or admirals
only hold those ranks while in certain senior leadership roles. If forced
out of a current role, there might not be another opening available
for them, and such relief of authority is generally a career-ender.
Both officers had been criticized by Hegseth prior to his becoming
defense secretary during the Trump administration.
“First of all, you’ve got to fire the chairman of the Joint Chiefs,”
Hegseth said in a November appearance on the “Shawn Ryan
Show.”
“But any general that was involved — general, admiral, whatever —

that was involved in any of the DEI woke s— has got to go,” he
continued. “Either you’re in for warfighting, and that’s it. That’s the
only litmus test we care about.”
Hegseth went after Franchetti in his book, “The War on Warriors,”
criticizing her for lack of combat experience and mocking her
master’s degree from the University of Phoenix online college.
“If naval operations suffers, at least we can hold our heads high.
Because at least we have another first! The first female member of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff — hooray. For social justice ideologues, PR
matters more than reality,” he wrote.
Hegseth also criticized Brown several times in the book.
“The military standards, once the hallmark for competency,
professionalism, and ‘mission first’ outcomes, have officially been
subsumed by woke priorities,” he wrote. “You think C.Q. Brown will
think intuitively about external threats and internal readiness? No
chance. He built his generalship dutifully pursuing the radical
positions of left-wing politicians, who in turn rewarded him with
promotions.”

MORE: Hegseth directs Pentagon to find $50 billion in cuts this year to
fund Trump military priorities
Also in his book, Hegseth cast doubt as to whether Brown merited his
promotion to be America’s top general.
“We’ll never know, but always doubt — which on its face seems unfair
to C.Q.,” he wrote. “But since he has made the race card one of his
biggest calling cards, it really doesn’t much matter.”
Brown was nominated under the first Trump administration in early
2020 to become the first Black Air Force chief of staff. While awaiting
Senate confirmation for that job, Brown began to share his thoughts
on racial injustice in the military after George Floyd’s death sparked
nationwide protests. As the top Air Force general in the Pacific,
Brown put out a video where he described racial incidents he had

experienced.
Brown has also been vocal about what he sees as the importance of
race-based diversity in the military. In 2022, while chief of staff of the
Air Force, Brown signed a memo calling for the service to work
toward lowering the percentage of white officer applicants while
raising those of other races.
When asked by ABC News’ Martha Raddatz in January 2024 whether
how important diversity, equity and inclusion is to the military, Brown
said, “Depending where you grew up, when you come into our
military, this may be the most diverse experience you’ve ever had.”
“In order for us to be leaders, we need to know the backgrounds
and understand some things about those we’re privileged to lead,”
he added. “And that’s the value of some of our programs. So, we get
a chance to know a little bit more about their, you know, culture,
history, experiences and building that personal connection.”
At his confirmation hearing in January, Hegseth danced around a
question about whether he would fire Brown when asked by Sen.
Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., if Brown might be on a list of senior officers to
be removed from their jobs, saying, “Senator, every single senior
officer will be reviewed based on meritocracy standards, lethality
and commitment to lawful orders they will be given.”

PHOTO: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives at the Pentagon for the
first time since being confirmed after being greeted by Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q Brown, Jan. 27, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.
(Win Mcnamee/Getty Images)

MORE: Video Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s first official day at
the Pentagon
But there were some positive signs for Brown beginning last
December, when he had an amiable encounter with Trump at the

Army-Navy football game. Hegseth met Brown briefly at the Army-
Navy game, where Brown and then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

met for 20 minutes during the second quarter of the game and
talked about football.
Then on Jan. 27, on Hegseth’s first day arriving at the Pentagon as
secretary, he seemed to give another sign of softening his position in
regard to the general.
Brown saluted Hegseth as his motorcade arrived, then shook his
hand as the two exchanged pleasantries. With Brown by his side,
Hegseth approached a line of waiting reporters and took several
questions, including one on whether he intended to fire the general.
“I’m standing with him right now,” Hegseth said, patting Brown on the
shoulder. “I look forward to working with him.”
Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown on list to be possibly removed by
Hegseth originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Write faster, send your email and letter

This is an action item – The power of networks standing together can
change things. Show you support General C. Q. Brown.

Step one – Send an email to General Brown today and let him that you appreciate his
service to America as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as his service as

chief of staff of the Air Force and his kindness to Tuskegee Airmen Brig. General
Charles McGee and Dr. Nancy Leftenant Colon. Send your email for General
Brown to his aide:
[email protected] [email protected]

Step two – Send a letter to Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth let him know
that you’d like him to retain and support General Brown in his position as
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Here is his physical address at the pentagon:
Peter Hegseth
Secretary of Defense
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-1000

Now is the time to stand up and take action.
That’s all…for now.
L. Sunnye Simpson
Editor and publisher
!TFAM is a publication created by L. Sunnye Simpson and is not affiliated,
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