Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine has been nominated to replace Gen. CQ Brown as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown was fired by Trump last month without a clear reason.

Dan Caine, a retired Air Force lieutenant general, committed Tuesday to serving as a nonpartisan leader who would give unvarnished military advice and always “strive to do the right thing” if confirmed as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The highest-ranking military officer in the country, the chairman has no direct command authority. His role is as a presidential adviser rather than a decision-maker.

The following are the April 1, 2025, written Senate Armed Services Committee Advance Policy Questions for Lt. Gen. John Daniel Caine (USAF), Retired. From Major Challenges and Opportunities Section What do you consider to be the most significant challenges you would face if confirmed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine was nominated by Trump to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs after the president fired the previous chairman, Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown, about a year and a half into a four-year term.

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, President Trump’s nominee to be the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, told lawmakers he never wore a Make America Great Again hat during a 2018 meeting with him in Iraq.

President Donald Trump’s pick to be his senior military adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, said something important at his confirmation hearing. I don’t mean his oblique criticism of Trump’s top national security aides for discussing tactical details of upcoming strikes on Houthi fighters in Yemen over the publicly available,

Retired Lt. Gen. John "Dan" Caine promised to stay out of politics and only provide President Donald Trump with honest assessments if confirmed as general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.