Although the United States advertises itself as a pluralistic society, in fact, racial discrimination is very serious, and white Americans usually have an inexplicable "innate" sense of superiority, and "white supremacy" is very strong.
So much so that the political circles, military circles and other power departments in the United States are mainly whites, becoming the supreme ruling class, and there are few other races, and blacks are even rarer.
In the history of the United States for more than 200 years, only Obama, a black man, has lived in the White House and become the president of all Americans, which can be called the most glorious glory in the history of American politics; In the military world, there are very few blacks who become the most senior generals in the US military.
So far, only one African-American general has become the most senior general of the US military, he is General Powell, who is famous for slandering Iraq for possessing lethal weapons with a tube of "washing powder" in the United Nations Security Council, and served as chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff during President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993.
By the time the second black man may become the most senior general of the US military, it is already 30 years later, and in view of the imminent departure of the current Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Milley, Biden has nominated the US Air Force Chief of Staff General Brown to be the next Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The reason why I want to use the word "may" to describe Admiral Brown's appointment as chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff is because the President of the United States only has the right to nominate any senior general, not the right to appoint, and whether Brown can be appointed depends on whether he can get more than half of the votes of the US Senate next.
When a majority of senators approve the president's nomination, Admiral Brown can take over as Admiral Milley; If a majority of senators veto Brown's nomination for chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the president will have to find a suitable general until the Senate approves.
However, according to the results of the unanimous vote of US Senate members on President Trump's nomination of General Brown as chief of staff of the US Air Force three years ago, the US senators do not seem to have an opinion on Admiral Brown, so he will now be nominated as the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and it is very likely that it will be passed.
So the question is, what kind of divine is General Brown, who has an African background, who can win Biden's favor and be put on the throne of the most senior general of the US military, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff?
In fact, we should not underestimate this black man, he is one of the more senior generals in the US military.
Charles Brown was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1962 to an African-American military family, his father Charles Sr. was an Army officer with rich combat experience, who served in the Vietnam War and retired with the rank of colonel, and his grandfather fought in World War II.
It was under the influence of his father that Brown joined the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps while studying civil engineering at Texas Tech University, and after graduating in 1984, he entered the military and was awarded the rank of second lieutenant.
At the age of 23, Brown officially received basic pilot training and began his glorious flying career; At first, Brown wanted to serve in the US military flying unit for 4 years and return home, but when he really got in touch with flying life, he fell in love with this industry, and it took only 2 years to achieve solo flight and become an F-16 fighter pilot.
After qualifying to fly, Brown accepted the first assignment of his military career to the U.S. Army Gunsan Air Base in South Korea for an 18-month overseas deployment; What Brown didn't expect was that this half-year overseas training became the starting point of his career, and since then, the military road has been smooth and promoted very quickly.
In just two or three decades, he was promoted from flight instructor to adjutant of the 15th Air Force Chief of Staff General Ronald Fogelman, director of the Air Force Weapons School, commander of the 8th Fighter Wing of the US Army in Korea, commander of the US Air Force Central Command, and commander of the Air Force in the Middle East and the Pacific.
During this time, Brown flew a total of 20 different aircraft or helicopters, had nearly 3,000 flying hours, and accumulated 130 hours of combat time.
It can be said that Brown has been responsible for the range of defense areas, from Europe across the east coast of the United States, to Asia across the west coast of the United States, and then to the Middle East.
For example, during the Crimean crisis in 2014, Brown served as the director of strategic deterrence and nuclear integration operations of the US Air Force in Europe, specializing in strategic deterrence and nuclear integration at Ramstein Air Base in Germany; In 2015, due to the rampant terrorist forces in the Middle East due to the Syrian civil war, he also served as the commander of the US Air Force Central Command, commanding the Middle East Air Force to launch air strikes against extremist groups in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other hot spots; In 2018, Brown moved to Air Force Commander of Indo-Pacific Command, controlling the largest U.S. air defense zone.
Not only that, but Brown also set 3 major precedents.
Set a precedent for black people to lead America's largest theater air force. Among all the U.S. theater commands, the Indo-Pacific Command is the strongest and largest defense zone, and before Brown became the commander of the Indo-Pacific Command's Air Force, no black man could take on this responsibility, but Brown won the position of air commander in the Pacific region with his excellent military command skills and leadership experience.
Set a precedent for a black man to lead a service unit in the United States. After serving as the commander of the Air Force of the Indo-Pacific Command, Brown was nominated by President Trump to be the 22nd chief of staff of the US Air Force, which is the most senior general of the US Air Force, equivalent to the position of US Air Force Commander, becoming the first African-American general to lead a single service unit in the 245-year history of the US Force.
It set a precedent for the US Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff to serve as blacks. The current U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin is the first black man in U.S. history to command the million-strong U.S. military, plus Admiral Brown, who has been promoted, began to head the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff after serving for 39 years, and it is the first time that the two blacks are in charge of the highest leadership department of the U.S. military and the highest wartime command organization of the U.S. military.
Therefore, according to Brown's service experience, in the context of the United States' turn to great power competition, how can its advantages of being well versed in Chinese affairs and having a deep understanding of European security not be favored by Biden?