Caine Confirmed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
He is the first Air Guardsman in the Job
April 11, 2025 | By Greg Hadley flr Air & Space News
Lt. Gen. Dan Caine was confirmed as the 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by the Senate early April 11, making history as the first Air National Guardsman to take on the nation’s top uniformed job.
Caine is the sixth Airman to be Chairman and succeeds Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., who was abruptly dismissed from the job by President Donald Trump in February. He was approved on a wide bipartisan basis, 60-25. Because Caine retired as a lieutenant general in January, the Senate also granted him a fourth star. By law, the chairman typically must have experience in a four-star job, either as a service chief or a combatant commander, but the President can waive that requirement.
