Roger Wicker, GOP chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee ... will select a qualified and capable successor for the critical position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”

This comes as the Trump Administration seeks to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in ranks.

The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot, broke a tradition in which the Joint Chiefs chairman remains in place with a new president.

President Donald Trump announced he had fired Gen. C.Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and planned to replace him with Air Force lieutenant general.

The Navy’s top admiral and a senior Air Force general also were dismissed as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to align the military with Trump’s agenda.

Trump plans to nominate retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine as the nation’s next chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

Roger Wicker, GOP chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee ... will select a qualified and capable successor for the critical position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”