The Senate on Wednesday voted 83-11 to confirm Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets incoming Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin outside of the Pentagon on Austin's first day in his new role, in Arlington, Va., Jan. 22, 2021.

Austin, who is the first African American Secretary of Defense, went on to list the history-making positions Powell held. “First African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, first African ...