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Air Force Gen. Dan Caine became the 22nd chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on April 11, 2025. Previously, he was the associate director for military affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency. He has served in a wide range of operational, staff and joint assignments, primarily as an F-16 fighter pilot, weapons officer, member of the White House staff and special operations officer. Caine was commissioned in 1990 through the ROTC program at the Virginia Military Institute, and he has a master’s in air warfare from the American Military University.
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