ABC News exclusive: Gen. CQ Brown, America's top military official, talks Iran, Israel, Trump and more
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Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has had a busy start in the wake of the Israel-Hamas War
Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the country's top military officer, is an experienced U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who has surmounted many challenges in his nearly 40-year career, including once having to eject and land in the Florida Everglades, an experience that earned him the call sign "Swamp Thing."
"I didn't see any gators, so that was good," Brown said with a smile as he recounted the incident to ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz in an exclusive interview that aired Sunday, in which Brown looked back at his work so far -- and what's ahead.
"That must have been quite the experience," Raddatz told Brown as she asked about what he lived through as a young captain in January 1991, when the F-16 he was flying over Florida caught on fire after being struck by lightning.
"A little bit," the general replied. "But all your training kicks in and the checklist says if fire persists -- eject. It was a pretty easy decision."
