Dempsey Attends National Defense University Assumption of Command Ceremony

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during an assumption of command ceremony for National Defense University on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2012, to welcome Army Maj. Gen. Gregg F. Martin as NDU’s 14th president. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to an audience at National Defense University during an assumption of command ceremony on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2012, to welcome Army Maj. Gen. Gregg F. Martin as NDU’s 14th president. DOD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.
  • Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to an audience during an assumption of command ceremony for National Defense University on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2012, to welcome Army Maj. Gen. Gregg F. Martin as NDU’s 14th president. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during an assumption of command ceremony for National Defense University on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2012, to welcome Army Maj. Gen. Gregg F. Martin as NDU’s 14th president. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, Army Maj. Gen. Gregg F. Martin, right, and Ambassador Nancy McEldowney, NDU’s senior vice president, second from left, participate in an assumption of command ceremony on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, passes the organizational colors of National Defense University to Army Maj. Gen. Gregg F. Martin, right, during his assumption of command ceremony on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2012. Ambassador Nancy McEldowney, NDU’s senior vice president, left, served as interim president before helping welcome Martin as the university's 14th president. DOD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.
  • Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, welcomes Army Maj. Gen. Gregg F. Martin as National Defense University's 14th president during an assumption of command ceremony on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with Army Maj. Gen. Gregg F. Martin after welcoming him as National Defense University's 14th president on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen