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Command Sgt. Maj. Michele S. Jones, the first woman command sergeant major of the Army Reserve, praised women's service in the armed forces during a Veterans Day observance of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Nov. 11. Photo by Rudi Williams

Command Sgt. Maj. Michele S. Jones, the first woman command sergeant major of the Army Reserve, praised women's service in the armed forces during a Veterans Day observance of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Nov. 11. Photo by Rudi Williams

Command Sgt. Maj. Michele S. Jones, the first woman command sergeant major of the Army Reserve, praised women's service in the armed forces during a Veterans Day observance of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Nov. 11. Photo by Rudi Williams

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