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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Michele Votel, wife of Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel III, pin on four-star lapels as Votel stands during the change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 28, 2014. Votel assumed command from Navy Adm. William H. McRaven.

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Michele Votel, wife of Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel III, pin on four-star lapels as Votel stands during the change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 28, 2014. Votel assumed command from Navy Adm. William H. McRaven.

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Michele Votel, wife of Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel III, pin on four-star lapels as Votel stands during the change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 28, 2014. Votel assumed command from Navy Adm. William H. McRaven.

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