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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From left, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, present a Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service to Mary Winnefeld, wife of Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., July 31, 2015, during a retirement ceremony for the admiral.

From left, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, present a Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service to Mary Winnefeld, wife of Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., July 31, 2015, during a retirement ceremony for the admiral.

From left, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, present a Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service to Mary Winnefeld, wife of Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., July 31, 2015, during a retirement ceremony for the admiral.

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