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Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Mary, exit Whipple Field at the conclusion of the admiral's retirement ceremony on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., July 31, 2015.

Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Mary, exit Whipple Field at the conclusion of the admiral's retirement ceremony on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., July 31, 2015.

Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Mary, exit Whipple Field at the conclusion of the admiral's retirement ceremony on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., July 31, 2015.

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