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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Front row, from left, Defense Secretary Ash Carter; President Barack Obama; Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the incoming chairman, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., attend a ceremony for Dempsey’s retirement and the chairman change of responsibility on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., Sept. 25, 2015. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

Gen. Dempsey's Retirement

Front row, from left, Defense Secretary Ash Carter; President Barack Obama; Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the incoming chairman, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., attend a ceremony for Dempsey’s retirement and the chairman change of responsibility on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., Sept. 25, 2015. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

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