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Deputy Secretary of Defense Visits SMC

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan walks with Air Force Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center; Air Force Brig. Gen. Philip Garrant, SMC vice commander; and Joy White, SMC executive director, during a tour of Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif., Aug 27, 2018. The SMC, a subordinate unit of Air Force Space Command, is the center of technical excellence for developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining military space systems. Air Force photo by Van De Ha

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