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U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, makes comments as the keynote speaker at Ave Maria’s Third Annual Gyrene Gala in Naples, Fla., Feb. 24, 2007. The chairman was also inducted into the Gallery of Gyrene Greats during the event. Gyrene is a nickname for Marines that originated during World War I.

GYRENE GALA

U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, makes comments as the keynote speaker at Ave Maria’s Third Annual Gyrene Gala in Naples, Fla., Feb. 24, 2007. The chairman was also inducted into the Gallery of Gyrene Greats during the event. Gyrene is a nickname for Marines that originated during World War I.

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