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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Left to right: Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Henrietta H. Fore, administrator of USAID and director of U.S. Foreign Assistance; Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates; a flag bearer; Army Gen. William E. Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command; and Army Command Sgt. Maj. Mark S. Ripka, the command's senior enlisted servicemember, stand together after the unfolding of the flag during the command's activation ceremony in the Pentagon, Oct. 1, 2008.

AFRICOM CEREMONY

Left to right: Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Henrietta H. Fore, administrator of USAID and director of U.S. Foreign Assistance; Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates; a flag bearer; Army Gen. William E. Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command; and Army Command Sgt. Maj. Mark S. Ripka, the command's senior enlisted servicemember, stand together after the unfolding of the flag during the command's activation ceremony in the Pentagon, Oct. 1, 2008.

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