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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives through side boys during the U.S. Pacific Command change-of-command ceremony on Camp Smith, Hawaii, Oct. 19, 2009. U.S. Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard relieved U.S. Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating at the ceremony overseeing the Defense Department's largest geographical area of command.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives through side boys during the U.S. Pacific Command change-of-command ceremony on Camp Smith, Hawaii, Oct. 19, 2009. U.S. Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard relieved U.S. Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating at the ceremony overseeing the Defense Department's largest geographical area of command.

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