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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates attaches the Joint Meritorious Unit Award to the U.S. Transporation Command guidon while U.S. Air Force General Duncan McNabb, commander Transcom's commander, watches, during a ceremony on Scott Air Force Base, Ill., April 1, 2010.

MERITORIOUS AWARD

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates attaches the Joint Meritorious Unit Award to the U.S. Transporation Command guidon while U.S. Air Force General Duncan McNabb, commander Transcom's commander, watches, during a ceremony on Scott Air Force Base, Ill., April 1, 2010.

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