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Army Gen. Walter L. "Skip" Sharp, left, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, center, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, applaud the Sharp family during Sharp's retirement ceremony at Summerall Field on Joint Base Meyer-Henderson Hall, Va., Sept. 1, 2011.

FAMILY HONOR

Army Gen. Walter L. "Skip" Sharp, left, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, center, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, applaud the Sharp family during Sharp's retirement ceremony at Summerall Field on Joint Base Meyer-Henderson Hall, Va., Sept. 1, 2011.

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