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Army Secretary John McHugh awards outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey the Army Distinguished Service Medal during a ceremony in Conmy Hall on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Sept. 7, 2011. Dempsey relinquished his post to Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the new chief of staff.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

Army Secretary John McHugh awards outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey the Army Distinguished Service Medal during a ceremony in Conmy Hall on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Sept. 7, 2011. Dempsey relinquished his post to Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the new chief of staff.

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