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Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., right, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with Bryon E. Greenwald, academic dean for Joint Forces Staff College. Winnefeld gave the commencement address to nearly 450 graduates of the Joint Advanced Warfighting School, Joint and Combined Warfighting School and the Joint Continuing and Distance Education School in Norfolk, Va., June 15, 2012.

DEAN'S HANDSHAKE

Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., right, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with Bryon E. Greenwald, academic dean for Joint Forces Staff College. Winnefeld gave the commencement address to nearly 450 graduates of the Joint Advanced Warfighting School, Joint and Combined Warfighting School and the Joint Continuing and Distance Education School in Norfolk, Va., June 15, 2012.

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