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Award Recipient

Elizabeth P. Van Winkle, executive director of the Office of Force Resiliency; Cherll Paxton; William H. Booth, director of the Defense Human Resources Activity; and Karen A. Orvis, director of the Defense Suicide Prevention Office, take part in the 2018 Defense Suicide Prevention Month recognition ceremony, May 15, 2019, at the Pentagon. Paxton represented Fort Carson, Colo., the Army’s winner for the event.

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