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Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist hosts the annual POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in honor of those who were held captive and returned, as well as those who remain unaccounted for from past conflicts at the Pentagon, Sept. 18, 2020. The program included remarks by Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a flyover by Army UH-60 helicopters performing the missing man formation.

Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist hosts K-9 Appreciation Day at the Pentagon, March 13, 2020. Norquist met with Pentagon Force Protection Agency K-9s and handlers and attended a K-9 demonstration.

Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist greets Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at the Pentagon, March 2, 2020.

Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist chats with the United States Military Academy’s team mascot during a pep rally at the Pentagon, Dec. 13, 2019, before the upcoming Army-Navy football game.

Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist hosts Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Garibashvili at the Pentagon, Nov. 21, 2019.

Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist speaks at the NATO-Industry Forum in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2019.

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper and Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist pay their respects during the National Veterans Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Nov. 11, 2019.

Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist delivers remarks during the National POW/MIA Recognition day ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 20, 2019.

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper swears in David L. Norquist as deputy secretary of defense as Norquist’s wife, Stephanie, holds a Bible at the Pentagon, July 31, 2019.

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper swears in David L. Norquist as deputy secretary of defense at the Pentagon, July 31, 2019.

David L. Norquist, the Defense Department's comptroller and chief financial officer, provides testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to be deputy secretary of defense in Washington, July 24, 2019.

From left, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan; and David L. Norquist, DOD's comptroller and chief financial officer, appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee to testify on the fiscal year 2020 defense budget request at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, March 14, 2019.

From left to right: Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan; and David L. Norquist, DOD's comptroller and chief financial officer, appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee to testify on the fiscal year 2020 defense budget request at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, March 14, 2019.

From left, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan; and David L. Norquist, DOD's comptroller and chief financial officer, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the fiscal year 2020 defense budget request at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, March 14, 2019.

David L. Norquist, performing the duties of the deputy defense secretary, speaks to reporters about the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request during a briefing at the Pentagon, March 12, 2019.

David L. Norquist, performing the duties of the deputy defense secretary, speaks to reporters about the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request during a briefing at the Pentagon, March 12, 2019.

David L. Norquist, performing the duties of the deputy defense secretary, speaks to reporters about the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request during a briefing at the Pentagon, March 12, 2019.