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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits with a servicemember participating in Exercise Mojave Viper, a 30-day warfare training immersion program, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 17, 2008.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits with a servicemember participating in Exercise Mojave Viper, a 30-day warfare training immersion program, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 17, 2008.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits with a servicemember participating in Exercise Mojave Viper, a 30-day warfare training immersion program, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 17, 2008.

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