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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Army Lt. Gen. William Troy, left, director of Army staff, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, and retired Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, far right, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, present the USO Soldier of the Year award to Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jacob J. Perkins, second from left, during the 2012 USO Gala at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2012.

Army Lt. Gen. William Troy, left, director of Army staff, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, and retired Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, far right, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, present the USO Soldier of the Year award to Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jacob J. Perkins, second from left, during the 2012 USO Gala at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2012.

Army Lt. Gen. William Troy, left, director of Army staff, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, and retired Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, far right, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, present the USO Soldier of the Year award to Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jacob J. Perkins, second from left, during the 2012 USO Gala at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2012.

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