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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, swears in his predecessor, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., during a ceremony on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., Sept. 25, 2015. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen

Swearing In

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, swears in his predecessor, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., during a ceremony on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., Sept. 25, 2015. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen

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