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Leader Lineup

Left to right: Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd; Defense Secretary Ash Carter; Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly stand during the change-of-command ceremony for the U.S. Southern Command at the command's headquarter in Miami, Jan. 14, 2016. DoD photo by EJ Hersom

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