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caine usaf under secretaries of defense for acquisition and sustainment michael p duffey research and engineering emil michael policy elbridge colby comptroller and chief financial officer jules w hurst iii personnel and readiness anthony tata intelligence bradley hansell under secretaries of the military departments under secretary of the army michael obadal under secretary of the navy hung cao william toti ptdo under secretary of the air force matthew l lohmeier vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff gen christopher j mahoney usmc chiefs of the military services chief of staff of the army gen christopher laneve a commandant of the marine corps gen eric smith chief of naval operations adm daryl caudle chief of staff of the air force gen kenneth s wilsbach chief of space operations gen douglas schiess chief of the national guard bureau gen steven s nordhaus usaf unified combatant command commanders africa gen dagvin anderson usaf central adm brad cooper usn cyber gen joshua rudd 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