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March 11, 2011
STUTTGART, Germany - General Carter Ham, Commander, U.S. Africa Command, calls Command Sergeant Major Mark Ripka, U.S. AFRICOM senior enlisted leader, "an exceptional and extraordinary soldier, a leader and simply put, just a good man," during a change-of-responsibility ceremony at the Kelley Theatre March 11, 2011, where Ripka relinquished his responsibilities to Chief Master Sergeant Jack Johnson Jr. (U.S. AFRICOM photo by Staff Sergeant Amanda McCarty)