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COMPACAF to be inducted into the Order of the Sword

Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander, (left) is awarded the "Order of the Sword" and presented with a plaque by Chief Master Sgt Brooke McLean, PACAF command chief, April 4, 2011, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The "Order of the Sword", patterned after orders of chivalry founded during the Middle Ages in Europe, is presented by the enlisted corps and is the highest honor awarded to officers. Through the ages, noncommissioned officers have honored their leaders and pledged loyalty to them by ceremoniously presenting them with a sword that served as a token for all to see and know that here was a leader amongst leaders and a man amongst men. Enlisted men and women of PACAF have scheduled the ceremony and banquet Aug. 26, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Victoria Meyer)

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