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Outgoing CIWT XO Frocked to Captain

At a ceremony, presided over by Rear Adm. George Wikoff, vice director of the Joint Staff, attended by family and friends, Michael Tiefel recited the oath and was pinned with the rank of captain in the U.S. Navy...