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    Fair winds and following seas to Rear Adm. Freedman after 35 years of service [Image 11 of 15]

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    Three U.S. Navy personnel in white dress uniforms are posing together while holding a large shadow box display case. The shadow box contains a collection of military insignia, rank devices, medals, ribbons, badges, and pins mounted on a blue velvet background with a nameplate reading 'RADM Rick Freedman'. This appears to be a military retirement or change-of-command ceremony presentation.

    FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    06.26.2026

    Photo by Kevin Ray Salvador 

    U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

    (260626-N-AJ782-1216) FALLS CHURCH, Va. U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Rick Freedman, left, acting Surgeon General of the Navy and acting chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), is presented with a shadow box to during his retirement ceremony at Defense Health Headquarters, June 26, 2026. Freedman, a native of Philadelphia, served 35 years in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Kevin Ray J. Salvador)

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    Date Taken: 06.26.2026
    Date Posted: 07.01.2026 11:22
    Photo ID: 9785619
    VIRIN: 260626-N-AJ782-1216
    Resolution: 5496x3092
    Size: 1.86 MB
    Location: FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA, US
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