Johnetta Graves, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command equal employment opportunity mananger, left, gives and receives a hearty hug from one of many well-wishers following her retirement from federal civilian serv...

Johnetta Graves, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command equal employment opportunity manager, her grandaughter Joanna Davis, and her daughter, TiffanyGraves-Davis, greet well wishers following Graves' retirement fro...

Col. James Jenkins, chief of staff, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, presents Johnetta Graves, an equal employment opportunity manager with the command, with a certificate of retirement during Graves' ceremon...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. - A U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command employee retired after 35 years of federal civilian service.

Johnetta Graves, equal employment opportunity manager for the command, retired in a ceremony at the command's Restone Arsenal headquarters Oct. 25.

During the ceremony Graves received the Meritorious Civilian Service medal, a certificate of appreciation from President Obama, and her certificate of retirement and pin.

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