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Danish Gen. Knud Bartels, Chairman of the Military Committee of NATO, walks with Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region/U.S. Army Military District of Washington commanding general, prior to an Armed Services ...
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ARLINGTON, Va. (Oct. 2,2014) - Danish Gen. Knud Bartels, Chairman of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), paid his respects to America's fallen heroes during an Armed Forces Full Honors Wreath Laying ceremony with Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region/U.S. Army Military District of Washington commanding general, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Following the ceremony Bartles received a tour of the Memorial Amphitheater Display Room and presented Jack E. Lechner, Superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery, with a token of gratitude from NATO, honoring the sacrifice of America's fallen.
NATO is made up of 28 member nations and its essential purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of its members through political and military means. NATO was created on April 4, 1949 and is headquartered in Brussles, Belgium.
Later in the date Bartels, who was appointed to his current position in 2012, met with Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon for discussions about topics of interest to NATO.
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