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U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Jeromy Williams, of U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific passed the baton to Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Van­Antwerp, above, on Thursday. Members of the Army’s elite 2nd Ranger ...