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General Joseph Wood Ralston is a retired general and diplomat who holds senior positions in various defense related corporations.
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Lieutenant General Ralston in the cockpit of his airplane in Alaska.
Ralston is sworn in as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by Secretary of Defense William Cohen.
Ralston with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and French Minister of Defense Alain Richard at NATO headquarters in Brussels, December 2001.
Ralston with NATO secretary-general George Robertson and the outgoing SACEUR Wesley Clark at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium, in May 2000.
Ralston and Secretary of Defense William Cohen during the U.S.-Republic of Korea Security Consultative Meeting at the Pentagon, November 1999.
Ralston and Central Command Commander Tommy Franks at a conference at the State Department in January 2003.
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John A. WickhamAlso won Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
William J. CroweAlso won Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
John W. RaymondAlso won Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Merrill McPeakAlso won Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Bud DayAlso won Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Norton A. SchwartzAlso won Air Force Distinguished Service MedalAbout this person
General Joseph Wood Ralston is a retired general and diplomat who holds senior positions in various defense related corporations. He was previously a career officer in the United States Air Force, and served as the fourth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1996-2000), Supreme Allied Commander for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Europe (2000-2003), and the United States Special Envoy for countering the Kurdistan Workers Party (2006-2007).
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Born 1943 · age 82
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