the cove innocent of the army, special owrdz by order, the following soldier retired, general david h. petraeusf this distinguished soldier, we recognize the outstanding service of his spouse, mrs. holy petraeus. she's awarded department of defense medal for distinguished public service to the united states of america from july 1974 to august 2011. over the course of her nearly four decades with being associated, she's been a releaptless advocate for the military community at large and in particular for military families. 234 all her work, her enthusiasm, determination, and concern for others exemplifies the true spirit of the military spouse and advocate and has been an example as a leader as a military spouse. she helps others to do the same with the twists and turns of military life guiding her family through 23 moving serving as mom and dad for years while her husband was deployed. she brought to bear important work as a lifetime of experience with the military and placed needs and interest of her family and military community before her own. she's demonstrated unwaiverring determination an

general david h. petraeus united states army. petraeus is now being presented with the flag of the united states of america. on the occasion of retirement we also recognize the outstanding service of his spouse pls holly petraeus. mrs. petraeus is awarded the department of defense medal for distinguished public service to the united states of america from july 1974 to august 2011. over the course of her nearly four decades of being associated with our armed forces as an army spouse she has been an advocate tor the community at large and in particular her family in all of her work her enthusiasm determination and concern for others exemplifies the true spirit of the military spouse. she has always set an example as a leader and military spouse and handling with grace and helping others to do the same the unexpected twists and turns of military life as she guides her own family through 23 moves and served as mom as well as dad for children for many years while her husband was deployed. her lifetime of experience with our military an

general david h. petraeus, united states army.occasion of retirement, we also recognize the upstanding service of his spouse, mrs. holly petraeus. over the course of her four decades of being associated with our armed forces as an army spouse, she has been a relentless advocate for the military community at large and for military families. this exemplifies the true spirit .f the army spouse shoo helping others to do the same. she guided her family through 23 moves. while her husband was deployed. she has brought to bear experience with our military and has distinguished herself through many years of service. she has demonstrated unwavering determination and treated positive change and improving the lives around her in the military and local community. signed robert m. gates, secretary of defense. [applause] she is also being presented a decoration for her service in recognition of her service to the u.s. army from july 1974 after 2011. [applause] at this time, general petraeus is presenting his wife with a bouquet of flowers in ap