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U.S. Navy Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, accepts this year's Patriot Award from Armed Forces Insurance Chairman Colonel (ret.) Tom Dials during a halftime ceremony at the 2009 Armed Forces Bowl Dec. 31. Air Force Academy stomped the University of Houston by a score of 47 - 20 in a second-year rematch at Texas Christian Univeristy's Amon G. Carter Stadium.