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Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. George J. Flynn introduces Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during an annual reception and dinner honoring wounded veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., Sept. 21, 2013.

Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. George J. Flynn introduces Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during an annual reception and dinner honoring wounded veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., Sept. 21, 2013.

Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. George J. Flynn introduces Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during an annual reception and dinner honoring wounded veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., Sept. 21, 2013.

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