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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, right, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets Colombian Army Gen. Juan Pablo Rodriguez Barragán, commander of Military Forces as U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, center, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looks on at the Pentagon, Sept. 25, 2014.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, right, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets Colombian Army Gen. Juan Pablo Rodriguez Barragán, commander of Military Forces as U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, center, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looks on at the Pentagon, Sept. 25, 2014.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, right, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets Colombian Army Gen. Juan Pablo Rodriguez Barragán, commander of Military Forces as U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, center, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looks on at the Pentagon, Sept. 25, 2014.

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