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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Japanese Navy Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff, Joint Staff, Self-Defense Forces meets with U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Camp Ichigaya, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 10, 2015.

Japanese Navy Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff, Joint Staff, Self-Defense Forces meets with U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Camp Ichigaya, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 10, 2015.

Japanese Navy Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff, Joint Staff, Self-Defense Forces meets with U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Camp Ichigaya, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 10, 2015.

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