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Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, visits with Marine Cpl. Aaron Mankin at a reception for Iraq veterans at the Doubletree Hotel, Crystal City, Va., Feb. 29, 2012. Nearly 80 Operation Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn veterans gathered at the reception before heading to the White House for a dinner in their honor hosted by President Barack Obama.

Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, visits with Marine Cpl. Aaron Mankin at a reception for Iraq veterans at the Doubletree Hotel, Crystal City, Va., Feb. 29, 2012. Nearly 80 Operation Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn veterans gathered at the reception before heading to the White House for a dinner in their honor hosted by President Barack Obama.

Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, visits with Marine Cpl. Aaron Mankin at a reception for Iraq veterans at the Doubletree Hotel, Crystal City, Va., Feb. 29, 2012. Nearly 80 Operation Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn veterans gathered at the reception before heading to the White House for a dinner in their honor hosted by President Barack Obama.

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