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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Edward Jasso explains the purpose of the board in flight deck control to Army Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the aircraft carrier the USS John C. Stennis during a USO-sponsored holiday tour in the Arabian Sea, Dec. 13, 2012.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Edward Jasso explains the purpose of the board in flight deck control to Army Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the aircraft carrier the USS John C. Stennis during a USO-sponsored holiday tour in the Arabian Sea, Dec. 13, 2012.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Edward Jasso explains the purpose of the board in flight deck control to Army Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the aircraft carrier the USS John C. Stennis during a USO-sponsored holiday tour in the Arabian Sea, Dec. 13, 2012.

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