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Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sits in the cockpit of an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron 14 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier the USS John C. Stennis during a USO-sponsored holiday tour led by U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Arabian Sea, Dec. 13, 2012.

IN THE COCKPIT

Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sits in the cockpit of an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron 14 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier the USS John C. Stennis during a USO-sponsored holiday tour led by U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Arabian Sea, Dec. 13, 2012.

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