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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, right, senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with U.S. soldiers before a D-30 Howitzer training demonstration on Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Laghman province, Afghanistan, May 4, 2013.

BATTAGLIA VISIT

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, right, senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with U.S. soldiers before a D-30 Howitzer training demonstration on Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Laghman province, Afghanistan, May 4, 2013.

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