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Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to service members from local installations who volunteered during a day of service in New Orleans, June 4, 2014. The project, part of Army Week NOLA, supported the restoral and refurbishment of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in New Orleans to enable it to provide transitional housing, meeting space and reintegration assistance for returning veterans.

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Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to service members from local installations who volunteered during a day of service in New Orleans, June 4, 2014. The project, part of Army Week NOLA, supported the restoral and refurbishment of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in New Orleans to enable it to provide transitional housing, meeting space and reintegration assistance for returning veterans.

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