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Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the crowd during halftime of a USA Basketball Women's National Team exhibition game at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del., Sept. 11, 2014. Service members and basketball players exchanged dog tags and commemorative coins during a halftime ceremony.

HALFTIME TALK

Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the crowd during halftime of a USA Basketball Women's National Team exhibition game at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del., Sept. 11, 2014. Service members and basketball players exchanged dog tags and commemorative coins during a halftime ceremony.

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