Memorial Hall, US Navy Photogrpah

Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, the senior enlisted adviser to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stops to look at a painting and diorama placed in Memorial Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in honor of Marine Corps Col. John Ripley. Battaglia, the senior noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Armed Forces, serves as the principal military adviser to the Chairman and the Secretary of Defense on all matters involving joint and combined total force integration, utilization, health of the force and joint development for enlisted personnel, visited the Academy, toured the campus and held an all-hands call with the sailors and Marines stationed there. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexia Riveracorrea/Released)