U.S. Department of War News Spotlights About SgtMaj Battaglia sworn-in as Senior Enlisted Advisor U.S. Department of War sent this bulletin at 10/03/2011 03:39 PM EDT SgtMaj Battaglia sworn-in as Senior Enlisted Advisor 10/03/2011 11:57 AM CDT SgtMaj Bryan Battaglia took the oath as the senior enlisted advisor to the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, GEN Martin Dempsey.