U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John M. Paxton Jr., center,

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John M. Paxton Jr., center, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks with his wife, Debbie, and a U.S. Army colonel and foreign liaison officer during a Georgian Independence Day celebration at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., June 4, 2013. Georgia declared its independence May 26, 1918, in the midst of the Russian Civil War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tia Dufour/Released)