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World Series-winning pitcher Curt Schilling talks with a military family on Naval Air Facility Rota, Spain, Feb. 26, 2013, after U.S. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, decorated three Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with medals they earned during a recent deployment to Afghanistan. Schilling pitched for the Boston Red Sox during the series win in 2004.

World Series-winning pitcher Curt Schilling talks with a military family on Naval Air Facility Rota, Spain, Feb. 26, 2013, after U.S. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, decorated three Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with medals they earned during a recent deployment to Afghanistan. Schilling pitched for the Boston Red Sox during the series win in 2004.

World Series-winning pitcher Curt Schilling talks with a military family on Naval Air Facility Rota, Spain, Feb. 26, 2013, after U.S. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, decorated three Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with medals they earned during a recent deployment to Afghanistan. Schilling pitched for the Boston Red Sox during the series win in 2004.

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