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    U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Leif Babin introduces Retired Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills at grand opening ceremonies Sunday for the Travis Mills Foundations Veteran Retreat in Rome. Babin, of Texas is a highly decorated U.S. Navy SEAL officer and a combat veteran deployed three times to Iraq.

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    Governor Paul LePage addresses the audience Sunday at grand opening ceremonies of the Travis Mills Foundation Veterans Retreat in Rome. LePage said it was important for Maine to open their to those coming to Maine visiting the retreat center.

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    The Volunteers, a volunteer jazz band, provides music at the grand opening reception at the Travis Mills Veterans Retreat on Watson Pond Road in Rome.

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    The public lined up early on Sunday to tour the new Travis Mills Veterans Retreat in Rome. The handicap accessible retreat features bedrooms so families can stay together, a game room and movie lounge.

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    Visitors stream through the Travis Mills Foundation Veterans Retreat during grand opening ceremonies on Sunday in Rome.

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    Retired Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills discusses the opening of the Travis Mills Foundation Veterans Retreat on Sunday at a grand opening event. The retreat supports combat injured veterans and their families.

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    Chloe Mills, left, holds her father's prosthetic hand during remarks at the grand opening of the Travis Mills Foundation Veteran Retreat in Rome on Sunday. Mills made several jokes about his prosthetic limbs and demonstrated "a trick" in which his daughter removes his hand.

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    The flags wave in full staff on the lawn of the Travis Mills Foundations Veterans Retreat. In the background the public stand in line to tour the retreat center during grand opening ceremonies on Sunday in Rome.

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    Travis Mills, center, is joined by Governor Paul LePage, right and First Lady Ann LePage, left along with Mills' wife, Kelsey, 2nd from left Kelsey and daughter Chloe. The pose for a photo in front of the new veterans retreat center in Rome on Sunday.

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    Army veteran Travis Mills, a quadruple amputee, stands in the dining room of the new Travis Mills Foundation veterans retreat. The retreat, in Rome, is designed for veterans and their families to connect as part of their healing.

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