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Maj. Will Clarke, future operations planner with the British Royal Marines, presents a plaque to Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, Commanding General, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), on the USS Kearsarge (LHD3) at its home port, Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., during exercise Bold Alligator 14, Oct. 28, 2014. Bold Alligator is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Maj. Will Clarke, future operations planner with the British Royal Marines, presents a plaque to Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, Commanding General, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), on the USS Kearsarge (LHD3) at its home port, Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., during exercise Bold Alligator 14, Oct. 28, 2014. Bold Alligator is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Photo by Sgt. Anthony Ortiz

Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, commanding general of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and Rear Adm. Cynthia Thebaud, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2, receive an update of events aboard the USS Iwo Jima during Exercise Bold Alligator 2014, Oct. 30. Simcock and Thebaud took command of naval forces within 24 hours notice by executing the experimental Fly-In and Integrated Command Element concept aboard the USS Iwo Jima off the coast of North Carolina. The FICE, part of the Marine's Expeditionary Force 21 Concept, is one of many experiments being conducted during Exercise Bold Alligator 2014.

Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, commanding general of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and Rear Adm. Cynthia Thebaud, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2, receive an update of events aboard the USS Iwo Jima during Exercise Bold Alligator 2014, Oct. 30. Simcock and Thebaud took command of naval forces within 24 hours notice by executing the experimental Fly-In and Integrated Command Element concept aboard the USS Iwo Jima off the coast of North Carolina. The FICE, part of the Marine's Expeditionary Force 21 Concept, is one of many experiments being conducted during Exercise Bold Alligator 2014.

Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Derek Paumen

Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, talks with Lt. Col. Wayne Waltrip, Force Effects Coordinator, and his staff aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 29, 2014. Simcock and Thebaud took command aboard the USS Iwo Jima within 24 hours notice by executing the experimental Fly-In and Integrated Command Element concept aboard the USS Iwo Jima off the coast of North Carolina. The FICE, part of the Marine's Expeditionary Force 21 Concept, is one of many experiments being conducted during Exercise Bold Alligator 2014.

Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, talks with Lt. Col. Wayne Waltrip, Force Effects Coordinator, and his staff aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 29, 2014. Simcock and Thebaud took command aboard the USS Iwo Jima within 24 hours notice by executing the experimental Fly-In and Integrated Command Element concept aboard the USS Iwo Jima off the coast of North Carolina. The FICE, part of the Marine's Expeditionary Force 21 Concept, is one of many experiments being conducted during Exercise Bold Alligator 2014.

Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Derek Paumen

Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, Commanding General, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), presents a cake to Maj. Will Clarke, future operations planner with the British Royal Marines, celebrating their 350th birthday on the USS Kearsarge (LHD3) at its home port, Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., during exercise Bold Alligator 14, Oct. 28, 2014. Bold Alligator is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, Commanding General, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), presents a cake to Maj. Will Clarke, future operations planner with the British Royal Marines, celebrating their 350th birthday on the USS Kearsarge (LHD3) at its home port, Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., during exercise Bold Alligator 14, Oct. 28, 2014. Bold Alligator is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Photo by Sgt. Anthony Ortiz

Maj. Gen Richard L. Simcock, Commanding General, 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), speaks with Marines, sailors and Coalition forces assigned to 2d MEB at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Maj. Gen Richard L. Simcock, Commanding General, 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), speaks with Marines, sailors and Coalition forces assigned to 2d MEB at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Photo by Sgt. Anthony L. Ortiz

U.S. Marines, sailors, and Coalition forces assigned to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) attend a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

U.S. Marines, sailors, and Coalition forces assigned to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) attend a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Photo by Sgt. Anthony L. Ortiz

U.S. Marine Maj. Marcus J. Mainz, Future Operations planner with 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), speaks with Marines, sailors and Coalition forces assigned to 2d MEB at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

U.S. Marine Maj. Marcus J. Mainz, Future Operations planner with 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), speaks with Marines, sailors and Coalition forces assigned to 2d MEB at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Photo by Sgt. Anthony L. Ortiz

U.S. Marine Maj. Marcus J. Mainz, Future Operations planner with 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), speaks with Marines, sailors and Coalition forces assigned to 2d MEB at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

U.S. Marine Maj. Marcus J. Mainz, Future Operations planner with 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), speaks with Marines, sailors and Coalition forces assigned to 2d MEB at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Photo by Sgt. Anthony L. Ortiz

Vice Adm. Nora W. Tyson, Deputy Commander for U.S. Fleet Forces Command, speaks with Marines and Coalition forces assigned to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Vice Adm. Nora W. Tyson, Deputy Commander for U.S. Fleet Forces Command, speaks with Marines and Coalition forces assigned to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Photo by Sgt. Anthony L. Ortiz

U.S. Marines participating in the exercise Bold Alligator embark on the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) at its home port, Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 22, 2014. Bold Alligator is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train across the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

U.S. Marines participating in the exercise Bold Alligator embark on the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) at its home port, Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 22, 2014. Bold Alligator is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train across the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Photo by Sgt. Anthony Ortiz

Vice Adm. Nora W. Tyson, Deputy Commander for U.S. Fleet Forces Command, speaks with Marines and Coalition forces assigned to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Vice Adm. Nora W. Tyson, Deputy Commander for U.S. Fleet Forces Command, speaks with Marines and Coalition forces assigned to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Photo by Sgt. Anthony L. Ortiz

Two MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response land in Tifinit, Morocco, during a rapid-response demonstration to multinational observers of African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Two MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response land in Tifinit, Morocco, during a rapid-response demonstration to multinational observers of African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

Two MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response fly by a Moroccan flag during a rapid-response demonstration to multinational observers of African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Two MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response fly by a Moroccan flag during a rapid-response demonstration to multinational observers of African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

During an escalation-of-force demonstration, Sgt. Matthew Settle, working dog trainer, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, takes a bite from Indie in front of multinational observers for Exercise African Lion 14. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

During an escalation-of-force demonstration, Sgt. Matthew Settle, working dog trainer, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, takes a bite from Indie in front of multinational observers for Exercise African Lion 14. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

During a Multinational Observer event for African Lion 14, Lt. Gen. Steven Hummer, deputy to the commander for military operations, U.S. Africa Command, greets with Royal Moroccan Armed Forces counterparts. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

During a Multinational Observer event for African Lion 14, Lt. Gen. Steven Hummer, deputy to the commander for military operations, U.S. Africa Command, greets with Royal Moroccan Armed Forces counterparts. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

Two MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response fly by a Moroccan flag during a rapid-response demonstration to multinational observers of African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Two MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response fly by a Moroccan flag during a rapid-response demonstration to multinational observers of African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

An MV-22B Osprey from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response flies into Tifnit, Morocco, to demonstrate the rapid-response capability of the airframe during a multinational observer day for African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

An MV-22B Osprey from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response flies into Tifnit, Morocco, to demonstrate the rapid-response capability of the airframe during a multinational observer day for African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

A demonstration by Royal Moroccan Armed Forces riot-control soldiers and their U.S. counterparts from the Marines, Army and Air Force demonstrate an escalation-of-force scenario during the Multinational Observer Program for African Lion 14. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

A demonstration by Royal Moroccan Armed Forces riot-control soldiers and their U.S. counterparts from the Marines, Army and Air Force demonstrate an escalation-of-force scenario during the Multinational Observer Program for African Lion 14. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

A force of Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Army and Air Force military police officers rush to control a simulated situation of civil disorder during Exercise African Lion 14, Tifnit, Morocco. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

A force of Moroccan riot-control soldiers and U.S. Marine, Army and Air Force military police officers rush to control a simulated situation of civil disorder during Exercise African Lion 14, Tifnit, Morocco. Military police officers from the U.S. Marines, Army and Air Force, along with Royal Moroccan soldiers specializing in riot-control, found common ground as enforcers of the law during African Lion 14, an annually-scheduled, multilateral training engagement that is hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco. One of the largest of its kind on the continent, the engagement shows the commitment of the participating nations to military friendships, strategic partnerships and regional and global security.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda