Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek (May 29, 2014) - Lt. Col. Emmanuel Deveaud, a soldier with the France 6th Armored Brigade, speaks with a colleague during a break at the Bold Alligator 2014 (BA14) mid-planning conference hosted by Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic. The exercise series will bring together coalition partners from six continents, demonstrating the Navy-Marine Corps team's flexibility of naval forces and amphibious warfare expertise by interaction with coalition partners. This exercise will address the ability to respond to crisis and the refinement of Expeditionary Strike Group Two (Navy and Marine Corps) and the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade staffs' ability to composite forward deployed and follow on forces in order to conduct multiple operations in an uncertain threat environment. Bold Alligator 2014 is scheduled to take place Oct. 29 through Nov. 8th.