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Navy/USMC

Bold Alligator 2014 to Improve ‘Coalition-Capable’ Amphibious Ops, Command and Control

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, October 30th, 2014

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Bold Alligator 2014 to Improve ‘Coalition-Capable’ Amphibious Ops, Command and Control

Bold Alligator 2014

The Navy and Marine Corps this week kicked off their second live-fire Bold Alligator exercise, with this year’s testing the blue-green team’s ability to work together and with international partners to respond to escalating crises. The 12-day Bold Alligator 2014 will take place off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina, though one portion of the exercise will send MV-22 Ospreys as far inland as Indiana, Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, commander of Marine Forces Command, told reporters on Tuesday. The…

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