Marine Col. Matt Crabill, the Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island commanding officer, speaks with Jacksonville, Fla. media during a Media Day event at Green Beach Two aboard MCSF Blount Island and Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, Aug. 4. The leaders of each branch involved in the training spoke with the attending media personnel to promote their training, schedule, and how it is going to benefit the nation's forces in maintaining readiness for the next mission. This exercise, led by the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Expeditionary Strike Group Two, is one part of BOLD A

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Marine Col. Matt Crabill, the Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island commanding officer, speaks with Jacksonville, Fla. media during a Media Day event at Green Beach Two aboard MCSF Blount Island and Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, Aug. 4. The leaders of each branch involved in the training spoke with the attending media personnel to promote their training, schedule, and how it is going to benefit the nation's forces in maintaining readiness for the next mission. This exercise, led by the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Expeditionary Strike Group Two, is one part of BOLD ALLIGATOR 2014, the year's largest amphibious exercise on the East Coast, which will serve as a capstone event for the Marines' Expeditionary Force 21 concept. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Austin Long) Media Day 140804-M-WC184-769

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