The Latvian delegation chief, Major Jānis Lāčaunieks, confers with the Irish delegation chief, Comdt. Les Boyle, during a delegation meeting over the status of Exercise Combined Endeavor 2014 as the initial setup phase begins to move into the operation phase later this week. The goal of Combined Endeavor is to foster stronger alliance and regional relations and security arrangements through C4 systems interoperability testing between NATO and Partnership for Peace nations’ strategic and tactical communication systems.