A 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team Soldier uses a radio from inside a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle equipped with multiple communication platforms during the Network Integration Evaluation 14.2 here May 1. This is the first NIE to test joint and multinational interoperability thanks to the participation of a U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Battalion and United Kingdom mechanized brigade headquarters, better simulating the complexities of the operational environment such a tactical network will be operating under. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Andrade, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)